Official Reserve Assets and Other Foreign Currency Assets in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Official Reserve Assets and Other Foreign Currency Assets was 0 in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Official Reserve Assets and Other Foreign Currency Assets in Costa Rica, 2009–2025
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
Costa Rica recorded 0 for official reserve assets and other foreign currency assets in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 16 years on record.
That represents a change of down 100.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, official reserve assets and other foreign currency assets in Costa Rica peaked at 23.33 in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0, in 2016.
That places Costa Rica 77th out of 82 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Official Reserve Assets and Other Foreign Currency Assets in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 22.97 | — |
| 2010 | 18.28 | -20.4% |
| 2011 | 16.66 | -8.9% |
| 2012 | 15.68 | -5.9% |
| 2013 | 21.02 | +34.1% |
| 2014 | 21.35 | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 23.33 | +9.2% |
| 2016 | 0 | -100.0% |
| 2017 | 0 | — |
| 2018 | 0 | — |
| 2020 | 0 | — |
| 2021 | 0 | — |
| 2022 | 0 | — |
| 2023 | 0 | — |
| 2024 | 0 | — |
| 2025 | 0 | — |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 22.97 | 22.97 | 22.97 | 1 |
| 2010s | 12.92 | 0 | 23.33 | 9 |
| 2020s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
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More financial sector data for Costa Rica
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, annual growth rate 5.01 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0009 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, per capita 18.96 units per person (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0007 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, per capita 13.85 units per person (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, annual growth rate 5.01 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0009 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, per capita 18.96 units per person (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, SDR, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is official reserve assets and other foreign currency assets in Costa Rica?
- Official reserve assets and other foreign currency assets in Costa Rica was 0 in 2025, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest official reserve assets and other foreign currency assets recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 23.33 in 2015.
- What is the lowest official reserve assets and other foreign currency assets recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 in 2016.
- How does Costa Rica rank for official reserve assets and other foreign currency assets?
- Costa Rica ranks 77th out of 82 countries with data for 2025.
- Is official reserve assets and other foreign currency assets rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
- The figures come from International Monetary Fund, published as part of Official Reserve Assets and Other Foreign Currency Assets (approximate market value), Official reserve assets, gold volume in millions of fine troy ounces (International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity: Guidelines for a Data Template 2013 (IRFCL 2013), Monetary Authorities and Central Govern. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity (IRFCL, or the “Reserves Data Template”) dataset includes data on the amount and composition of countries’ official reserve assets, other foreign currency assets held by monetary authorities and central governments, and short-term foreign currency obligations and related activities of monetary authorities and central governments that can lead to drains on official reserves and other foreign currency assets. This website re-disseminates IMF member countries' data on international reserves and foreign currency liquidity in a common template and in a common currency (the U.S. dollar). Historical data by country are also available. Please note that the re-dissemination of the template data by the Fund does not constitute endorsement of the quality of the data by the Fund.