Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods was 0.6805 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods in Costa Rica, 1991–2025
Source: World Bank staff calculations based on Datastream data.
Analysis
In 2025, foreign reserves, months import cover, goods in Costa Rica stood at 0.6805. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
The figure is up 13.6% on the previous year and up 28.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, foreign reserves, months import cover, goods in Costa Rica peaked at 0.6805 in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0.159, in 1998.
That places Costa Rica 40th out of 116 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 0.3635 | — |
| 1992 | 0.3167 | -12.9% |
| 1993 | 0.2639 | -16.7% |
| 1994 | 0.2183 | -17.3% |
| 1995 | 0.2478 | +13.5% |
| 1996 | 0.2142 | -13.6% |
| 1997 | 0.2295 | +7.2% |
| 1998 | 0.159 | -30.7% |
| 1999 | 0.2313 | +45.5% |
| 2000 | 0.2379 | +2.8% |
| 2001 | 0.252 | +5.9% |
| 2002 | 0.2517 | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 0.2889 | +14.7% |
| 2004 | 0.2786 | -3.6% |
| 2005 | 0.2897 | +4.0% |
| 2006 | 0.3408 | +17.6% |
| 2007 | 0.3852 | +13.1% |
| 2008 | 0.2911 | -24.4% |
| 2009 | 0.4241 | +45.7% |
| 2010 | 0.4004 | -5.6% |
| 2011 | 0.344 | -14.1% |
| 2012 | 0.4599 | +33.7% |
| 2013 | 0.486 | +5.7% |
| 2014 | 0.464 | -4.5% |
| 2015 | 0.5317 | +14.6% |
| 2016 | 0.4975 | -6.4% |
| 2017 | 0.4495 | -9.6% |
| 2018 | 0.4531 | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 0.5606 | +23.7% |
| 2020 | 0.5169 | -7.8% |
| 2021 | 0.3769 | -27.1% |
| 2022 | 0.401 | +6.4% |
| 2023 | 0.5893 | +47.0% |
| 2024 | 0.5991 | +1.7% |
| 2025 | 0.6805 | +13.6% |
Costa Rica compared with similar countries
- Costa Rica's 0.6805 is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.2389, 2.8× the median. (51 countries reporting)
- Costa Rica's 0.6805 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.5234, 1.3× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.2494 | 0.159 | 0.3635 | 9 |
| 2000s | 0.304 | 0.2379 | 0.4241 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.4647 | 0.344 | 0.5606 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.5273 | 0.3769 | 0.6805 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Costa Rica
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 foreign reserves, months import cover, goods in Costa Rica?
- Foreign reserves, months import cover, goods in Costa Rica was 0.6805 in 2025, according to World Bank staff calculations based on Datastream data.
- What is the highest foreign reserves, months import cover, goods recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6805 in 2025.
- What is the lowest foreign reserves, months import cover, goods recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.159 in 1998.
- How does Costa Rica rank for foreign reserves, months import cover, goods?
- Costa Rica ranks 40th out of 116 countries with data for 2025.
- Is foreign reserves, months import cover, goods rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 28.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank staff calculations based on Datastream data, published as part of Foreign Reserves, Months Import Cover, Goods. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The stock of international reserves is expressed as the number of months of financing-coverage it represents for the given country's imports of merchandise goods.