Costa Rica vs Low income: Claims on central government, etc. (% GDP)
Claims on central government, etc. (% GDP) over time
- Costa Rica
- Low income
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 20.2% against 7.1% in Low income, a difference of 13.1%.
That makes Costa Rica's figure about 2.8 times Low income's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 56 shared years of data; in 1963 it was Low income ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 49th and Low income ranks 46th of 187 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 3 and Low income in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Low income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3.9% | 5.4% | 1.5% | Low income |
| 1970s | 5.2% | 9.2% | 4.0% | Low income |
| 1980s | 8.3% | 18.7% | 10.4% | Low income |
| 1990s | 7.1% | 12.8% | 5.8% | Low income |
| 2000s | 7.0% | 4.3% | 2.7% | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 14.1% | 5.3% | 8.8% | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 27.4% | 7.1% | 20.3% | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher claims on central government, etc., Costa Rica or Low income?
- Costa Rica, at 20.2% against 7.1% in Low income as of 2025.
- What is the difference in claims on central government, etc. between Costa Rica and Low income?
- 13.1%, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Low income?
- 56 years are reported by both, from 1963 to 2020.
- How do Costa Rica and Low income rank globally for claims on central government, etc.?
- Costa Rica ranks 49th and Low income ranks 46th of 187 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as Claims on central government, etc. (% GDP). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Claims on central government include loans to central government institutions net of deposits. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.