Costa Rica - Merchandise imports

Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise imports) in Costa Rica was 0.159 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 52 years was 0.846 in 2009, while its lowest value was 0.003 in 1984.

Definition: Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from economies in the Arab World. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1968 0.047
1969 0.013
1970 0.020
1971 0.022
1972 0.016
1973 0.017
1974 0.006
1975 0.011
1976 0.010
1977 0.012
1978 0.015
1979 0.021
1980 0.016
1981 0.008
1982 0.005
1983 0.004
1984 0.003
1985 0.006
1986 0.038
1987 0.016
1988 0.017
1989 0.007
1990 0.019
1991 0.006
1992 0.004
1993 0.005
1994 0.007
1995 0.015
1996 0.027
1997 0.008
1998 0.013
1999 0.013
2000 0.012
2001 0.115
2002 0.013
2003 0.009
2004 0.016
2005 0.032
2006 0.027
2007 0.053
2008 0.044
2009 0.846
2010 0.599
2011 0.557
2012 0.081
2013 0.194
2014 0.136
2015 0.150
2016 0.155
2017 0.189
2018 0.424
2019 0.231
2020 0.159

Merchandise imports (current US$)

The value for Merchandise imports (current US$) in Costa Rica was 14,942,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 18,289,000,000 in 2018 and a minimum value of 107,000,000 in 1961.

Definition: Merchandise imports show the c.i.f. value of goods received from the rest of the world valued in current U.S. dollars.

Source: World Trade Organization.

See also:

Year Value
1960 110,000,000
1961 107,000,000
1962 113,000,000
1963 124,000,000
1964 139,000,000
1965 178,000,000
1966 179,000,000
1967 191,000,000
1968 214,000,000
1969 245,000,000
1970 317,000,000
1971 350,000,000
1972 373,000,000
1973 455,000,000
1974 720,000,000
1975 694,000,000
1976 770,000,000
1977 1,021,000,000
1978 1,166,000,000
1979 1,397,000,000
1980 1,540,000,000
1981 1,209,000,000
1982 889,000,000
1983 988,000,000
1984 1,094,000,000
1985 1,098,000,000
1986 1,148,000,000
1987 1,383,000,000
1988 1,410,000,000
1989 1,717,000,000
1990 1,990,000,000
1991 1,877,000,000
1992 2,441,000,000
1993 3,515,000,000
1994 3,789,000,000
1995 4,090,000,000
1996 4,327,000,000
1997 4,970,000,000
1998 6,239,000,000
1999 6,355,000,000
2000 6,389,000,000
2001 6,569,000,000
2002 7,188,000,000
2003 7,663,000,000
2004 8,268,000,000
2005 9,824,000,000
2006 11,548,000,000
2007 12,952,000,000
2008 15,372,000,000
2009 11,395,000,000
2010 13,570,000,000
2011 16,220,000,000
2012 17,591,000,000
2013 18,127,000,000
2014 17,509,000,000
2015 16,273,000,000
2016 15,456,000,000
2017 16,796,000,000
2018 18,289,000,000
2019 17,573,000,000
2020 14,942,000,000

Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) in Costa Rica was 59.21 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 87.81 in 1960, while its lowest value was 40.55 in 2001.

Definition: Merchandise imports from high-income economies are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from high-income economies according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 87.81
1961 86.56
1962 86.95
1963 87.71
1964 85.39
1965 80.63
1966 77.65
1967 73.85
1968 68.13
1969 70.16
1970 68.88
1971 69.12
1972 69.56
1973 68.08
1974 66.91
1975 65.59
1976 67.56
1977 67.66
1978 69.87
1979 64.91
1980 67.60
1981 64.67
1982 60.59
1983 63.26
1984 66.70
1985 67.92
1986 72.84
1987 71.52
1988 69.58
1989 69.83
1990 73.20
1991 71.51
1992 75.39
1993 75.13
1994 71.08
1995 68.70
1996 69.60
1997 49.94
1998 47.64
1999 42.60
2000 59.10
2001 40.55
2002 63.38
2003 76.51
2004 71.83
2005 70.28
2006 70.69
2007 67.55
2008 66.95
2009 66.00
2010 68.34
2011 68.52
2012 69.80
2013 69.81
2014 66.99
2015 62.10
2016 60.13
2017 60.60
2018 61.49
2019 60.59
2020 59.21

