Social benefits, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Social benefits, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on was 0.5515 in 2020. ▼ Falling
Social benefits, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on in Costa Rica, 2002–2020
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
The most recent figure for social benefits, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on in Costa Rica is 0.5515, measured in 2020.
The figure is up 7.3% on the previous year and down 11.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, social benefits, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on in Costa Rica peaked at 0.6943 in 2002 and was at its lowest, 0.4272, in 2018.
Costa Rica ranks 27th of 79 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 19 years of available data.
Social benefits, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 0.6943 | — |
| 2003 | 0.6607 | -4.8% |
| 2004 | 0.6588 | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 0.6527 | -0.9% |
| 2006 | 0.6462 | -1.0% |
| 2007 | 0.6176 | -4.4% |
| 2008 | 0.6055 | -2.0% |
| 2009 | 0.6091 | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 0.6225 | +2.2% |
| 2011 | 0.5899 | -5.2% |
| 2012 | 0.5749 | -2.5% |
| 2013 | 0.5656 | -1.6% |
| 2014 | 0.5618 | -0.7% |
| 2015 | 0.5594 | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 0.5679 | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 0.5432 | -4.4% |
| 2018 | 0.4272 | -21.4% |
| 2019 | 0.5139 | +20.3% |
| 2020 | 0.5515 | +7.3% |
Costa Rica compared with similar countries
- Costa Rica's 0.5515 is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.2134, 2.6× the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Costa Rica's 0.5515 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.4561, 1.2× the median. (10 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.6431 | 0.6055 | 0.6943 | 8 |
| 2010s | 0.5526 | 0.4272 | 0.6225 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.5515 | 0.5515 | 0.5515 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Costa Rica
- 24 Kazakhstan 0.6241 compare
- 25 South Africa 0.6131 compare
- 26 Ireland 0.5951 compare
- 28 Cape Verde 0.551 compare
- 29 Senegal 0.4719 compare
- 30 Mongolia 0.4098 compare
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 social benefits, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on in Costa Rica?
- Social benefits, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on in Costa Rica was 0.5515 in 2020, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest social benefits, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6943 in 2002.
- What is the lowest social benefits, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4272 in 2018.
- How does Costa Rica rank for social benefits, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on?
- Costa Rica ranks 27th out of 79 countries with data for 2020.
- Is social benefits, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
- The figures come from International Monetary Fund, published as part of Social benefits, 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 19 observations, free to reuse under IMF Terms and Conditions (attribution required).
About this data
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.