Indicator	Value
GDP (nominal)	86,500,000,000 US$World Bank WDI [2024]
GDP (PPP)	187,000,000,000 US$World Bank WDI [2024]
GDP growth	2.75 %World Bank WDI [2024]
GDP per capita	19,200 US$World Bank WDI [2024]
Inflation (CPI)	0.693 %World Bank WDI [2024]
Unemployment	8.36 %World Bank WDI [2025]
Exports of goods & services	38,400,000,000 US$World Bank WDI [2024]
Imports of goods & services	34,000,000,000 US$World Bank WDI [2024]
Agriculture (% GDP)	2.68 %World Bank WDI [2024]
Industry (% GDP)	25.5 %World Bank WDI [2024]
Services (% GDP)	69.3 %World Bank WDI [2024]
Industries	construction, brewing, cement and other construction materials, sugar millingCIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Agricultural products	sugarcane, rice, bananas, oranges, oil palm fruit, chicken, plantains, maize, milk, pineapples (2023); note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnageCIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Export commodities	copper ore, ships, refined petroleum, bananas, fish (2023); note: top five export commodities based on value in dollarsCIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Export partners	China 25%, Japan 10%, USA 6%, Thailand 5%, Costa Rica 5% (2023); note: top five export partners based on percentage share of exportsCIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Import partners	USA 15%, Colombia 13%, China 13%, Ecuador 13%, Japan 11% (2023); note: top five import partners based on percentage share of importsCIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Gini index	49.7 indexWorld Bank WDI [2024]
GDP per capita (1913)	2,927 int$ (2011)Maddison Project [1913]
Leading mineral commodity	copper, mine (330,863 tonnes (metal content), 2023)BGS World Mineral Statistics [2023]
Wealth share of top 10%	0.646 %World Inequality Database [2024]
Wealth share of top 1%	0.306 %World Inequality Database [2024]
Gini (WID)	1–49.7 indexWorld Inequality Database [2024] 1 index·World Bank WDI [2024] 49.7 index
Top export partners	USA (13.2%) / Costa Rica (10.2%) / Denmark (6.0%) / Netherlands (5.9%) / Thailand (4.4%)CEPII BACI [2024]
Top import partners	China (19.9%) / USA (19.6%) / Ecuador (13.0%) / Japan (10.1%) / Colombia (9.7%)CEPII BACI [2024]
Top agricultural products	Sugar cane / Sugar Crops Primary / Fruit Primary / Hen eggs in shell, fresh / Cereals, primaryFAOSTAT [2024]
Bank assets (% of GDP)	88.9 %WB GFDD [2021]
Private credit (% of GDP)	106 %WB GFDD [2020]
Stock market capitalization (% of GDP)	25.8 %WB GFDD [2020]
Financial account ownership	64.1 %WB Findex [2024]
Mobile-money account	No authoritative open source found
Borrowed from a bank	14.7 %WB Findex [2024]
Poverty headcount ($2.15/day)	No authoritative open source found
Poverty headcount ($6.85/day)	No authoritative open source found