Costa Rica - Current Account Balance 2019
-1.19%
+1.80% from 2018
Costa Rica's current account balance was -1.19% in 2019, increased +1.80% from -2.99% in 2018. This was the 108th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2019▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Guyana | -57.11% | -97.1% |
| 2nd | Dominica | -36.20% | 22.4% |
| 3rd | Palau | -30.43% | -63.3% |
| 4th | Maldives | -25.82% | 7.3% |
| 5th | Tuvalu | -22.17% | -137.4% |
| 6th | Lebanon | -21.83% | 10.3% |
| 7th | São Tomé and Principe | -21.80% | -68.3% |
| 8th | Ireland | -20.56% | -579.4% |
| 9th | Afghanistan | -20.17% | -266.1% |
| 10th | Liberia | -19.68% | 7.7% |
| 11th | Bhutan | -18.31% | -5.1% |
| 12th | Curaçao | -17.87% | 33.0% |
| 13th | Mozambique | -16.08% | 45.4% |
| 14th | Mongolia | -15.22% | 8.9% |
| 15th | Sudan | -14.78% | -6.1% |
| 16th | Montenegro | -14.51% | 15.8% |
| 17th | Burundi | -13.69% | -6.8% |
| 18th | Fiji | -13.06% | -55.1% |
| 19th | Niger | -12.20% | 3.8% |
| 20th | Malawi | -11.95% | 0.8% |
| 21st | Rwanda | -11.89% | -17.6% |
| 22nd | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | -11.72% | -297.7% |
| 23rd | Kyrgyz Republic | -11.38% | 5.6% |
| 24th | Suriname | -11.16% | -292.6% |
| 25th | Cayman Islands | -10.89% | 35.1% |
| 26th | Mauritania | -10.53% | 19.4% |
| 27th | West Bank and Gaza | -10.39% | 21.0% |
| 28th | Grenada | -10.33% | 19.0% |
| 29th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | -9.67% | -204.2% |
| 30th | Solomon Islands | -9.51% | -220.9% |
| 31st | Moldova | -9.42% | 12.5% |
| 32nd | Algeria | -8.76% | -1.0% |
| 33rd | Senegal | -8.11% | 7.9% |
| 34th | Tunisia | -8.05% | 25.5% |
| 35th | Cambodia | -8.00% | 10.1% |
| 36th | Guinea-Bissau | -7.98% | -129.1% |
| 37th | Albania | -7.82% | -17.5% |
| 38th | Sierra Leone | -7.79% | 15.9% |
| 39th | Tonga | -7.78% | -10.9% |
| 40th | Belize | -7.75% | -17.5% |
| 41st | Equatorial Guinea | -7.54% | -178.0% |
| 42nd | Lesotho | -7.46% | -6.8% |
| 43rd | Uganda | -7.45% | -21.9% |
| 44th | Armenia | -7.06% | 2.4% |
| 45th | Lao PDR | -7.04% | 22.6% |
| 46th | Botswana | -6.91% | -1,857.0% |
| 47th | Serbia | -6.56% | -41.3% |
| 48th | Antigua and Barbuda | -6.51% | 53.5% |
| 49th | Mali | -6.29% | -28.5% |
| 50th | Georgia | -5.99% | 10.0% |
| 51st | Kosovo | -5.66% | 25.7% |
| 52nd | Cyprus | -5.52% | -42.3% |
| 53rd | Kenya | -5.24% | -31.6% |
| 54th | Chile | -5.21% | -16.1% |
| 55th | Panama | -5.14% | 34.7% |
| 56th | Nepal | -5.13% | 27.7% |
| 57th | Uzbekistan | -5.01% | 18.2% |
| 58th | Oman | -4.92% | -0.9% |
| 59th | Mauritius | -4.91% | -30.2% |
| 60th | Romania | -4.87% | -5.7% |
| 61st | St. Kitts and Nevis | -4.79% | 18.1% |
| 62nd | Colombia | -4.58% | -9.1% |
| 63rd | Central African Republic | -4.55% | 40.5% |
| 64th | Cameroon | -4.27% | -21.3% |
| 65th | Yemen, Republic of | -4.18% | -31.3% |
| 66th | South Sudan | -4.16% | 63.4% |
| 67th | Benin | -4.00% | 11.6% |
| 68th | Kazakhstan | -3.87% | -293.1% |
