Costa Rica Trade to GDP Ratio 1960-2023

Trade is the sum of exports and imports of goods and services measured as a share of gross domestic product.
  • Costa Rica trade to gdp ratio for 2021 was 70.61%, a 10.5% increase from 2020.
  • Costa Rica trade to gdp ratio for 2020 was 60.11%, a 5.66% decline from 2019.
  • Costa Rica trade to gdp ratio for 2019 was 65.76%, a 1.18% decline from 2018.
  • Costa Rica trade to gdp ratio for 2018 was 66.95%, a 1.87% increase from 2017.
Data Source: World Bank

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Country Name Trade (% of GDP)
American Samoa 149.22%
North Macedonia 148.47%
Nauru 147.34%
Maldives 143.08%
Belarus 138.74%
Malaysia 130.57%
Bulgaria 120.97%
Serbia 116.76%
Thailand 116.66%
Marshall Islands 116.20%
Montenegro 105.03%
Equatorial Guinea 102.07%
Mauritius 97.79%
Bosnia 97.23%
Belize 96.59%
Botswana 94.48%
Romania 87.36%
Mexico 83.62%
Fiji 81.88%
Jordan 81.44%
Cuba 80.02%
Namibia 79.73%
Armenia 79.17%
Lebanon 78.83%
Azerbaijan 76.57%
Albania 74.54%
Tonga 73.37%
Jamaica 73.36%
Gabon 72.65%
Turkey 70.83%
Paraguay 70.80%
Costa Rica 70.61%
Iraq 61.82%
Samoa 60.89%
Kazakhstan 57.54%
South Africa 56.22%
Peru 55.50%
Algeria 52.97%
Dominican Republic 52.73%
Russia 52.17%
Ecuador 51.39%
Guatemala 49.86%
Iran 44.37%
Colombia 40.85%
Brazil 39.18%
China 37.47%
Costa Rica Trade to GDP Ratio - Historical Data
Year Trade (% of GDP) Annual Change
2021 70.61% 10.50%
2020 60.11% -5.66%
2019 65.76% -1.18%
2018 66.95% 1.87%
2017 65.07% 2.89%
2016 62.18% 1.42%
2015 60.75% -4.44%
2014 65.19% 1.12%
2013 64.07% -2.98%
2012 67.05% -1.59%
2011 68.64% 1.13%
2010 67.51% -2.25%
2009 69.76% -16.64%
2008 86.40% -0.06%
2007 86.46% -3.36%
2006 89.81% 0.59%
2005 89.22% 3.97%
2004 85.26% 1.93%
2003 83.33% 2.91%
2002 80.41% -0.44%
2001 80.85% -5.67%
2000 86.52% -1.01%
1999 87.54% -4.50%
1998 92.04% 4.42%
1997 87.61% 3.56%
1996 84.06% 4.28%
1995 79.77% 1.78%
1994 78.00% -1.36%
1993 79.35% 3.26%
1992 76.10% 4.66%
1991 71.44% -3.85%
1990 75.29% 1.70%
1989 73.58% 3.75%
1988 69.84% 2.44%
1987 67.40% 5.56%
1986 61.84% -1.36%
1985 63.20% -5.15%
1984 68.35% -4.47%
1983 72.82% -14.43%
1982 87.25% -4.20%
1981 91.44% 28.15%
1980 63.30% -0.82%
1979 64.12% -0.10%
1978 64.21% -2.99%
1977 67.20% 3.38%
1976 63.82% -4.79%
1975 68.61% -12.65%
1974 81.26% 13.59%
1973 67.67% 0.84%
1972 66.83% 2.93%
1971 63.90% 1.49%
1970 62.41% 3.87%
1969 58.55% -1.67%
1968 60.22% 4.12%
1967 56.10% 0.55%
1966 55.55% -0.20%
1965 55.75% 2.76%
1964 52.99% 3.77%
1963 49.22% 0.44%
1962 48.77% 2.85%
1961 45.92% -1.34%
1960 47.26% -1.34%