Costa Rica - Government Debt to GDP 2020
66.91%
+10.48% from 2019
Costa Rica's government debt to gdp was 66.91% in 2020, increased +10.48% from 56.43% in 2019. This was the 110th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2020▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Liechtenstein | 0.53% | -8.5% |
| 2nd | Hong Kong SAR, China | 1.00% | 273.4% |
| 3rd | Brunei Darussalam | 2.86% | 11.0% |
| 4th | Afghanistan | 7.33% | 19.5% |
| 5th | Timor-Leste | 10.09% | 6.2% |
| 6th | Kuwait | 10.23% | -2.7% |
| 7th | Tuvalu | 12.10% | 4.2% |
| 8th | Solomon Islands | 12.84% | 64.2% |
| 9th | Turkmenistan | 15.36% | -13.3% |
| 10th | Estonia | 19.10% | 111.1% |
| 11th | Russian Federation | 19.16% | 39.3% |
| 12th | Kiribati | 20.98% | 10.6% |
| 13th | Azerbaijan | 21.33% | 20.8% |
| 14th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 21.48% | 8.8% |
| 15th | Marshall Islands | 21.67% | -13.8% |
| 16th | Haiti | 22.32% | -15.9% |
| 17th | Bulgaria | 22.72% | 23.6% |
| 18th | Botswana | 23.51% | 9.3% |
| 19th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 23.70% | 22.2% |
| 20th | Comoros | 24.32% | 14.5% |
| 21st | Luxembourg | 24.53% | 9.8% |
| 22nd | Cambodia | 25.23% | 21.1% |
| 23rd | Nigeria | 25.72% | 20.0% |
| 24th | Kazakhstan | 26.36% | 32.2% |
| 25th | Saudi Arabia | 29.66% | 45.9% |
| 26th | United Arab Emirates | 30.12% | 16.7% |
| 27th | Guatemala | 31.49% | 19.2% |
| 28th | Chile | 32.38% | 14.3% |
| 29th | Uzbekistan | 33.67% | 32.7% |
| 30th | Peru | 34.29% | 29.4% |
| 31st | Bangladesh | 34.51% | 8.0% |
| 32nd | Moldova | 36.63% | 27.2% |
| 33rd | Czechia | 36.88% | 24.8% |
| 34th | Paraguay | 36.90% | 43.2% |
| 35th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 37.25% | 13.6% |
| 36th | Eswatini | 37.83% | 23.9% |
| 37th | Türkiye | 38.73% | 21.9% |
| 38th | Indonesia | 39.75% | 30.0% |
| 39th | Sweden | 40.20% | 12.4% |
| 40th | Tanzania | 41.27% | 2.1% |
| 41st | Viet Nam | 41.32% | 0.8% |
| 42nd | Chad | 41.72% | 8.6% |
| 43rd | Djibouti | 42.06% | 2.3% |
| 44th | Tonga | 42.55% | -0.6% |
| 45th | Central African Republic | 42.77% | -4.7% |
| 46th | Samoa | 43.19% | -2.5% |
| 47th | Switzerland | 43.20% | 9.0% |
| 48th | New Zealand | 43.24% | 35.9% |
| 49th | Nepal | 43.31% | 27.3% |
| 50th | Burkina Faso | 43.64% | 4.6% |
| 51st | Latvia | 44.04% | 16.2% |
| 52nd | Cameroon | 44.86% | 7.8% |
| 53rd | Niger | 44.97% | 13.0% |
| 54th | Guinea | 45.26% | 21.2% |
| 55th | Lithuania | 45.89% | 29.0% |
| 56th | Korea | 45.92% | 15.6% |
| 57th | Algeria | 45.97% | 12.4% |
| 58th | Norway | 46.03% | 13.7% |
| 59th | Benin | 46.14% | 14.3% |
| 60th | Denmark | 46.28% | 20.7% |
| 61st | Côte d'Ivoire | 46.32% | 24.4% |
| 62nd | Uganda | 46.35% | 23.5% |
| 63rd | Andorra | 46.35% | 31.1% |
| 64th | Sierra Leone | 46.37% | 2.4% |
| 65th | West Bank and Gaza | 47.08% | 36.6% |
