Costa Rica’s GDP expanded 5.2% year-on-year in Q2 2025, accelerating from a downwardly revised 3.7% in Q1. Growth strengthened in utilities (9.5% vs 4.5%), trade (3.5% vs 2.5%), transport (6.1% vs 5.8%), information and communication (4.3% vs 3.2%), and financial and insurance activities (5.9% vs 5.2%). By contrast, construction remained in contraction (-2.1% vs -3.5%), while agriculture, forestry, and fishing slipped into decline (-2.3% vs 1.1%). source: Central Bank of Costa Rica

The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in Costa Rica expanded 5.20 percent in the third quarter of 2025 over the same quarter of the previous year. GDP Annual Growth Rate in Costa Rica averaged 4.29 percent from 1992 until 2025, reaching an all time high of 11.10 percent in the third quarter of 2021 and a record low of -7.00 percent in the second quarter of 2020. This page provides the latest reported value for - Costa Rica GDP Annual Growth Rate - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. Costa Rica GDP Annual Growth Rate - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on February of 2026.

The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in Costa Rica expanded 5.20 percent in the third quarter of 2025 over the same quarter of the previous year. GDP Annual Growth Rate in Costa Rica is expected to be 4.10 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Costa Rica GDP Annual Growth Rate is projected to trend around 4.50 percent in 2026, according to our econometric models.



Calendar GMT Reference Actual Previous Consensus TEForecast
2025-09-30 03:00 PM
GDP Growth Rate YoY
Q2 3.9% 4.1% 3.8%
2025-12-30 03:05 PM
GDP Growth Rate YoY
Q3 5.2% 3.7% 4.2%
2026-03-31 03:00 PM
GDP Growth Rate YoY
Q4 5.2%


Related Last Previous Unit Reference
GDP Growth Rate YoY 5.20 3.70 percent Sep 2025
GDP Constant Prices 13193456.80 13036809.20 CRC Million Sep 2025
GDP from Agriculture 478775.10 478563.50 CRC Million Sep 2025
GDP from Construction 495873.90 482937.40 CRC Million Sep 2025
GDP from Manufacturing 2119823.30 2058208.30 CRC Million Sep 2025
GDP from Mining 39856.80 39596.00 CRC Million Sep 2025
GDP from Public Administration 429640.30 428458.50 CRC Million Sep 2025
GDP from Services 1163041.80 1155250.60 CRC Million Sep 2025
GDP from Transport 611254.90 597035.80 CRC Million Sep 2025
GDP from Utilities 292522.80 287710.80 CRC Million Sep 2025
GDP Growth Rate 0.90 2.20 percent Sep 2025
Gross Fixed Capital Formation 1806307.32 1753373.10 CRC Million Sep 2025


Costa Rica GDP Annual Growth Rate
The biggest sector of Costa Rica’s economy is services, which accounts for 63 percent of GDP. Within services the most important segments are: transport, communication and warehousing (16 percent of GDP); trade, restaurants and hotels (15 percent) and community, personal and social services (9 percent). Manufacturing, mining and quarrying create 21 percent of the wealth. Agriculture, forestry and fishing contribute for 9 percent of the output and construction and water and electricity distribution for the remaining 7 percent.
Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
5.20 3.70 11.10 -7.00 1992 - 2025 percent Quarterly
2017 Constant Prices, NSA

News Stream
Costa Rica GDP Growth Accelerates in Q3
Costa Rica’s GDP expanded 5.2% year-on-year in Q2 2025, accelerating from a downwardly revised 3.7% in Q1. Growth strengthened in utilities (9.5% vs 4.5%), trade (3.5% vs 2.5%), transport (6.1% vs 5.8%), information and communication (4.3% vs 3.2%), and financial and insurance activities (5.9% vs 5.2%). By contrast, construction remained in contraction (-2.1% vs -3.5%), while agriculture, forestry, and fishing slipped into decline (-2.3% vs 1.1%).
2025-12-30
Costa Rica GDP Annual Growth Eases in Q2 2025
Costa Rica’s GDP expanded 3.9% year-on-year in Q2 2025, easing slightly from an upwardly revised 4.1% in Q1. Growth slowed in construction (0.3% vs 2.5%), financial services (5.1% vs 5.8%), commerce (2.5% vs 2.6%) and public administration (1.1% vs 1.4%). Also, output contracted further in agriculture, fishing and forestry (-3.4% vs -3.9%). In contrast, activity accelerated in manufacturing (10.2% vs 8.0%), utilities (2.6% vs 2.2%), information and communications (4.8% vs 4.0%), and education, healthcare and social security (2.6% vs 2.5%).
2025-09-30
Costa Rica GDP Growth Slows to 3.9% in Q1 2025
Costa Rica’s GDP grew by 3.9% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2025, slowing from a 4.3% expansion in the preceding quarter. Growth accelerated in education and human health and social care (2.3% vs 2.0% in Q4 2024) and wholesale & retail trade (2.8% vs. 2.7%), while it rebounded for electricity, water & sanitation services (1.4% vs -2.4%). Conversely, production moderated in manufacturing (5.8% vs 6.3%), construction (2.8% vs 4.4%), transport and storage (5.4% vs 7.2%), accommodation and food services activities (0.1% vs 1.4%), information and communications (4.2% vs 5.5%), real estate (2.6% vs 3.4%), and financial and insurance activities (5.7% vs 5.8%). Meanwhile, the mining and quarrying sector contracted (-2.3% vs. 0.5%). On a seasonally adjusted quarterly basis, the economy grew by 0.2%, easing from 1.6% in the previous period.
2025-05-09