| 69th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -3.61% | -3.8% |
| 70th | Slovak Republic | -3.51% | -115.1% |
| 71st | Morocco | -3.42% | 30.0% |
| 72nd | Brazil | -3.41% | -21.6% |
| 73rd | Comoros | -3.35% | -12.5% |
| 74th | Burkina Faso | -3.27% | 21.8% |
| 75th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -3.21% | -41.6% |
| 76th | Chad | -3.00% | 24.1% |
| 77th | North Macedonia | -2.99% | -1,535.8% |
| 78th | Seychelles | -2.84% | -20.8% |
| 79th | New Zealand | -2.82% | 33.4% |
| 80th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -2.78% | 34.5% |
| 81st | Ghana | -2.73% | 10.2% |
| 82nd | Indonesia | -2.71% | 7.9% |
| 83rd | Ukraine | -2.68% | 18.1% |
| 84th | Pakistan | -2.67% | 50.5% |
| 85th | United Kingdom | -2.66% | 32.2% |
| 86th | Honduras | -2.66% | 59.6% |
| 87th | South Africa | -2.62% | 10.5% |
| 88th | Bahamas, The | -2.60% | 72.2% |
| 89th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -2.60% | 19.6% |
| 90th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | -2.39% | 76.8% |
| 91st | Guinea | -2.34% | 87.3% |
| 92nd | Côte d'Ivoire | -2.23% | 42.8% |
| 93rd | Tajikistan | -2.23% | 54.4% |
| 94th | Tanzania | -2.20% | 47.9% |
| 95th | Madagascar | -2.14% | -398.3% |
| 96th | Sri Lanka | -2.07% | 30.1% |
| 97th | United States | -2.07% | 2.7% |
| 98th | Nigeria | -2.05% | -267.0% |
| 99th | Gambia, The | -2.04% | 78.5% |
| 100th | Bahrain | -1.96% | 68.1% |
| 101st | Canada | -1.95% | 17.9% |
| 102nd | Belarus | -1.93% | -5,189.9% |
| 103rd | Jamaica | -1.78% | -26.9% |
| 104th | Jordan | -1.74% | 74.6% |
| 105th | Barbados | -1.60% | 55.3% |
| 106th | Greece | -1.50% | 57.8% |
| 107th | Dominican Republic | -1.33% | 14.2% |
| 108th | Costa Rica | -1.19% | 60.2% |
| 109th | Haiti | -1.12% | 61.0% |
| 110th | India | -1.05% | 50.4% |
| 111th | Cabo Verde | -0.97% | 79.7% |
| 112th | Bangladesh | -0.84% | 71.8% |
| 113th | Philippines | -0.81% | 68.4% |
| 114th | Togo | -0.79% | 69.9% |
| 115th | Argentina | -0.78% | 84.9% |
| 116th | Peru | -0.73% | 41.3% |
| 117th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | -0.66% | -108.6% |
| 118th | Hungary | -0.61% | -349.7% |
| 119th | Paraguay | -0.56% | -149.9% |
| 120th | Ecuador | -0.51% | 66.9% |
| 121st | El Salvador | -0.42% | 87.2% |
| 122nd | Mexico | -0.30% | 85.6% |
| 123rd | Poland | -0.27% | 86.1% |
| 124th | Latvia | -0.17% | 55.9% |
| 125th | Finland | -0.15% | 90.4% |
| 126th | Namibia | -0.12% | 96.7% |
| 127th | Australia | -0.02% | 99.2% |
| 128th | Myanmar | 0.09% | 107.0% |
| 129th | Belgium | 0.12% | 113.5% |
| 130th | Czechia | 0.36% | -9.1% |
| 131st | France | 0.59% | 184.3% |
| 132nd | Zambia | 0.60% | 146.5% |
| 133rd | China | 0.71% | 313.3% |
| 134th | Portugal | 0.77% | 1.8% |
| 135th | Uruguay | 1.29% | 380.6% |
| 136th | Bulgaria | 1.66% | 153.1% |
| 137th | Türkiye | 1.94% | 207.0% |
| 138th | Estonia | 2.01% | 263.3% |
| 139th | San Marino | 2.03% | 207.8% |
| 140th | Spain | 2.12% | 12.9% |
| 141st | Guatemala | 2.36% | 166.4% |
| 142nd | Austria | 2.38% | 181.8% |
| 143rd | Qatar | 2.42% | -73.4% |
| 144th | Aruba | 2.53% | 578.1% |
| 145th | Croatia | 2.64% | 136.3% |
| 146th | Zimbabwe | 2.76% | 207.8% |
| 147th | Israel | 2.89% | 12.3% |
| 148th | Norway | 2.92% | -67.4% |
| 149th | Italy | 3.23% | 29.3% |
| 150th | St. Lucia | 3.33% | 125.9% |
| 151st | Korea | 3.41% | -19.7% |
| 152nd | Turkmenistan | 3.44% | -53.7% |
| 153rd | Japan | 3.45% | -2.2% |
| 154th | Malaysia | 3.50% | 57.1% |
| 155th | Saudi Arabia | 3.64% | -55.7% |
| 156th | Samoa | 3.73% | 365.9% |
| 157th | Lithuania | 3.74% | 949.9% |
| 158th | Eswatini | 3.82% | 182.4% |
| 159th | Russian Federation | 3.88% | -44.6% |
| 160th | Viet Nam | 3.92% | 106.8% |
| 161st | Switzerland | 4.11% | -33.0% |
| 162nd | Trinidad and Tobago | 4.35% | -36.2% |
| 163rd | Nauru | 4.47% | -41.2% |
| 164th | Gabon | 4.60% | -35.6% |
| 165th | Sweden | 5.19% | 145.6% |
| 166th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 5.85% | 56.6% |
| 167th | Nicaragua | 5.94% | 430.5% |
| 168th | Angola | 6.36% | -1.8% |
| 169th | Slovenia | 6.45% | -0.9% |
| 170th | Brunei Darussalam | 6.64% | -4.2% |
| 171st | Iraq | 6.75% | -35.5% |
| 172nd | Netherlands | 6.80% | -23.2% |
| 173rd | Libya | 6.96% | -52.7% |
| 174th | Thailand | 7.05% | 25.4% |
| 175th | Iceland | 7.36% | 65.9% |
| 176th | Denmark | 7.51% | 19.1% |
| 177th | Vanuatu | 7.83% | 176.1% |
| 178th | Germany | 7.87% | -6.5% |
| 179th | United Arab Emirates | 8.60% | -8.1% |
| 180th | Luxembourg | 8.62% | 3.7% |
| 181st | Azerbaijan | 8.70% | -32.2% |
| 182nd | Bermuda | 11.30% | -8.2% |
| 183rd | Congo, Republic of | 11.68% | -36.8% |
| 184th | Eritrea | 12.99% | -16.3% |
| 185th | Papua New Guinea | 14.38% | 5.6% |
| 186th | Singapore | 15.38% | -2.0% |
| 187th | Liechtenstein | 16.05% | -33.1% |
| 188th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 16.10% | -24.9% |
| 189th | Malta | 17.85% | 33.8% |
| 190th | Andorra | 18.01% | - |
| 191st | Djibouti | 18.26% | 24.1% |
| 192nd | Kuwait | 21.48% | 49.7% |
| 193rd | Timor-Leste | 22.16% | 280.3% |
| 194th | Macao SAR, China | 33.46% | 1.8% |
| 195th | Marshall Islands | 36.98% | 1,921.8% |
| 196th | Kiribati | 40.01% | 22.6% |
FAQ
What was Costa Rica's current account balance in 2019?▾
Costa Rica's current account balance in 2019 was -1.19%. This ranked 108th globally.
How did Costa Rica's current account balance change in 2019?▾
Costa Rica's current account balance increased by 60.2% in 2019 compared to 2018.
Which country had the highest current account balance in 2019?▾
Kiribati had the highest current account balance in 2019 at 40.01%.
What is the current account balance of Costa Rica in 2019?▾
The current account balance of Costa Rica in 2019 was -1.19%. This ranked 108th globally.
How does 2019 compare to 2018 for Costa Rica's current account balance?▾
Costa Rica's current account balance went from -2.99% in 2018 to -1.19% in 2019, a 60.2% increase.
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