Taxes on property, Ratio of this level of government's revenue from in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Taxes on property, Ratio of this level of government's revenue from was 0.6122 in 2020. ▼ Falling
Taxes on property, Ratio of this level of government's revenue from in Costa Rica, 2004–2020
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
The most recent figure for taxes on property, ratio of this level of government's revenue from in Costa Rica is 0.6122, measured in 2020. That is the lowest value across all 17 years on record.
The figure is down 11.2% on the previous year and down 10.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taxes on property, ratio of this level of government's revenue from in Costa Rica peaked at 0.7602 in 2007 and was at its lowest, 0.6122, in 2020.
Costa Rica ranks 10th of 78 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 17 years of available data.
Taxes on property, Ratio of this level of government's revenue from in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 0.749 | — |
| 2005 | 0.7523 | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 0.7334 | -2.5% |
| 2007 | 0.7602 | +3.7% |
| 2008 | 0.7037 | -7.4% |
| 2009 | 0.6943 | -1.3% |
| 2010 | 0.6847 | -1.4% |
| 2011 | 0.6411 | -6.4% |
| 2012 | 0.6864 | +7.1% |
| 2013 | 0.698 | +1.7% |
| 2014 | 0.6919 | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 0.6814 | -1.5% |
| 2016 | 0.6679 | -2.0% |
| 2017 | 0.6643 | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 0.6671 | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 0.6897 | +3.4% |
| 2020 | 0.6122 | -11.2% |
Costa Rica compared with similar countries
- Costa Rica's 0.6122 is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.0531, 11.5× the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Costa Rica's 0.6122 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.0664, 9.2× the median. (10 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.7322 | 0.6943 | 0.7602 | 6 |
| 2010s | 0.6773 | 0.6411 | 0.698 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6122 | 0.6122 | 0.6122 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Costa Rica
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Frequently asked questions
- What is taxes on property, ratio of this level of government's revenue from in Costa Rica?
- Taxes on property, ratio of this level of government's revenue from in Costa Rica was 0.6122 in 2020, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest taxes on property, ratio of this level of government's revenue from recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7602 in 2007.
- What is the lowest taxes on property, ratio of this level of government's revenue from recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6122 in 2020.
- How does Costa Rica rank for taxes on property, ratio of this level of government's revenue from?
- Costa Rica ranks 10th out of 78 countries with data for 2020.
- Is taxes on property, ratio of this level of government's revenue from rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.6%. 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 Taxes on property, Ratio of this level of government's revenue from this item to total general government revenue from this item, 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.