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Costa Rica Current Account Balance (% GDP) Statistics

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Country or Region: Costa Rica › Change country
Economic Indicator: Current Account Balance (% GDP) › See all Costa Rica indicators, › See Current Account Balance (% GDP) data for all countries
Detailed Analysis for Year: 2010 › Change year
Full Dataset: from 1980 to 2016
Dataset updated: 1st August 2011
Data Source: International Monetary Fund (IMF)
National or Regional Currency: Costa Rican C
Currency Symbol: CRC

Current account is all transactions other than those in financial and capital items. The major classifications are goods and services, income and current transfers. The focus of the BOP is on transactions (between an economy and the rest of the world) in goods, services, and income. See notes for: Gross domestic product, current prices (National currency) Current account balance (U.S. dollars).

Current Account Balance (% GDP) Statistics for Costa Rica , Year 2010 - In Detail

Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Costa Rica in year 2010 is -3.63 %

This makes Costa Rica No. 93 in world rankings according to Current Account Balance (% GDP) in year 2010. The world's average Current Account Balance (% GDP) value is -2.68 %; Costa Rica is 0.95 less than the average.

In the previous year, 2009, Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Costa Rica was -1.96 % Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Costa Rica in 2010 was or will be 84.83% more than it was or will be in 2009.

In the following or forecasted year, 2011, Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Costa Rica was or will be -4.51 %, which is 24.27% more than the 2010 figure.

* Source: IMF
Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Costa Rica, in other Years
Year %
  2016 -5.123
  2015 -5.117
  2014 -5.026
  2013 -4.924
  2012 -4.689
  2011 -4.511
2010 -3.63
  2009 -1.964
  2008 -9.341
  2007 -6.255
  2006 -4.54
  2005 -4.913
  2004 -4.256
  2003 -5.024
  2002 -5.087
  2001 -3.676
  2000 -4.496
  1999 -3.847
  1998 -3.479
  1997 -3.582
  1996 -2.325
  1995 -3.185
  1994 -4.862
  1993 -7.162
  1992 -4.766
  1991 -3.125
  1990 -7.833
  1989 -7.192
  1988 -3.479
  1987 -5.052
  1986 -1.68
  1985 -3.314
  1984 -4.262
  1983 -8.993
  1982 -9.207
  1981 -16.007
  1980 -13.723