Net investment in nonfinancial assets in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Net investment in nonfinancial assets was 1.3% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Net investment in nonfinancial assets in Costa Rica, 1973–2024
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
In 2024, net investment in nonfinancial assets in Costa Rica stood at 1.3%.
The figure is up 23.8% on the previous year and down 34.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, net investment in nonfinancial assets in Costa Rica peaked at 3.7% in 1976 and was at its lowest, 0.9%, in 2003.
That places Costa Rica 129th out of 156 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 48 years of available data.
Net investment in nonfinancial assets in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 2.7% | — |
| 1974 | 3.3% | +22.5% |
| 1975 | 2.9% | -12.2% |
| 1976 | 3.7% | +30.4% |
| 1977 | 3.2% | -15.4% |
| 1978 | 2.6% | -15.9% |
| 1979 | 3.6% | +35.3% |
| 1980 | 3.5% | -3.7% |
| 1981 | 2.9% | -15.8% |
| 1982 | 1.8% | -39.0% |
| 1983 | 2.6% | +46.9% |
| 1984 | 2.8% | +7.3% |
| 1985 | 2.3% | -18.2% |
| 1986 | 2.2% | -5.7% |
| 1987 | 1.6% | -23.9% |
| 1988 | 1.3% | -21.3% |
| 1989 | 1.6% | +24.6% |
| 1990 | 1.4% | -15.6% |
| 1991 | 1.0% | -26.4% |
| 1992 | 1.0% | +0.2% |
| 1993 | 1.2% | +18.1% |
| 1994 | 1.3% | +6.6% |
| 1995 | 1.2% | -7.7% |
| 1996 | 1.1% | -3.0% |
| 1997 | 1.4% | +22.6% |
| 1998 | 1.2% | -13.6% |
| 1999 | 1.6% | +35.4% |
| 2000 | 1.6% | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 1.4% | -14.4% |
| 2002 | 1.8% | +32.4% |
| 2003 | 0.9% | -49.1% |
| 2004 | 1.1% | +20.5% |
| 2005 | 1.0% | -11.0% |
| 2006 | 0.9% | -5.7% |
| 2007 | 1.3% | +38.4% |
| 2008 | 3.6% | +172.0% |
| 2009 | 2.0% | -44.1% |
| 2010 | 1.5% | -26.7% |
| 2011 | 1.3% | -9.3% |
| 2012 | 1.4% | +2.8% |
| 2013 | 1.4% | +5.8% |
| 2014 | 2.0% | +41.6% |
| 2019 | 1.7% | -16.5% |
| 2020 | 1.7% | -1.2% |
| 2021 | 1.4% | -15.6% |
| 2022 | 1.2% | -13.8% |
| 2023 | 1.1% | -11.7% |
| 2024 | 1.3% | +23.8% |
Costa Rica compared with similar countries
- Costa Rica's 1.3% is below the median for high income countries, which is 2.1%, 63% of the median. (57 countries reporting)
- Costa Rica's 1.3% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1.6%, 83% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Net investment in nonfinancial assets in Costa Rica changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | +172.0% | 1.3% | 3.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 3.1% | 2.6% | 3.7% | 7 |
| 1980s | 2.3% | 1.3% | 3.5% | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.2% | 1.0% | 1.6% | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.6% | 0.9% | 3.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.6% | 1.3% | 2.0% | 6 |
| 2020s | 1.4% | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5 |
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More public sector data for Costa Rica
- Arms imports 8.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2019)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 1.6 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2019)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0001 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2019)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 8.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2019)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 0 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 0 current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 156.68 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2019)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per square kilometre 0 current USD per square kilometre (2023)
- Tax revenue 13.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is net investment in nonfinancial assets in Costa Rica?
- Net investment in nonfinancial assets in Costa Rica was 1.3% in 2024, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest net investment in nonfinancial assets recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 3.7% in 1976.
- What is the lowest net investment in nonfinancial assets recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9% in 2003.
- How does Costa Rica rank for net investment in nonfinancial assets?
- Costa Rica ranks 129th out of 156 countries with data for 2024.
- Is net investment in nonfinancial assets rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 34.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
- The figures come from Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Net investment in nonfinancial assets (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Net investment in government nonfinancial assets includes fixed assets, inventories, valuables, and nonproduced assets. Nonfinancial assets are stores of value and provide benefits either through their use in the production of goods and services or in the form of property income and holding gains. Net investment in nonfinancial assets also includes consumption of fixed capital. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.