Annual Purchasing Power Parities and exchange rates — Purchasing in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Annual Purchasing Power Parities and exchange rates — Purchasing was 302.62 National currency per US dollar in 2025. ▬ Flat
Annual Purchasing Power Parities and exchange rates — Purchasing in Costa Rica, 2011–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in National currency per US dollar.
Analysis
In 2025, annual purchasing power parities and exchange rates — purchasing in Costa Rica stood at 302.62 National currency per US dollar. That is the lowest value across all 15 years on record.
The figure is down 4.2% on the previous year and down 11.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual purchasing power parities and exchange rates — purchasing in Costa Rica peaked at 354.74 National currency per US dollar in 2022 and was at its lowest, 302.62 National currency per US dollar, in 2025.
Costa Rica ranks 4th of 51 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Annual Purchasing Power Parities and exchange rates — Purchasing in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | National currency per US dollar | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 324.75 National currency per US dollar | — |
| 2012 | 326.08 National currency per US dollar | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 335.09 National currency per US dollar | +2.8% |
| 2014 | 342.48 National currency per US dollar | +2.2% |
| 2015 | 342.85 National currency per US dollar | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 339.29 National currency per US dollar | -1.0% |
| 2017 | 338.34 National currency per US dollar | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 342.83 National currency per US dollar | +1.3% |
| 2019 | 336.06 National currency per US dollar | -2.0% |
| 2020 | 353.97 National currency per US dollar | +5.3% |
| 2021 | 350.07 National currency per US dollar | -1.1% |
| 2022 | 354.74 National currency per US dollar | +1.3% |
| 2023 | 327.26 National currency per US dollar | -7.7% |
| 2024 | 315.73 National currency per US dollar | -3.5% |
| 2025 | 302.62 National currency per US dollar | -4.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 336.42 National currency per US dollar | 324.75 National currency per US dollar | 342.85 National currency per US dollar | 9 |
| 2020s | 334.07 National currency per US dollar | 302.62 National currency per US dollar | 354.74 National currency per US dollar | 6 |
Countries ranked near Costa Rica
- 1 Indonesia 4,852 National currency per US dollar compare
- 2 Colombia 1,424 National currency per US dollar compare
- 3 Chile 423.18 National currency per US dollar compare
- 5 Senegal 208.99 National currency per US dollar compare
- 6 Cameroon 181.9 National currency per US dollar compare
- 7 Hungary 175.69 National currency per US dollar compare
More reference data data for Costa Rica
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.2987 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.406 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 1.27 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0167 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 1.27 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 1 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.3161 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 2.24 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 5.91 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0907 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is annual purchasing power parities and exchange rates — purchasing in Costa Rica?
- Annual purchasing power parities and exchange rates — purchasing in Costa Rica was 302.62 National currency per US dollar in 2025, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest annual purchasing power parities and exchange rates — purchasing recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 354.74 National currency per US dollar in 2022.
- What is the lowest annual purchasing power parities and exchange rates — purchasing recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 302.62 National currency per US dollar in 2025.
- How does Costa Rica rank for annual purchasing power parities and exchange rates — purchasing?
- Costa Rica ranks 4th out of 51 countries with data for 2025.
- Is annual purchasing power parities and exchange rates — purchasing rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Annual Purchasing Power Parities and exchange rates — Purchasing Power Parities for actual individual consumption. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
This table shows annual Purchasing Power Parities (PPPs) for Gross Domestic Product (GDP), household final consumption expenditure and actual individual consumption. It also shows exchange rates (annual averages and end of period), sourced from the International Monetary Fund's database on International Financial Statistics. Final consumption expenditure is the expenditure of resident households on consumption goods or services, while individual consumption is the sum of household consumption plus the individual (not collective) consumption of the non-profit institutions serving households (NPISH) and General Government sectors. These indicators were presented in the previous dissemination system in the SNA_TABLE4 dataset. For further information on (PPPs) please check the following link: Purchasing Power Parities and more precisely FAQ 2: Purchasing power parities OECD statistics contact: STAT.Contact@oecd.org