Costa Rica - Taxes on goods and services

Taxes on goods and services (current LCU)

The value for Taxes on goods and services (current LCU) in Costa Rica was 2,627,740,000,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 47 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2,627,740,000,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 470,000,000 in 1972.

Definition: Taxes on goods and services include general sales and turnover or value added taxes, selective excises on goods, selective taxes on services, taxes on the use of goods or property, taxes on extraction and production of minerals, and profits of fiscal monopolies.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files.

Year Value
1972 470,000,000
1973 650,000,000
1974 790,000,000
1975 940,000,000
1976 1,130,000,000
1977 1,440,000,000
1978 1,720,000,000
1979 1,800,000,000
1980 2,290,000,000
1981 2,670,000,000
1982 4,380,000,000
1983 8,800,000,000
1984 11,400,000,000
1985 12,420,000,000
1986 15,460,000,000
1987 18,600,000,000
1988 15,970,000,000
1989 18,040,000,000
1990 33,260,000,000
1991 45,280,000,000
1992 79,290,000,000
1993 92,580,000,000
1994 105,280,000,000
1995 138,690,000,000
1996 200,250,000,000
1997 241,690,000,000
1998 296,580,000,000
1999 348,800,000,000
2000 408,100,000,000
2001 479,700,000,000
2004 692,346,000,000
2005 827,846,000,000
2006 1,021,840,000,000
2007 1,287,500,000,000
2008 1,485,410,000,000
2009 1,361,560,000,000
2010 1,498,330,000,000
2011 1,695,100,000,000
2012 1,828,100,000,000
2013 1,962,940,000,000
2014 2,078,650,000,000
2015 2,246,270,000,000
2016 2,378,370,000,000
2017 2,433,880,000,000
2018 2,479,910,000,000
2019 2,627,740,000,000

Taxes on goods and services (% of revenue)

Taxes on goods and services (% of revenue) in Costa Rica was 27.13 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 40.12 in 1973, while its lowest value was 17.34 in 1989.

Definition: Taxes on goods and services include general sales and turnover or value added taxes, selective excises on goods, selective taxes on services, taxes on the use of goods or property, taxes on extraction and production of minerals, and profits of fiscal monopolies.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files.

See also:

Year Value
1972 37.30
1973 40.12
1974 32.24
1975 31.02
1976 30.96
1977 32.80
1978 29.91
1979 28.48
1980 31.03
1981 26.20
1982 25.72
1983 31.31
1984 31.34
1985 30.29
1986 28.34
1987 26.54
1988 18.21
1989 17.34
1990 27.56
1991 27.86
1992 35.21
1993 33.32
1994 32.28
1995 32.45
1996 39.78
1997 39.39
1998 40.10
1999 38.62
2000 39.62
2001 39.86
2004 38.05
2005 37.82
2006 37.15
2007 38.35
2008 37.45
2009 32.83
2010 33.04
2011 33.57
2012 32.85
2013 32.65
2014 32.13
2015 30.67
2016 29.69
2017 30.38
2018 26.91
2019 27.13

Taxes on goods and services (% value added of industry and services)

Taxes on goods and services (% value added of industry and services) in Costa Rica was 7.91 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 11.32 in 2007, while its lowest value was 5.12 in 1989.

Definition: Taxes on goods and services include general sales and turnover or value added taxes, selective excises on goods, selective taxes on services, taxes on the use of goods or property, taxes on extraction and production of minerals, and profits of fiscal monopolies.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, and World Bank and OECD value added estimates.

See also:

Year Value
1972 7.16
1973 8.02
1974 7.42
1975 7.02
1976 6.86
1977 7.00
1978 7.16
1979 6.39
1980 6.73
1981 6.07
1982 5.95
1983 8.72
1984 8.88
1985 7.73
1986 7.93
1987 7.98
1988 5.57
1989 5.12
1990 7.55
1991 6.41
1992 8.68
1993 8.48
1994 8.04
1995 8.46
1996 10.46
1997 10.46
1998 10.68
1999 10.71
2000 10.84
2001 11.15
2004 10.36
2005 10.53
2006 10.74
2007 11.32
2008 11.04
2009 9.13
2010 8.88
2011 9.14
2012 8.90
2013 8.87
2014 8.53
2015 8.53
2016 8.52
2017 8.08
2018 7.80
2019 7.91

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance