Annual inflation, consumer prices (%) in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Annual inflation, consumer prices (%) was -0.4% in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Annual inflation, consumer prices in Costa Rica, 2000–2024
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
Costa Rica recorded -0.4% for annual inflation, consumer prices in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of down 178.6% on the previous year and down 109.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual inflation, consumer prices in Costa Rica peaked at 13.8% in 2005 and was at its lowest, -0.4%, in 2024.
That places Costa Rica 198th out of 203 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Annual inflation, consumer prices (%) in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 11.0% | — |
| 2001 | 11.3% | +2.7% |
| 2002 | 9.2% | -18.6% |
| 2003 | 9.4% | +3.1% |
| 2004 | 12.3% | +30.3% |
| 2005 | 13.8% | +12.0% |
| 2006 | 11.5% | -16.9% |
| 2007 | 9.4% | -18.4% |
| 2008 | 13.4% | +43.5% |
| 2009 | 7.8% | -41.6% |
| 2010 | 5.7% | -27.8% |
| 2011 | 4.9% | -13.9% |
| 2012 | 4.5% | -7.8% |
| 2013 | 5.2% | +16.4% |
| 2014 | 4.5% | -13.6% |
| 2015 | 0.8% | -82.3% |
| 2016 | -0.0% | -102.2% |
| 2017 | 1.6% | -9402.1% |
| 2018 | 2.2% | +36.6% |
| 2019 | 2.1% | -5.6% |
| 2020 | 0.7% | -65.4% |
| 2021 | 1.7% | +138.2% |
| 2022 | 8.3% | +379.3% |
| 2023 | 0.5% | -93.7% |
| 2024 | -0.4% | -178.6% |
Costa Rica compared with similar countries
- Costa Rica's -0.4% is below the median for high income countries, which is 2.4%. (64 countries reporting)
- Costa Rica's -0.4% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 3.3%. (34 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Annual inflation, consumer prices (%) in Costa Rica changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | +9402.1% | -0.0% | 1.6% |
| 2022 | +379.3% | 1.7% | 8.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 10.9% | 7.8% | 13.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.2% | -0.0% | 5.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.2% | -0.4% | 8.3% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Costa Rica
- 195 Saint Lucia -0.1% compare
- 196 Brunei Darussalam -0.4% compare
- 196 Brunei -0.4% compare
- 199 Sri Lanka -0.4% compare
- 200 Barbados -0.4% compare
- 201 Cayman Islands -0.6% compare
More development goals data for Costa Rica
- Red List Index 0.8353 (2025)
- Number of refugees per 100,000 population, by country of origin 5.55 (2025)
- Manufacturing value added per capita 2,219 (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds 30 (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds (not extinct) 30 (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds with unknown risk status 29 (2025)
- Number of local breeds with unknown risk status 3 (2025)
- Number of local breeds (not extinct) 3 (2025)
- Number of local breeds kept in the country 5 (2025)
- Infant deaths 468 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is annual inflation, consumer prices in Costa Rica?
- Annual inflation, consumer prices in Costa Rica was -0.4% in 2024, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest annual inflation, consumer prices recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 13.8% in 2005.
- What is the lowest annual inflation, consumer prices recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.4% in 2024.
- How does Costa Rica rank for annual inflation, consumer prices?
- Costa Rica ranks 198th out of 203 countries with data for 2024.
- Is annual inflation, consumer prices rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 109.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Annual inflation, consumer prices (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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