Costa Rica's exports rose from US$4.67B in 1996 to US$40B in 2025.
Costa Rica · Trade
Exports, imports, balances, openness and composition.
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Costa Rica's imports rose from US$5.14B in 1996 to US$33.6B in 2025.
Costa Rica's merchandise exports (current us$) rose from US$3.76B in 1996 to US$26.4B in 2025.
Costa Rica's merchandise imports (current us$) rose from US$4.33B in 1996 to US$27.5B in 2025.
Costa Rica's services exports rose from US$1.32B in 1996 to US$18.1B in 2025.
Costa Rica's trade balance rose from US$-471M in 1996 to US$6.39B in 2025.
Costa Rica's current account balance (us$) fell from US$-264M in 1996 to US$-687M in 2025.
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- Exports of goods and services (% of GDP)up +1.3 pts66th of 138
- Imports of goods and services (% of GDP)up +0.3 pts90th of 138
- Trade opennessup +1.6 pts78th of 138
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- Current accountup +0.2 pts50th of 101
- FDI inflowsdown −0.2 pts14th of 97
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- High-tech exportsdown −1.3 pts24th of 125
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- Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports)down −0.0 pts115th of 127
- Food exports (% of merchandise exports)down −0.5 pts34th of 131
- Manufactures exports (% of merchandise exports)up +0.7 pts44th of 131
- Ores and metals exports (% of merchandise exports)down −0.1 pts102nd of 130
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- Net barter terms of trade indexup +2.1 pts111th of 203
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- Tariffsdown −0.1 pts127th of 143
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- FDI outflowsup +0.1 pts51st of 91
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- Logistics performance index, overallup +3.9 %65th of 138