Predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets was -3.26 billion in 2025. ▼ Falling
Predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets in Costa Rica, 2009–2025
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
In 2025, predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets in Costa Rica stood at -3.26 billion.
The figure is up 19.3% on the previous year and down 102.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets in Costa Rica peaked at -957.73 million in 2009 and was at its lowest, -4.28 billion, in 2023.
That places Costa Rica 51st out of 90 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 17 years of available data.
Predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | -957.73 million | — |
| 2010 | -1.20 billion | +25.2% |
| 2011 | -1.46 billion | +21.6% |
| 2012 | -1.64 billion | +12.4% |
| 2013 | -1.61 billion | -1.8% |
| 2014 | -1.74 billion | +8.2% |
| 2015 | -1.61 billion | -7.6% |
| 2016 | -2.01 billion | +24.7% |
| 2017 | -2.69 billion | +33.9% |
| 2018 | -2.60 billion | -3.3% |
| 2019 | -3.40 billion | +30.7% |
| 2020 | -3.71 billion | +9.1% |
| 2021 | -2.98 billion | -19.7% |
| 2022 | -3.84 billion | +28.6% |
| 2023 | -4.28 billion | +11.5% |
| 2024 | -4.04 billion | -5.5% |
| 2025 | -3.26 billion | -19.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | -957.73 million | -957.73 million | -957.73 million | 1 |
| 2010s | -2.00 billion | -3.40 billion | -1.20 billion | 10 |
| 2020s | -3.69 billion | -4.28 billion | -2.98 billion | 6 |
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More financial sector data for Costa Rica
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita 5.79 million current LCU per person (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP 289.83 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate 0.4016 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gold reserves at 35 SDRs per ounce 0 SDR (2025)
- Gold reserves at market value 0 SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange 11.97 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold 12.48 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) 12.48 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) 12.48 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 2,421 SDR per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets in Costa Rica?
- Predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets in Costa Rica was -3.26 billion in 2025, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was -957.73 million in 2009.
- What is the lowest predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was -4.28 billion in 2023.
- How does Costa Rica rank for predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets?
- Costa Rica ranks 51st out of 90 countries with data for 2025.
- Is predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 102.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
- The figures come from International Monetary Fund, published as part of Predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets (nominal value) (International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity: Guidelines for a Data Template 2013 (IRFCL 2013), Monetary Authorities and Central Government excluding Social Security). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.