Costa Rica - Merchandise trade

Merchandise trade (% of GDP)

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) in Costa Rica was 43.84 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 91.32 in 1999, while its lowest value was 38.23 in 1960.

Definition: Merchandise trade as a share of GDP is the sum of merchandise exports and imports divided by the value of GDP, all in current U.S. dollars.

Source: World Trade Organization, and World Bank GDP estimates.

See also:

Year Value
1960 38.23
1961 38.95
1962 42.99
1963 42.78
1964 46.63
1965 48.91
1966 48.66
1967 47.89
1968 49.75
1969 50.96
1970 55.64
1971 53.38
1972 52.82
1973 52.32
1974 69.61
1975 60.53
1976 56.50
1977 60.18
1978 57.65
1979 57.76
1980 52.61
1981 84.50
1982 67.48
1983 59.14
1984 57.37
1985 52.92
1986 51.35
1987 56.06
1988 57.56
1989 59.65
1990 60.19
1991 48.29
1992 50.00
1993 64.08
1994 63.58
1995 65.34
1996 69.23
1997 73.76
1998 85.97
1999 91.32
2000 81.52
2001 72.55
2002 75.11
2003 79.70
2004 78.28
2005 84.08
2006 86.94
2007 82.91
2008 80.76
2009 65.63
2010 61.12
2011 62.27
2012 61.45
2013 58.11
2014 55.29
2015 45.52
2016 43.87
2017 45.55
2018 47.47
2019 45.71
2020 43.84

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Total merchandise trade