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports) in Costa Rica was 20.20 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 20.20 in 2020, while its lowest value was 0.08 in 1981.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from other low- and middle-income economies in other World Bank regions according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 0.45
1961 0.56
1962 0.36
1963 0.41
1964 0.29
1965 0.45
1966 0.56
1967 0.32
1968 0.33
1969 0.29
1970 0.28
1971 0.66
1972 0.09
1973 0.14
1974 0.37
1975 0.09
1976 0.15
1977 0.27
1978 0.10
1979 0.31
1980 0.19
1981 0.08
1982 0.11
1983 0.09
1984 0.16
1985 0.12
1986 0.26
1987 0.23
1988 0.41
1989 0.22
1990 0.20
1991 0.24
1992 0.36
1993 0.82
1994 1.46
1995 2.56
1996 1.44
1997 2.90
1998 3.26
1999 3.29
2000 5.60
2001 4.34
2002 3.62
2003 3.29
2004 4.99
2005 6.81
2006 7.07
2007 8.84
2008 9.00
2009 9.54
2010 10.10
2011 11.26
2012 10.66
2013 12.43
2014 13.23
2015 16.36
2016 18.38
2017 17.64
2018 17.90
2019 17.91
2020 20.20

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise imports) in Costa Rica was 17.43 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 57 years was 17.43 in 2020, while its lowest value was 0.02 in 1972.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia and Pacific are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the East Asia and Pacific region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1963 0.16
1966 0.28
1967 0.16
1968 0.19
1969 0.24
1970 0.16
1971 0.61
1972 0.02
1973 0.06
1974 0.32
1975 0.04
1976 0.10
1977 0.12
1978 0.07
1979 0.27
1980 0.14
1981 0.04
1982 0.08
1983 0.08
1984 0.14
1985 0.06
1986 0.20
1987 0.08
1988 0.32
1989 0.15
1990 0.11
1991 0.15
1992 0.18
1993 0.35
1994 0.91
1995 1.96
1996 0.91
1997 2.08
1998 2.51
1999 2.71
2000 4.57
2001 3.72
2002 2.65
2003 2.57
2004 4.18
2005 5.60
2006 6.09
2007 7.81
2008 7.82
2009 7.91
2010 8.48
2011 9.28
2012 9.43
2013 11.19
2014 11.79
2015 14.47
2016 16.12
2017 15.37
2018 15.38
2019 15.22
2020 17.43

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise imports) in Costa Rica was 1.45 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 51 years was 1.45 in 2020, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 1984.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Europe and Central Asia are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the Europe and Central Asia region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1969 0.02
1970 0.00
1971 0.00
1972 0.01
1973 0.02
1974 0.01
1975 0.00
1976 0.00
1977 0.09
1978 0.00
1979 0.01
1980 0.00
1981 0.00
1982 0.00
1983 0.00
1984 0.00
1985 0.00
1986 0.02
1987 0.11
1988 0.01
1989 0.01
1990 0.01
1991 0.02
1992 0.12
1993 0.20
1994 0.37
1995 0.39
1996 0.12
1997 0.63
1998 0.58
1999 0.44
2000 0.79
2001 0.43
2002 0.64
2003 0.44
2004 0.45
2005 0.82
2006 0.48
2007 0.46
2008 0.66
2009 0.29
2010 0.27
2011 0.63
2012 0.47
2013 0.43
2014 0.58
2015 0.79
2016 0.82
2017 0.83
2018 1.17
2019 1.28
2020 1.45

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise imports) in Costa Rica was 18.56 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 26.39 in 1968, while its lowest value was 5.36 in 1962.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Latin America and the Caribbean are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the Latin America and the Caribbean region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 5.82
1961 5.83
1962 5.36
1963 5.61
1964 8.43
1965 12.02
1966 16.56
1967 21.13
1968 26.39
1969 23.89
1970 25.23
1971 24.89
1972 25.10
1973 23.67
1974 21.46
1975 22.29
1976 21.83
1977 21.17
1978 25.30
1979 21.34
1980 22.98
1981 24.62
1982 24.21
1983 23.92
1984 21.49
1985 17.69
1986 19.97
1987 19.79
1988 21.18
1989 19.74
1990 17.06
1991 20.14
1992 19.00
1993 18.10
1994 20.78
1995 20.72
1996 20.91
1997 16.90
1998 14.32
1999 14.23
2000 21.54
2001 14.64
2002 20.98
2003 16.18
2004 18.33
2005 17.21
2006 15.94
2007 17.20
2008 17.41
2009 18.11
2010 18.95
2011 18.19
2012 17.17
2013 17.50
2014 16.84
2015 18.06
2016 18.26
2017 18.47
2018 17.99
2019 18.17
2020 18.56

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise imports) in Costa Rica was 0.065 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 52 years was 0.773 in 2009, while its lowest value was 0.002 in 1974.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle East and North Africa are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the Middle East and North Africa region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1968 0.047
1969 0.013
1970 0.018
1971 0.022
1972 0.014
1973 0.015
1974 0.002
1975 0.009
1976 0.008
1977 0.008
1978 0.012
1979 0.012
1980 0.015
1981 0.008
1982 0.003
1983 0.004
1984 0.003
1985 0.028
1986 0.004
1987 0.004
1988 0.003
1989 0.003
1990 0.009
1991 0.007
1992 0.004
1993 0.007
1994 0.008
1995 0.012
1996 0.015
1997 0.009
1998 0.010
1999 0.010
2000 0.003
2001 0.011
2002 0.009
2003 0.005
2004 0.008
2005 0.021
2006 0.019
2007 0.047
2008 0.021
2009 0.773
2010 0.502
2011 0.443
2012 0.104
2013 0.137
2014 0.041
2015 0.040
2016 0.058
2017 0.060
2018 0.057
2019 0.083
2020 0.065

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise imports) in Costa Rica was 1.22 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 1.33 in 2017, while its lowest value was 0.01 in 1982.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in South Asia are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the South Asia region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 0.45
1961 0.56
1962 0.36
1963 0.24
1964 0.22
1965 0.28
1969 0.01
1970 0.06
1971 0.02
1972 0.03
1973 0.02
1974 0.02
1975 0.03
1976 0.01
1977 0.02
1978 0.01
1979 0.01
1980 0.01
1981 0.01
1982 0.01
1983 0.01
1984 0.01
1985 0.03
1986 0.03
1987 0.03
1988 0.07
1989 0.04
1990 0.06
1991 0.05
1992 0.05
1993 0.06
1994 0.09
1995 0.08
1996 0.18
1997 0.10
1998 0.12
1999 0.11
2000 0.22
2001 0.16
2002 0.30
2003 0.20
2004 0.27
2005 0.36
2006 0.34
2007 0.46
2008 0.44
2009 0.46
2010 0.83
2011 0.87
2012 0.58
2013 0.62
2014 0.76
2015 1.01
2016 1.32
2017 1.33
2018 1.24
2019 1.28
2020 1.22

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise imports) in Costa Rica was 0.032 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 56 years was 0.281 in 1966, while its lowest value was 0.000 in 1988.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the Sub-Saharan Africa region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1964 0.073
1965 0.168
1966 0.281
1967 0.158
1968 0.094
1969 0.014
1970 0.036
1971 0.005
1972 0.011
1973 0.023
1974 0.016
1975 0.020
1976 0.021
1977 0.033
1978 0.005
1979 0.005
1980 0.027
1981 0.014
1982 0.012
1983 0.002
1984 0.001
1985 0.001
1986 0.004
1987 0.007
1988 0.000
1989 0.014
1990 0.001
1991 0.021
1992 0.016
1993 0.209
1994 0.074
1995 0.118
1996 0.206
1997 0.080
1998 0.055
1999 0.024
2000 0.013
2001 0.019
2002 0.023
2003 0.073
2004 0.074
2005 0.017
2006 0.129
2007 0.054
2008 0.059
2009 0.100
2010 0.018
2011 0.037
2012 0.072
2013 0.054
2014 0.053
2015 0.056
2016 0.048
2017 0.051
2018 0.050
2019 0.041
2020 0.032

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports) in Costa Rica was 2.03 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 40.48 in 2001, while its lowest value was 0.26 in 2013.

