Services share of GDP in Costa Rica

Services produced 69.2% of GDP in Costa Rica in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest since 2019.

Measure: Services as a share of GDP Unit: % of GDP Data: 1960 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Costa Rica, 2025 69.2% % of GDP
Change from 2024 +0.2percentage points 2024: 69.0%
World, 2024 63.3% Official aggregate Not the same period as Costa Rica (2025).
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2025 64.5% Middle value of 33 countries

Services 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.

Services as a share of GDP (% of GDP), 2001 to 2025
Period Costa RicaWorld
2025 69.2% –
2024 69.0% 63.3%
2023 68.1% 63.0%
2022 67.5% 62.3%
2021 67.2% 64.1%
2020 68.4% 65.4%
2019 69.3% 64.9%
2018 68.8% 64.3%
2017 68.4% 64.5%
2016 67.6% 65.0%
2015 67.5% 64.4%
2014 66.6% 63.2%
2013 65.8% 62.9%
2012 64.5% 62.7%
2011 63.4% 62.6%
2010 62.1% 63.3%
2009 61.3% 64.7%
2008 59.6% 62.8%
2007 58.2% 63.2%
2006 58.4% 63.6%
2005 58.0% 64.3%
2004 57.5% 64.8%
2003 58.0% 65.5%
2002 57.7% 65.7%
2001 57.0% 65.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.2 percentage points from 69.0% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 67.5%, the figure has changed by +1.7 percentage points.

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.SRV.TOTL.ZS · 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: World Bank and OECD national accounts data, from national statistical offices