Costa Rica

Inflation in Costa Rica

Inflation in Costa Rica: 18.1% a year in 1980 and -0.1% a year in 2025, by IMF estimates.

Latest, 2025
-0.1% a year
Since 1980
−18.2 percentage points
Rank, 2025
169 of 179
counting from the highest
Projected, 2031
3% a year
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

% a year · IMF

Inflation in Costa RicaInflation in Costa Rica: 18.1% a year in 1980 and -0.1% a year in 2025, by IMF estimates. The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts it at 3% a year in 2031.
Estimates, IMFIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts it at 3% a year in 2031.
  • The highest was 90.3% a year in 1982, the lowest -0.4% a year in 2024.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearCosta Rica
2025-0.1
2024-0.4
20230.5
20228.3
20211.7
20200.7
20192.1
20182.2
20171.6
2016-0
20150.8
20144.5
20135.2
20124.5
20114.9
20105.7
20097.8
200813.4
20079.4
200611.5
200513.8
200412.3
20039.4
20029.2
200111.3
200011
199910
199811.7
199713.3
199617.5
199523.2
199413.5
19939.8
199221.8
199110.2
199019.1
198916.5
198820.8
198716.8
198611.8
198515.1
198412
198332.5
198290.3
198136.8
198018.1
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearCosta Rica
2026-0.8
20272.2
20282.3
20292.6
20302.8
20313

Good to know

  • How much consumer prices rose in a year, on average.
  • Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
  • The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
  • Ranks count the 179 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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