Remittances paid — all countries

Remittances paid — Costa Rica

Remittances paid in Costa Rica in 2025 — 665,147,867 US$. Ranked 49 in the world out of 95. Since 1981, the indicator has risen by 132,929.6%.

2025 665M US$ +5.68% vs 2024
World rank 49of 95
Period maximum 665M US$2025
Period minimum 500,000 US$1981

Trend over time

1981–2025 · US$

Remittances paid — Costa Rica, 1981–20250200M400M600M800M19811986199119962001200620112016202120251981: 500,000 US$1982: 600,000 US$1983: 600,000 US$1984: 700,000 US$1985: 700,000 US$1986: 800,000 US$1987: 800,000 US$1994: 7,100,000 US$1995: 35,500,000 US$1996: 46,020,000 US$1997: 67,180,000 US$1998: 92,950,000 US$1999: 122,453,549 US$2000: 142,395,232 US$2001: 140,491,791 US$2002: 147,801,111 US$2003: 192,016,734 US$2004: 191,548,234 US$2005: 209,029,050 US$2006: 246,343,429 US$2007: 271,414,281 US$2008: 268,618,172 US$2009: 238,598,200 US$2010: 259,382,912 US$2011: 290,543,358 US$2012: 346,035,433 US$2013: 402,604,637 US$2014: 419,222,829 US$2015: 407,784,045 US$2016: 416,129,213 US$2017: 468,504,811 US$2018: 506,693,452 US$2019: 528,443,216 US$2020: 490,881,075 US$2021: 541,463,308 US$2022: 563,226,402 US$2023: 539,689,777 US$2024: 629,372,104 US$2025: 665,147,867 US$
Change over the period: +665M (+132,929.57%) Average annual rate: 17.76 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Costa Rica 665M US$
World 526B US$
Central America computed 3.03B US$
Upper-middle-income countries computed 52.17B US$
Remittances paid — Costa Rica, by year Costa Rica All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 665M +35.78M +5.68%
2024 629M +89.68M +16.62%
2023 540M −23.54M −4.18%
2022 563M +21.76M +4.02%
2021 541M +50.58M +10.3%
2020 491M −37.56M −7.11%
2019 528M +21.75M +4.29%
2018 507M +38.19M +8.15%
2017 469M +52.38M +12.59%
2016 416M +8.35M +2.05%
2015 408M −11.44M −2.73%
2014 419M +16.62M +4.13%
2013 403M +56.57M +16.35%
2012 346M +55.49M +19.1%
2011 291M +31.16M +12.01%
2010 259M +20.78M +8.71%
2009 239M −30.02M −11.18%
2008 269M −2.8M −1.03%
2007 271M +25.07M +10.18%
2006 246M +37.31M +17.85%
2005 209M +17.48M +9.13%
2004 192M −468,500 −0.24%
2003 192M +44.22M +29.92%
2002 148M +7.31M +5.2%
2001 140M −1.9M −1.34%
2000 142M +19.94M +16.29%
1999 122M +29.5M +31.74%
1998 92.95M +25.77M +38.36%
1997 67.18M +21.16M +45.98%
1996 46.02M +10.52M +29.63%
1995 35.5M +28.4M +400%
1994 7.1M
1987 800,000 +0 +0%
1986 800,000 +100,000 +14.29%
1985 700,000 +0 +0%
1984 700,000 +100,000 +16.67%
1983 600,000 +0 +0%
1982 600,000 +100,000 +20%
1981 500,000

Central America, 2025

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

About the indicator

Personal remittances sent from a country abroad. This is the mirror side of remittances received, and together the two divide the world into countries that take in labor migrants and countries that send them. The largest senders are the United States and the Gulf states, and for the latter the flow is enormous relative to the size of the economy: incomers make up the majority of those working there.

Important: Remittances sent and received should match at the world level, but they do not: some countries do not record the flow, and part of the transfers goes outside the statistics.

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