Costa Rica - Revenue, excluding grants (% of GDP)

Revenue, excluding grants (% of GDP) in Costa Rica was 24.29 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 25.08 in 1988, while its lowest value was 15.21 in 1972.

Definition: Revenue is cash receipts from taxes, social contributions, and other revenues such as fines, fees, rent, and income from property or sales. Grants are also considered as revenue but are excluded here.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, and World Bank and OECD GDP estimates.

See also:

Year Value
1972 15.21
1973 15.94
1974 18.54
1975 17.97
1976 17.61
1977 16.63
1978 19.01
1979 18.25
1980 17.80
1981 17.83
1982 17.43
1983 21.71
1984 22.32
1985 20.72
1986 22.13
1987 24.63
1988 25.08
1989 24.43
1990 23.09
1991 18.45
1992 19.55
1993 20.40
1994 19.80
1995 20.55
1996 20.75
1997 20.77
1998 20.91
1999 22.09
2000 22.16
2001 22.86
2002 22.92
2003 22.88
2004 22.31
2005 22.76
2006 23.57
2007 24.11
2008 24.41
2009 23.46
2010 22.87
2011 23.30
2012 23.36
2013 23.59
2014 23.07
2015 23.46
2016 24.01
2017 23.32
2018 24.32
2019 24.29

Limitations and Exceptions: For most countries central government finance data have been consolidated into one account, but for others only budgetary central government accounts are available. Countries reporting budgetary data are noted in the country metadata. Because budgetary accounts may not include all central government units (such as social security funds), they usually provide an incomplete picture. In federal states the central government accounts provide an incomplete view of total public finance. Data on government revenue and expense are collected by the IMF through questionnaires to member countries and by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Despite IMF efforts to standardize data collection, statistics are often incomplete, untimely, and not comparable across countries.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: The IMF's Government Finance Statistics Manual 2014, harmonized with the 2008 SNA, recommends an accrual accounting method, focusing on all economic events affecting assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses, not just those represented by cash transactions. It accounts for all changes in stocks, so stock data at the end of an accounting period equal stock data at the beginning of the period plus flows over the period. The 1986 manual considered only debt stocks. Government finance statistics are reported in local currency. Many countries report government finance data by fiscal year; see country metadata for information on fiscal year end by country.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance