Contact Contacts
Manufacturing share of GDP — all countries

Manufacturing share of GDP — Costa Rica

Manufacturing share of GDP in Costa Rica in 2025 — 13.6%. Ranked 47 in the world out of 132. Since 1970, the indicator has fallen by 4.6 pp.

2025 13.6% +0.5 pp vs 2024
World rank 47of 132
Period maximum 22.5%1984
Period minimum 11.4%2016

Trend over time

1970–2025 · % of GDP

Manufacturing share of GDP — Costa Rica, 1970–20251015202519701976198219881994200020062012201820241970: 18.2%1971: 18.7%1972: 19.1%1973: 20.1%1974: 20.8%1975: 20.4%1976: 19.7%1977: 19%1978: 18.7%1979: 18.3%1980: 18.6%1981: 18.9%1982: 20.3%1983: 21.9%1984: 22.5%1985: 22.1%1986: 21.3%1987: 21.3%1988: 21.3%1989: 20.4%1990: 19.4%1991: 20.2%1992: 20.3%1993: 19.3%1994: 18.7%1995: 18.7%1996: 18.8%1997: 19.2%1998: 18.7%1999: 18.4%2000: 18.1%2001: 17.2%2002: 17.1%2003: 16.9%2004: 16.7%2005: 16.6%2006: 16.3%2007: 15.9%2008: 14.9%2009: 13.9%2010: 14.3%2011: 14.1%2012: 13.7%2013: 12.6%2014: 12.1%2015: 11.4%2016: 11.4%2017: 11.7%2018: 11.9%2019: 12%2020: 12.7%2021: 13.7%2022: 14.1%2023: 13.8%2024: 13.1%2025: 13.6%
Change over the period: −4.6 pp Annual average: -0.08 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Costa Rica 13.6%
World 14.9%
Latin America & Caribbean 17.1%
Central America computed 18.4%
Upper-middle-income countries computed 21.7%
Manufacturing share of GDP — Costa Rica, by year Costa Rica All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 13.6 +0.5 pp
2024 13.1 −0.7 pp
2023 13.8 −0.4 pp
2022 14.1 +0.5 pp
2021 13.7 +0.9 pp
2020 12.7 +0.7 pp
2019 12 +0.1 pp
2018 11.9 +0.2 pp
2017 11.7 +0.3 pp
2016 11.4 −0 pp
2015 11.4 −0.7 pp
2014 12.1 −0.5 pp
2013 12.6 −1 pp
2012 13.7 −0.4 pp
2011 14.1 −0.3 pp
2010 14.3 +0.4 pp
2009 13.9 −1 pp
2008 14.9 −1 pp
2007 15.9 −0.4 pp
2006 16.3 −0.4 pp
2005 16.6 −0 pp
2004 16.7 −0.2 pp
2003 16.9 −0.3 pp
2002 17.1 −0 pp
2001 17.2 −0.9 pp
2000 18.1 −0.4 pp
1999 18.4 −0.3 pp
1998 18.7 −0.5 pp
1997 19.2 +0.3 pp
1996 18.8 +0.2 pp
1995 18.7 −0 pp
1994 18.7 −0.6 pp
1993 19.3 −1 pp
1992 20.3 +0.1 pp
1991 20.2 +0.8 pp
1990 19.4 −1 pp
1989 20.4 −0.9 pp
1988 21.3 −0.1 pp
1987 21.3 +0 pp
1986 21.3 −0.8 pp
1985 22.1 −0.4 pp
1984 22.5 +0.6 pp
1983 21.9 +1.5 pp
1982 20.3 +1.4 pp
1981 18.9 +0.3 pp
1980 18.6 +0.3 pp
1979 18.3 −0.4 pp
1978 18.7 −0.3 pp
1977 19 −0.7 pp
1976 19.7 −0.7 pp
1975 20.4 −0.4 pp
1974 20.8 +0.6 pp
1973 20.1 +1 pp
1972 19.1 +0.4 pp
1971 18.7 +0.6 pp
1970 18.2 —

Central America, 2025

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

MX Mexico 20 HN Honduras 15 CR Costa Rica 13.6 GT Guatemala 13.2 SV El Salvador 12.7 NI Nicaragua 12.6 PA Panama 4.8
Full table for all countries

About the indicator

The share of manufacturing value added in GDP. This is the cleanest indicator of an industrial base: unlike the share of industry as a whole it excludes mining and construction. A rising share usually accompanies industrialization, while its decline in advanced countries marks the shift to a service economy.

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

Other indicators for Costa Rica

Economy Manufacturing value added

How much a country's factories create — without mining, construction or utilities.

Costa Rica by year Economy Industry share of GDP

The contribution of industry and construction to the value added of the economy.

Costa Rica by year Trade High-technology exports (% of manufactured exports)

What part of manufactured exports consists of high-technology products.

Costa Rica by year Economy GDP

Gross domestic product in current US dollars — the size of a country's economy.

Costa Rica by year Economy GDP per capita

GDP divided by the population, in current US dollars.

Costa Rica by year Economy GDP growth

The annual growth rate of GDP in constant prices — with inflation stripped out.

Costa Rica by year
All indicators for Costa Rica