Service exports — all countries

Service exports — Costa Rica

Service exports in Costa Rica in 2025 — 18,083,304,474 US$. Ranked 42 in the world out of 97. Since 1977, the indicator has risen by 13,820.9%.

2025 18.08B US$ +5.92% vs 2024
World rank 42of 97
Period maximum 18.08B US$2025
Period minimum 130M US$1977

Trend over time

1977–2025 · US$

Service exports — Costa Rica, 1977–202505B10B15B20B197719821987199219972002200720122017202220251977: 129,900,000 US$1978: 141,900,000 US$1979: 154,800,000 US$1980: 194,200,000 US$1981: 170,800,000 US$1982: 242,200,000 US$1983: 275,200,000 US$1984: 272,500,000 US$1985: 274,700,000 US$1986: 303,000,000 US$1987: 337,100,000 US$1988: 430,300,000 US$1989: 497,900,000 US$1990: 609,000,000 US$1991: 691,400,000 US$1992: 841,300,000 US$1993: 1,039,300,000 US$1994: 1,195,000,000 US$1995: 1,124,600,000 US$1996: 1,315,750,000 US$1997: 1,411,404,000 US$1998: 2,095,060,000 US$1999: 3,592,570,079 US$2000: 2,303,318,558 US$2001: 2,312,224,495 US$2002: 2,266,628,092 US$2003: 2,455,809,455 US$2004: 2,780,754,636 US$2005: 3,197,093,709 US$2006: 3,588,342,113 US$2007: 4,119,711,819 US$2008: 4,604,258,795 US$2009: 4,153,504,973 US$2010: 5,021,461,778 US$2011: 5,782,232,666 US$2012: 6,208,551,333 US$2013: 6,949,171,456 US$2014: 7,106,117,782 US$2015: 7,693,596,630 US$2016: 8,537,126,907 US$2017: 8,597,672,351 US$2018: 9,750,807,594 US$2019: 10,928,625,660 US$2020: 7,932,408,597 US$2021: 8,666,741,845 US$2022: 13,634,039,164 US$2023: 15,556,833,508 US$2024: 17,072,859,418 US$2025: 18,083,304,474 US$
Change over the period: +17.95B (+13,820.94%) Average annual rate: 10.83 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Costa Rica 18.08B US$
World 9.58T US$
Central America computed 114B US$
Upper-middle-income countries computed 842B US$
Service exports — Costa Rica, by year Costa Rica All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 18.08B +1.01B +5.92%
2024 17.07B +1.52B +9.75%
2023 15.56B +1.92B +14.1%
2022 13.63B +4.97B +57.31%
2021 8.67B +734M +9.26%
2020 7.93B −3B −27.42%
2019 10.93B +1.18B +12.08%
2018 9.75B +1.15B +13.41%
2017 8.6B +60.55M +0.71%
2016 8.54B +844M +10.96%
2015 7.69B +587M +8.27%
2014 7.11B +157M +2.26%
2013 6.95B +741M +11.93%
2012 6.21B +426M +7.37%
2011 5.78B +761M +15.15%
2010 5.02B +868M +20.9%
2009 4.15B −451M −9.79%
2008 4.6B +485M +11.76%
2007 4.12B +531M +14.81%
2006 3.59B +391M +12.24%
2005 3.2B +416M +14.97%
2004 2.78B +325M +13.23%
2003 2.46B +189M +8.35%
2002 2.27B −45.6M −1.97%
2001 2.31B +8.91M +0.39%
2000 2.3B −1.29B −35.89%
1999 3.59B +1.5B +71.48%
1998 2.1B +684M +48.44%
1997 1.41B +95.65M +7.27%
1996 1.32B +191M +17%
1995 1.12B −70.4M −5.89%
1994 1.2B +156M +14.98%
1993 1.04B +198M +23.54%
1992 841M +150M +21.68%
1991 691M +82.4M +13.53%
1990 609M +111M +22.31%
1989 498M +67.6M +15.71%
1988 430M +93.2M +27.65%
1987 337M +34.1M +11.25%
1986 303M +28.3M +10.3%
1985 275M +2.2M +0.81%
1984 273M −2.7M −0.98%
1983 275M +33M +13.63%
1982 242M +71.4M +41.8%
1981 171M −23.4M −12.05%
1980 194M +39.4M +25.45%
1979 155M +12.9M +9.09%
1978 142M +12M +9.24%
1977 130M

Central America, 2025

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

About the indicator

Exports of services: travel and tourism, transport, communications, insurance, financial and business services, royalties, computer and information services. For dozens of countries this flow is larger than merchandise exports, and not only for the obvious tourist destinations: India, Ireland and the Philippines ended up near the top of the list on software and business services. Services, unlike goods, do not pass through customs, so they are estimated from banking and survey statistics and are measured less precisely.

Important: It serves as the denominator for the share of ICT services in service exports. It excludes investment income and compensation of employees — those are counted separately, in the primary income account.

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