Costa Rica: Fiscal balance, percent of GDP

The latest value from is percent, unavailable from percent in . In comparison, the world average is 0.00 percent, based on data from countries. Historically, the average for Costa Rica from to is percent. The minimum value, percent, was reached in while the maximum of percent was recorded in . See the global rankings for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time. The value of that indicator for is percent.

Definition: The fiscal (budget) balance is the difference between government revenue and government expenditure. The value is expressed as percent of GDP to relate it to the size of the economy. The source for these data is: Kose, M. Ayhan, Sergio Kurlat, Franziska Ohnsorge, and Naotaka Sugawara. 2022. "A Cross-Country Database of Fiscal Space." Journal of International Money and Finance 128 (November): 102682.