| 66th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 47.10% | 5.6% |
| 67th | Mali | 47.33% | 16.2% |
| 68th | Belarus | 47.49% | 15.8% |
| 69th | Vanuatu | 48.03% | 6.5% |
| 70th | Malta | 48.61% | 23.9% |
| 71st | Papua New Guinea | 48.68% | 27.4% |
| 72nd | South Sudan | 48.98% | 13.6% |
| 73rd | Myanmar | 49.13% | 30.6% |
| 74th | Nicaragua | 49.16% | 11.2% |
| 75th | Romania | 49.26% | 34.8% |
| 76th | Equatorial Guinea | 49.39% | 14.3% |
| 77th | Thailand | 49.42% | 20.4% |
| 78th | Puerto Rico (US) | 50.22% | 2.8% |
| 79th | North Macedonia | 50.85% | 25.7% |
| 80th | Tajikistan | 50.94% | 17.9% |
| 81st | Philippines | 51.64% | 39.7% |
| 82nd | Palau | 52.08% | 70.8% |
| 83rd | Honduras | 52.45% | 18.8% |
| 84th | Madagascar | 52.87% | 28.2% |
| 85th | Netherlands | 53.42% | 12.1% |
| 86th | Malawi | 53.86% | 30.8% |
| 87th | Serbia | 54.33% | 9.8% |
| 88th | Lesotho | 54.69% | -6.1% |
| 89th | Nauru | 56.27% | -5.5% |
| 90th | Mauritania | 56.49% | -2.1% |
| 91st | Poland | 56.59% | 25.2% |
| 92nd | Zimbabwe | 56.81% | 5.4% |
| 93rd | Australia | 57.08% | 22.2% |
| 94th | Ireland | 57.08% | 2.1% |
| 95th | Slovak Republic | 58.41% | 21.7% |
| 96th | Mexico | 58.46% | 12.7% |
| 97th | Liberia | 58.67% | 20.8% |
| 98th | Guyana | 59.49% | 10.1% |
| 99th | Georgia | 59.56% | 48.7% |
| 100th | Ukraine | 60.51% | 19.9% |
| 101st | Trinidad and Tobago | 60.60% | 31.7% |
| 102nd | Panama | 61.52% | 54.5% |
| 103rd | Togo | 62.21% | 13.2% |
| 104th | Ecuador | 63.55% | 22.1% |
| 105th | Kyrgyz Republic | 63.64% | 30.3% |
| 106th | Namibia | 64.30% | 11.7% |
| 107th | Colombia | 65.27% | 28.1% |
| 108th | Fiji | 65.81% | 33.0% |
| 109th | Burundi | 65.90% | 9.7% |
| 110th | Costa Rica | 66.91% | 18.6% |
| 111th | Armenia | 67.27% | 24.2% |
| 112th | Malaysia | 67.69% | 18.6% |
| 113th | Oman | 67.90% | 29.4% |
| 114th | Kenya | 67.96% | 15.0% |
| 115th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 67.98% | 25.3% |
| 116th | Germany | 68.04% | 15.9% |
| 117th | Uruguay | 68.22% | 14.4% |
| 118th | Rwanda | 68.71% | 28.1% |
| 119th | South Africa | 68.93% | 22.9% |
| 120th | China | 69.04% | 16.1% |
| 121st | San Marino | 69.79% | 24.1% |
| 122nd | Israel | 71.07% | 19.8% |
| 123rd | Dominican Republic | 71.81% | 34.3% |
| 124th | Bahamas, The | 71.93% | 19.3% |
| 125th | Morocco | 72.25% | 19.9% |
| 126th | Iraq | 72.46% | 73.7% |
| 127th | Qatar | 72.61% | 17.0% |
| 128th | Finland | 75.31% | 15.3% |
| 129th | Albania | 75.38% | 13.2% |
| 130th | Lao PDR | 75.97% | 9.9% |
| 131st | Iceland | 76.09% | 15.8% |
| 132nd | Seychelles | 77.37% | 58.4% |
| 133rd | Guinea-Bissau | 77.59% | 19.1% |
| 134th | Tunisia | 77.71% | 15.5% |
| 135th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 77.97% | 33.0% |
| 136th | Hungary | 78.69% | 21.1% |
| 137th | Ghana | 79.09% | 25.7% |
