Costa Rica - Customs and other import duties (% of tax revenue)

Customs and other import duties (% of tax revenue) in Costa Rica was 3.25 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 39.79 in 1988, while its lowest value was 3.25 in 2019.

Definition: Customs and other import duties are all levies collected on goods that are entering the country or services delivered by nonresidents to residents. They include levies imposed for revenue or protection purposes and determined on a specific or ad valorem basis as long as they are restricted to imported goods or services.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files.

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Year Value
1972 22.34
1973 21.26
1974 20.56
1975 15.31
1976 15.08
1977 16.36
1978 17.28
1979 18.49
1980 17.05
1981 12.73
1982 8.02
1983 8.74
1984 17.76
1985 20.44
1986 21.72
1987 23.79
1988 39.79
1989 38.56
1990 27.46
1991 27.25
1992 20.96
1993 21.01
1994 20.51
1995 19.38
1996 11.31
1997 12.56
1998 10.97
1999 7.34
2000 6.90
2001 6.50
2002 6.35
2003 5.84
2004 6.26
2005 6.32
2006 6.58
2007 6.70
2008 6.56
2009 5.26
2010 5.15
2011 5.34
2012 5.08
2013 4.68
2014 4.74
2015 4.45
2016 4.28
2017 3.94
2018 3.69
2019 3.25

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.

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance