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Costa Rica
Trade (% of GDP)

Trade is the sum of exports and imports of goods and services. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.

Global rank#78out of 138 countries
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Historical trend

92.080.569.057.445.9196019932025Costa Rica · 2025: 71.49%Costa Rica

Analytical takeaways

  • Costa Rica records 71.49% for Trade (% of GDP) in 2025, ranking #78 globally out of 138 countries.
  • Trade (% of GDP) increased from 47.26% in 1960 to 71.49% in 2025, a gain of 24.23%.
  • The country sits in the middle of the global distribution for this metric, making the page a balanced entry point for comparative analysis beyond the extremes.

Comparison

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