
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 2020 was between 5.6 billion and 42.0 billion USD. The highest level of the last years at 42 billion US Dollar was reached in 2020.
Based on the number of inhabitants, this is a debt of 8,193 USD per person. For comparison, the average debt per person in the same year in the European Union was 30,783 USD.
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Gross debt of the last 22 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 | 11,232 USD |
2001 | 6.33 bn USD | 1,570 USD | 11,255 USD |
2002 | 6.87 bn USD | 1,675 USD | 12,258 USD |
2003 | 7.01 bn USD | 1,683 USD | 15,286 USD |
2004 | 7.63 bn USD | 1,806 USD | 17,595 USD |
2005 | 7.48 bn USD | 1,745 USD | 18,327 USD |
2006 | 7.50 bn USD | 1,727 USD | 18,877 USD |
2007 | 7.25 bn USD | 1,647 USD | 20,898 USD |
2008 | 7.39 bn USD | 1,657 USD | 24,086 USD |
2009 | 7.99 bn USD | 1,768 USD | 25,361 USD |
2010 | 10.58 bn USD | 2,311 USD | 26,496 USD |
2011 | 12.62 bn USD | 2,723 USD | 29,231 USD |
2012 | 15.94 bn USD | 3,401 USD | 28,174 USD |
2013 | 17.88 bn USD | 3,770 USD | 29,981 USD |
2014 | 19.50 bn USD | 4,066 USD | 30,648 USD |
2015 | 22.45 bn USD | 4,586 USD | 25,918 USD |
2016 | 25.76 bn USD | 5,210 USD | 26,261 USD |
2017 | 28.31 bn USD | 5,669 USD | 27,024 USD |
2018 | 32.20 bn USD | 6,388 USD | 28,448 USD |
2019 | 36.32 bn USD | 7,143 USD | 27,168 USD |
2020 | 41.97 bn USD | 8,193 USD | 30,783 USD |