Household consumption (% of GDP) — all countries

Household consumption (% of GDP) — Costa Rica

Household consumption (% of GDP) in Costa Rica in 2025 — 64%. Ranked 61 in the world out of 131. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 13 pp.

2025 64% −0.5 pp vs 2024
World rank 61of 131
Period maximum 78.5%1965
Period minimum 57.8%1982

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of GDP

Household consumption (% of GDP) — Costa Rica, 1960–20255060708019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 77%1962: 72.4%1964: 75.5%1966: 74.4%1968: 74.3%1970: 73.6%1972: 70%1974: 73.9%1976: 66.3%1978: 67.6%1980: 65.5%1982: 57.8%1984: 61.2%1986: 58.6%1988: 61.7%1990: 61.4%1992: 73%1994: 72.2%1996: 73.2%1998: 68.7%2000: 66.2%2002: 67.4%2004: 67.9%2006: 68.9%2008: 70.6%2010: 65.4%2012: 67.1%2014: 66.2%2016: 64.1%2018: 65.2%2020: 63.2%2022: 64.7%2024: 64.5%2025: 64%
Change over the period: −13 pp Annual average: -0.2 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Costa Rica

Costa Rica 64%
Central America computed 71.4%
Household consumption (% of GDP) — Costa Rica, by year Costa Rica All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 64 −0.5 pp
2024 64.5 −0.6 pp
2023 65.1 +0.4 pp
2022 64.7 +0.4 pp
2021 64.3 +1.1 pp
2020 63.2 −1.5 pp
2019 64.8 −0.4 pp
2018 65.2 +0 pp
2017 65.1 +1.1 pp
2016 64.1 −0.9 pp
2015 64.9 −1.3 pp
2014 66.2 +0.1 pp
2013 66.2 −0.9 pp
2012 67.1 +0.4 pp
2011 66.7 +1.3 pp
2010 65.4 −0.9 pp
2009 66.3 −4.3 pp
2008 70.6 +1.4 pp
2007 69.2 +0.3 pp
2006 68.9 −0.9 pp
2005 69.8 +1.9 pp
2004 67.9 −0.6 pp
2003 68.5 +1.1 pp
2002 67.4 +2 pp
2001 65.4 −0.8 pp
2000 66.2 −1.8 pp
1999 68.1 −0.7 pp
1998 68.7 −3 pp
1997 71.7 −1.5 pp
1996 73.2 +2.2 pp
1995 71 −1.1 pp
1994 72.2 −1.3 pp
1993 73.5 +0.5 pp
1992 73 −0 pp
1991 73 +11.6 pp
1990 61.4 +1.1 pp
1989 60.3 −1.4 pp
1988 61.7 −0.3 pp
1987 62 +3.5 pp
1986 58.6 −1.6 pp
1985 60.1 −1.1 pp
1984 61.2 −0.2 pp
1983 61.5 +3.6 pp
1982 57.8 −2.3 pp
1981 60.1 −5.4 pp
1980 65.5 −1.4 pp
1979 66.9 −0.7 pp
1978 67.6 +2.4 pp
1977 65.2 −1.1 pp
1976 66.3 −5.3 pp
1975 71.6 −2.3 pp
1974 73.9 +5.8 pp
1973 68.1 −1.8 pp
1972 70 −2.1 pp
1971 72.1 −1.5 pp
1970 73.6 +0.8 pp
1969 72.8 −1.4 pp
1968 74.3 −0.1 pp
1967 74.3 −0.1 pp
1966 74.4 −4.1 pp
1965 78.5 +3 pp
1964 75.5 +1.4 pp
1963 74.1 +1.7 pp
1962 72.4 −1.3 pp
1961 73.7 −3.3 pp
1960 77

Central America, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

Household final consumption expenditure as a percent of GDP — the market value of all goods and services bought by the population, including the imputed rent of owner-occupied housing. A low consumption share alongside a high share of capital formation is typical of investment- and export-driven economies; a high one, of countries short of savings.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.