Exchange rate to the US dollar in Costa Rica

On average in 2025, one US dollar was worth 503.497 units of Costa Rica's currency. The value for 2025 is the lowest since 2013.

Measure: Official exchange rate (local currency per US dollar) Unit: Local currency units per US dollar, annual average Data: 1960 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Costa Rica, 2025 503.497 Local currency units per US dollar, annual average
Change from 2024 −2.3% 2024: 515.110 per US$
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2025 0.942 per US$ Middle value of 38 countries
Position in 2025 35th of 194 See the full ranking

Exchange rate to the US dollar in Costa Rica over time

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Local currency units per US dollar, annual average. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Official exchange rate (local currency per US dollar) (local currency units per US dollar, annual average), 2001 to 2025
Period Costa Rica
2025 503.497 per US$
2024 515.110 per US$
2023 544.051 per US$
2022 647.136 per US$
2021 620.785 per US$
2020 584.901 per US$
2019 587.295 per US$
2018 576.973 per US$
2017 567.513 per US$
2016 544.739 per US$
2015 534.566 per US$
2014 538.317 per US$
2013 499.767 per US$
2012 502.901 per US$
2011 505.664 per US$
2010 525.829 per US$
2009 573.288 per US$
2008 526.236 per US$
2007 516.617 per US$
2006 511.302 per US$
2005 477.787 per US$
2004 437.935 per US$
2003 398.662 per US$
2002 359.818 per US$
2001 328.871 per US$

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −2.3% from 515.110 per US$ in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 534.566 per US$, the figure has changed by −5.8%.
  • Among the 194 countries with data for 2025, Costa Rica has the 35th highest value.

Source and dates

Original producer
International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
PA.NUS.FCRF · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1960 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: International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics