
Gross debt in Costa Rica
The government gross debt refers to the total of all sums of money that have to be paid to other countries, communities or institutions. Not included in the gross debt are the demands of a country to foreign ones.The gross debt in Costa Rica in the period from 1998 to 2021 was between 5.6 billion and 43.9 billion USD. The highest level of the last years at 44 billion US Dollar was reached in 2021.
Based on the number of inhabitants, this is a debt of 8,520 USD per person. For comparison, the average debt per person in the same year in the European Union was 33,827 USD.
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Gross debt of the last 23 years in billion USD
Year | Costa Rica total | Costa Rica per capita | EU per capita |
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1998 | 5.57 bn USD | 1,464 USD | 14,079 USD |
1999 | 5.56 bn USD | 1,430 USD | 14,032 USD |
2000 | 5.83 bn USD | 1,472 USD | 11,241 USD |
2001 | 6.33 bn USD | 1,570 USD | 11,263 USD |
2002 | 6.87 bn USD | 1,675 USD | 12,266 USD |
2003 | 7.01 bn USD | 1,683 USD | 15,295 USD |
2004 | 7.63 bn USD | 1,806 USD | 17,606 USD |
2005 | 7.48 bn USD | 1,745 USD | 18,337 USD |
2006 | 7.50 bn USD | 1,727 USD | 18,887 USD |
2007 | 7.25 bn USD | 1,647 USD | 20,910 USD |
2008 | 7.39 bn USD | 1,657 USD | 24,100 USD |
2009 | 7.99 bn USD | 1,768 USD | 25,376 USD |
2010 | 10.58 bn USD | 2,311 USD | 26,515 USD |
2011 | 12.62 bn USD | 2,723 USD | 29,254 USD |
2012 | 15.94 bn USD | 3,401 USD | 28,198 USD |
2013 | 17.88 bn USD | 3,770 USD | 30,008 USD |
2014 | 19.50 bn USD | 4,066 USD | 30,677 USD |
2015 | 22.45 bn USD | 4,586 USD | 25,944 USD |
2016 | 25.76 bn USD | 5,210 USD | 26,287 USD |
2017 | 28.31 bn USD | 5,669 USD | 27,108 USD |
2018 | 32.20 bn USD | 6,388 USD | 28,543 USD |
2019 | 36.13 bn USD | 7,105 USD | 27,264 USD |
2020 | 41.76 bn USD | 8,152 USD | 30,919 USD |
2021 | 43.91 bn USD | 8,520 USD | 33,827 USD |