| 138th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 80.16% | 17.6% |
| 139th | Slovenia | 80.17% | 21.4% |
| 140th | Pakistan | 80.81% | 2.7% |
| 141st | Gabon | 83.04% | 38.9% |
| 142nd | Austria | 83.18% | 17.1% |
| 143rd | Mongolia | 83.39% | 24.8% |
| 144th | Gambia, The | 85.89% | 3.5% |
| 145th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 86.22% | 7.7% |
| 146th | Croatia | 86.47% | 22.0% |
| 147th | Yemen, Republic of | 87.00% | -4.9% |
| 148th | India | 88.43% | 17.8% |
| 149th | Grenada | 89.49% | 42.7% |
| 150th | Senegal | 90.23% | 10.7% |
| 151st | São Tomé and Principe | 90.96% | -7.8% |
| 152nd | Mauritius | 91.90% | 13.4% |
| 153rd | St. Lucia | 94.41% | 52.0% |
| 154th | El Salvador | 95.37% | 22.4% |
| 155th | Brazil | 96.01% | 10.2% |
| 156th | Sri Lanka | 96.88% | 17.3% |
| 157th | Antigua and Barbuda | 100.47% | 23.1% |
| 158th | Jamaica | 101.27% | 15.4% |
| 159th | Congo, Republic of | 102.51% | 32.1% |
| 160th | Belize | 103.04% | 31.1% |
| 161st | Argentina | 103.82% | 15.6% |
| 162nd | Jordan | 104.47% | 12.4% |
| 163rd | United Kingdom | 105.84% | 23.6% |
| 164th | Montenegro | 108.40% | 36.1% |
| 165th | Belgium | 111.25% | 14.0% |
| 166th | Dominica | 112.46% | 15.1% |
| 167th | Cyprus | 113.60% | 23.1% |
| 168th | France | 114.91% | 17.1% |
| 169th | Bhutan | 116.01% | 15.1% |
| 170th | Aruba | 117.03% | 62.3% |
| 171st | Canada | 118.07% | 30.9% |
| 172nd | Angola | 119.15% | 17.5% |
| 173rd | Spain | 119.18% | 22.1% |
| 174th | Mozambique | 119.97% | 22.1% |
| 175th | Bahrain | 125.70% | 29.4% |
| 176th | United States | 132.51% | 21.8% |
| 177th | Portugal | 134.10% | 15.5% |
| 178th | Barbados | 138.17% | 28.4% |
| 179th | Zambia | 140.00% | 35.5% |
| 180th | Cabo Verde | 144.28% | 31.5% |
| 181st | Suriname | 146.44% | 74.3% |
| 182nd | Singapore | 148.21% | 15.9% |
| 183rd | Lebanon | 148.71% | -13.6% |
| 184th | Italy | 154.38% | 15.3% |
| 185th | Maldives | 155.67% | 101.6% |
| 186th | Greece | 209.93% | 14.3% |
| 187th | Japan | 258.37% | 9.3% |
| 188th | Sudan | 278.33% | 28.6% |
FAQ
What was Costa Rica's government debt to gdp in 2020?▾
Costa Rica's government debt to gdp in 2020 was 66.91%. This ranked 110th globally.
How did Costa Rica's government debt to gdp change in 2020?▾
Costa Rica's government debt to gdp increased by 18.6% in 2020 compared to 2019.
Which country had the highest government debt to gdp in 2020?▾
Sudan had the highest government debt to gdp in 2020 at 278.33%.
What is the government debt to gdp of Costa Rica in 2020?▾
The government debt to gdp of Costa Rica in 2020 was 66.91%. This ranked 110th globally.
How does 2020 compare to 2019 for Costa Rica's government debt to gdp?▾
Costa Rica's government debt to gdp went from 56.43% in 2019 to 66.91% in 2020, a 18.6% increase.
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