Other expense, Ratio of this level of government's … total in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Other expense, Ratio of this level of government's … total was 0.9377 in 2020. ▲ Rising
Other expense, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on in Costa Rica, 2002–2020
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
Costa Rica recorded 0.9377 for other expense, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on in 2020.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.0% on the previous year and up 11.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, other expense, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on in Costa Rica peaked at 0.9872 in 2002 and was at its lowest, 0.4325, in 2005.
Costa Rica ranks 18th of 64 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.
Other expense, Ratio of this level of government's … total in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 0.9872 | — |
| 2003 | 0.9254 | -6.3% |
| 2004 | 0.8195 | -11.4% |
| 2005 | 0.4325 | -47.2% |
| 2006 | 0.7975 | +84.4% |
| 2007 | 0.7799 | -2.2% |
| 2008 | 0.8703 | +11.6% |
| 2009 | 0.8905 | +2.3% |
| 2010 | 0.8436 | -5.3% |
| 2011 | 0.8543 | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 0.896 | +4.9% |
| 2013 | 0.9226 | +3.0% |
| 2014 | 0.9059 | -1.8% |
| 2015 | 0.924 | +2.0% |
| 2016 | 0.9021 | -2.4% |
| 2017 | 0.8582 | -4.9% |
| 2018 | 0.9208 | +7.3% |
| 2019 | 0.9469 | +2.8% |
| 2020 | 0.9377 | -1.0% |
Costa Rica compared with similar countries
- Costa Rica's 0.9377 is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.6358, 1.5× the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Costa Rica's 0.9377 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.9357, 1.0× the median. (10 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Other expense, Ratio of this level of government's … total 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | +84.4% | 0.4325 | 0.7975 |
| 2005 | -47.2% | 0.8195 | 0.4325 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.8129 | 0.4325 | 0.9872 | 8 |
| 2010s | 0.8975 | 0.8436 | 0.9469 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9377 | 0.9377 | 0.9377 | 1 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is other expense, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on in Costa Rica?
- Other expense, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on in Costa Rica was 0.9377 in 2020, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest other expense, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9872 in 2002.
- What is the lowest other expense, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4325 in 2005.
- How does Costa Rica rank for other expense, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on?
- Costa Rica ranks 18th out of 64 countries with data for 2020.
- Is other expense, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
- The figures come from International Monetary Fund, published as part of Other expense, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on this item to total general government expenditure on this, Percent (Central government). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The Fiscal Decentralization dataset includes fiscal decentralization indicators for a sample of IMF member countries. The following indicators are included in the dataset: Revenue and Expenditure Decentralization Shares; Transfer dependency and Vertical Fiscal Imbalances; Deficit and Debt; Allocation of expenditure (economic classification); Allocation of expenditure (functional classification); Allocation of non-Tax Revenues; and Allocation of Taxes.