Social expenditure aggregates in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Social expenditure aggregates was 12.64 Percentage of GDP in 2022. ▲ Rising
Social expenditure aggregates in Costa Rica, 2011–2022
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of GDP.
Analysis
The most recent figure for social expenditure aggregates in Costa Rica is 12.64 Percentage of GDP, measured in 2022.
The figure is down 0.4% on the previous year and up 8.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, social expenditure aggregates in Costa Rica peaked at 14.37 Percentage of GDP in 2020 and was at its lowest, 11.7 Percentage of GDP, in 2012.
That places Costa Rica 31st out of 33 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 12.03 Percentage of GDP | 11.7 Percentage of GDP | 12.43 Percentage of GDP | 9 |
| 2020s | 13.24 Percentage of GDP | 12.64 Percentage of GDP | 14.37 Percentage of GDP | 3 |
Countries ranked near Costa Rica
More social development data for Costa Rica
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asy 36,395 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of ori 367 (2025)
- Political rights rating fh 1 (2025)
- Democracy lexical 1 (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, gaps filled 1 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0001 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 367 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0071 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is social expenditure aggregates in Costa Rica?
- Social expenditure aggregates in Costa Rica was 12.64 Percentage of GDP in 2022, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest social expenditure aggregates recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 14.37 Percentage of GDP in 2020.
- What is the lowest social expenditure aggregates recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.7 Percentage of GDP in 2012.
- How does Costa Rica rank for social expenditure aggregates?
- Costa Rica ranks 31st out of 33 countries with data for 2022.
- Is social expenditure aggregates rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Social expenditure aggregates. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The OECD Social Expenditure Database (SOCX) has been developed in order to serve a growing need for indicators of social policy. It includes reliable and internationally comparable statistics on public and mandatory and voluntary private social expenditure at programme level. SOCX provides a unique tool for monitoring trends in aggregate social expenditure and analysing changes in its composition. It covers 38 OECD countries and some accession countries for the period 1980-2021/23 and estimates for aggregates for 2022-24. A Social Expenditure Update can be found under www.oecd.org/en/data/datasets/social-expenditure-database-socx.htm. The main social policy areas are as follows: Old age, Survivors, Incapacity-related benefits, Health, Family, Active labor market programmes, Unemployment, Housing, and Other social policy areas. This version also includes estimates of net total social spending for 2021 for 38 OECD countries. SOCX aggregated data as well as sources and methodology are described in The OECD SOCX Manual – 2019 edition- A guide to the OECD Social Expenditure Database.