Manufacturing share of GDP in Costa Rica

Manufacturing produced 13.6% of GDP in Costa Rica in 2025.

Measure: Manufacturing as a share of GDP Unit: % of GDP Data: 1970 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Costa Rica, 2025 13.6% % of GDP
Change from 2024 +0.5percentage points 2024: 13.1%
World, 2025 14.9% Official aggregate
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2025 12.8% Middle value of 32 countries

Manufacturing share of GDP in Costa Rica over time

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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Manufacturing as a share of GDP (% of GDP), 2001 to 2025
Period Costa RicaWorld
2025 13.6% 14.9%
2024 13.1% 14.9%
2023 13.8% 15.2%
2022 14.1% 15.7%
2021 13.7% 16.4%
2020 12.7% 15.9%
2019 12.0% 16.0%
2018 11.9% 16.4%
2017 11.7% 16.3%
2016 11.4% 16.2%
2015 11.4% 16.4%
2014 12.1% 16.1%
2013 12.6% 15.9%
2012 13.7% 16.1%
2011 14.1% 16.1%
2010 14.3% 16.0%
2009 13.9% 15.5%
2008 14.9% 16.1%
2007 15.9% 16.3%
2006 16.3% 16.3%
2005 16.6% 16.4%
2004 16.7% 16.6%
2003 16.9% 16.7%
2002 17.1% 16.9%
2001 17.2% 17.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.5 percentage points from 13.1% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 11.4%, the figure has changed by +2.1 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 14.9%.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank and OECD national accounts data, from national statistical offices
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
NV.IND.MANF.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1970 to 2025 for Costa Rica
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: World Bank and OECD national accounts data, from national statistical offices