Definition: Merchandise imports by the reporting economy residuals are the total merchandise imports by the reporting economy from the rest of the world as reported in the IMF's Direction of trade database, less the sum of imports by the reporting economy from high-, low-, and middle-income economies according to the World Bank classification of economies. Includes trade with unspecified partners or with economies not covered by World Bank classification. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 5.91
1961 7.05
1962 7.33
1963 6.27
1964 5.89
1965 6.91
1966 5.22
1967 4.70
1968 5.15
1969 5.66
1970 5.62
1971 5.32
1972 5.26
1973 8.12
1974 11.27
1975 12.02
1976 10.46
1977 10.90
1978 4.72
1979 13.43
1980 9.22
1981 10.63
1982 15.10
1983 12.73
1984 11.65
1985 14.28
1986 6.94
1987 8.45
1988 8.83
1989 10.21
1990 9.54
1991 8.11
1992 5.24
1993 5.95
1994 6.68
1995 8.02
1996 8.05
1997 30.27
1998 34.77
1999 39.88
2000 13.76
2001 40.48
2002 12.02
2003 4.02
2004 4.85
2005 5.69
2006 6.31
2007 6.40
2008 6.64
2009 6.35
2010 2.61
2011 2.02
2012 2.37
2013 0.26
2014 2.94
2015 3.48
2016 3.24
2017 3.28
2018 2.62
2019 3.33
2020 2.03

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$)

The latest value for Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$) in Costa Rica was $14,456,990,000 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $18,122,590,000 in 2013 and $106,400,000 in 1961.

Definition: Merchandise imports by the reporting economy are the total merchandise imports by the reporting economy from the rest of the world, as reported in the IMF's Direction of trade database. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 $109,900,000
1961 $106,400,000
1962 $111,900,000
1963 $122,900,000
1964 $137,600,000
1965 $178,100,000
1966 $178,100,000
1967 $189,300,000
1968 $211,800,000
1969 $244,333,000
1970 $316,664,000
1971 $349,799,000
1972 $373,452,000
1973 $455,138,000
1974 $719,569,000
1975 $693,201,000
1976 $769,366,000
1977 $1,021,427,000
1978 $1,091,694,000
1979 $1,397,804,000
1980 $1,470,745,000
1981 $1,208,875,000
1982 $893,261,000
1983 $989,730,000
1984 $1,091,210,000
1985 $1,096,692,000
1986 $1,144,663,000
1987 $1,384,496,000
1988 $1,409,852,000
1989 $1,737,421,000
1990 $2,026,137,000
1991 $1,849,741,000
1992 $2,789,232,000
1993 $3,146,371,000
1994 $3,024,345,000
1995 $3,214,186,000
1996 $3,561,069,000
1997 $4,969,652,000
1998 $6,238,733,000
1999 $6,354,598,000
2000 $4,444,397,000
2001 $6,524,150,000
2002 $4,962,116,000
2003 $7,605,799,000
2004 $8,225,599,000
2005 $9,766,546,000
2006 $11,534,340,000
2007 $12,944,940,000
2008 $15,372,000,000
2009 $11,394,620,000
2010 $13,566,520,000
2011 $16,144,350,000
2012 $17,571,490,000
2013 $18,122,590,000
2014 $17,162,080,000
2015 $15,633,530,000
2016 $15,367,610,000
2017 $15,920,120,000
2018 $16,707,590,000
2019 $16,112,960,000
2020 $14,456,990,000

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise imports) in Costa Rica was 18.56 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 26.39 in 1968, while its lowest value was 5.36 in 1962.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within region are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from other low- and middle-income economies in the same World Bank region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data. No figures are shown for high-income economies, because they are a separate category in the World Bank classification of economies.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 5.82
1961 5.83
1962 5.36
1963 5.61
1964 8.43
1965 12.02
1966 16.56
1967 21.13
1968 26.39
1969 23.89
1970 25.23
1971 24.89
1972 25.10
1973 23.67
1974 21.46
1975 22.29
1976 21.83
1977 21.17
1978 25.30
1979 21.34
1980 22.98
1981 24.62
1982 24.21
1983 23.92
1984 21.49
1985 17.69
1986 19.97
1987 19.79
1988 21.18
1989 19.74
1990 17.06
1991 20.14
1992 19.00
1993 18.10
1994 20.78
1995 20.72
1996 20.91
1997 16.90
1998 14.32
1999 14.23
2000 21.54
2001 14.64
2002 20.98
2003 16.18
2004 18.33
2005 17.21
2006 15.94
2007 17.20
2008 17.41
2009 18.11
2010 18.95
2011 18.19
2012 17.17
2013 17.50
2014 16.84
2015 18.06
2016 18.26
2017 18.47
2018 17.99
2019 18.17
2020 18.56

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports