Bank accounts per 1,000 adults in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Bank accounts per 1,000 adults was 1,456 in 2020. ▲ Rising
Bank accounts per 1,000 adults in Costa Rica, 2004–2020
Source: Financial Access Survey (FAS), International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Analysis
Costa Rica recorded 1,456 for bank accounts per 1,000 adults in 2020. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
The figure is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 49.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bank accounts per 1,000 adults in Costa Rica peaked at 1,456 in 2020 and was at its lowest, 642.4, in 2004.
Costa Rica ranks 14th of 103 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Bank accounts per 1,000 adults in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 642.4 | — |
| 2005 | 712.75 | +11.0% |
| 2006 | 721.43 | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 1,054 | +46.1% |
| 2008 | 1,014 | -3.8% |
| 2009 | 950.15 | -6.3% |
| 2010 | 973.57 | +2.5% |
| 2011 | 987.93 | +1.5% |
| 2012 | 988.92 | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 993.02 | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 1,031 | +3.8% |
| 2015 | 1,091 | +5.8% |
| 2016 | 1,181 | +8.2% |
| 2017 | 1,248 | +5.6% |
| 2018 | 1,338 | +7.2% |
| 2019 | 1,447 | +8.2% |
| 2020 | 1,456 | +0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 849.09 | 642.4 | 1,054 | 6 |
| 2010s | 1,128 | 973.57 | 1,447 | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,456 | 1,456 | 1,456 | 1 |
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More financial sector data for Costa Rica
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR), annual growth rate 15.52 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR), per unit of GDP 0.1163 SDR per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR), per capita 2,323 SDR per person (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold (SDR), annual growth rate 14.77 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold (SDR), per capita 2,421 SDR per person (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) (SDR), annual growth rate 14.77 % change on previous year (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) (SDR), per capita 2,421 SDR per person (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), annual growth rate 14.77 % change on previous year (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 2,421 SDR per person (2025)
- Total reserves in months of imports, annual growth rate 10.13 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bank accounts per 1,000 adults in Costa Rica?
- Bank accounts per 1,000 adults in Costa Rica was 1,456 in 2020, according to Financial Access Survey (FAS), International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest bank accounts per 1,000 adults recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 1,456 in 2020.
- What is the lowest bank accounts per 1,000 adults recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 642.4 in 2004.
- How does Costa Rica rank for bank accounts per 1,000 adults?
- Costa Rica ranks 14th out of 103 countries with data for 2020.
- Is bank accounts per 1,000 adults rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 49.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
- The figures come from Financial Access Survey (FAS), International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Bank accounts per 1,000 adults. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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For each country calculated as: 1,000*reported number of depositors/adult population in the reporting country.