Costa Rica Tourism Statistics 1995-2024
International tourism receipts are expenditures by international inbound visitors, including payments to national carriers for international transport. These receipts include any other prepayment made for goods or services received in the destination country. They also may include receipts from same-day visitors, except when these are important enough to justify separate classification. For some countries they do not include receipts for passenger transport items. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
- Costa Rica tourism statistics for 2020 was 1,479,000,000.00, a 65.46% decline from 2019.
- Costa Rica tourism statistics for 2019 was 4,282,000,000.00, a 5.13% increase from 2018.
- Costa Rica tourism statistics for 2018 was 4,073,000,000.00, a 8.38% increase from 2017.
- Costa Rica tourism statistics for 2017 was 3,758,000,000.00, a 0.48% decline from 2016.
| Similar Country Ranking |
| Country Name |
Spending ($) |
| Thailand |
15,360,000,000.00 |
| Turkey |
13,771,000,000.00 |
| Mexico |
11,449,000,000.00 |
| Russia |
4,961,000,000.00 |
| Malaysia |
3,386,000,000.00 |
| Brazil |
3,099,000,000.00 |
| South Africa |
2,716,000,000.00 |
| Lebanon |
2,369,000,000.00 |
| Colombia |
1,959,000,000.00 |
| Bulgaria |
1,792,000,000.00 |
| Jordan |
1,745,000,000.00 |
| Romania |
1,611,000,000.00 |
| Costa Rica |
1,479,000,000.00 |
| Serbia |
1,422,000,000.00 |
| Maldives |
1,409,000,000.00 |
| Albania |
1,243,000,000.00 |
| Cuba |
1,152,000,000.00 |
| Peru |
1,002,000,000.00 |
| Iraq |
955,000,000.00 |
| Ecuador |
705,000,000.00 |
| Kazakhstan |
589,000,000.00 |
| Belarus |
542,000,000.00 |
| Mauritius |
518,000,000.00 |
| Bosnia |
438,000,000.00 |
| Azerbaijan |
340,000,000.00 |
| Armenia |
303,000,000.00 |
| Guatemala |
298,500,000.00 |
| North Macedonia |
253,000,000.00 |
| Fiji |
236,000,000.00 |
| Botswana |
217,000,000.00 |
| Montenegro |
180,000,000.00 |
| Namibia |
155,000,000.00 |
| Paraguay |
104,000,000.00 |
| St. Vincent and the Grenadines |
85,000,000.00 |
| Algeria |
50,000,000.00 |
| Tonga |
47,700,000.76 |
| Samoa |
23,059,999.47 |
| Suriname |
19,000,000.00 |
| Costa Rica Tourism Statistics - Historical Data |
| Year |
Spending ($) |
% of Exports |
| 2020 |
1,479,000,000.00 |
7.40 |
| 2019 |
4,282,000,000.00 |
18.83 |
| 2018 |
4,073,000,000.00 |
18.96 |
| 2017 |
3,758,000,000.00 |
19.36 |
| 2016 |
3,776,000,000.00 |
20.26 |
| 2015 |
3,408,000,000.00 |
19.88 |
| 2014 |
3,137,000,000.00 |
18.94 |
| 2013 |
3,171,000,000.00 |
20.05 |
| 2012 |
2,773,000,000.00 |
18.33 |
| 2011 |
2,646,000,000.00 |
18.79 |
| 2010 |
2,426,000,000.00 |
19.39 |
| 2009 |
2,216,000,000.00 |
20.56 |
| 2008 |
2,811,000,000.00 |
23.20 |
| 2007 |
2,454,000,000.00 |
22.32 |
| 2006 |
2,066,000,000.00 |
20.87 |
| 2005 |
2,008,000,000.00 |
22.91 |
| 2004 |
1,755,000,000.00 |
22.21 |
| 2003 |
1,573,000,000.00 |
22.27 |
| 2002 |
1,429,000,000.00 |
21.87 |
| 2001 |
1,480,000,000.00 |
22.74 |
| 2000 |
1,629,000,000.00 |
25.13 |
| 1999 |
1,256,000,000.00 |
20.20 |
| 1998 |
1,038,000,000.00 |
19.76 |
| 1997 |
860,000,000.00 |
19.94 |
| 1996 |
797,000,000.00 |
19.60 |
| 1995 |
763,000,000.00 |
20.66 |
