Total Credit — Value Standard Local Currency in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Total Credit — Value Standard Local Currency was 19.35 million million SLC in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Total Credit — Value Standard Local Currency in Costa Rica, 1991–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million SLC.
Analysis
Costa Rica recorded 19.35 million million SLC for total credit — value standard local currency in 2024. That is the highest value across all 34 years on record.
That represents a change of up 9.3% on the previous year and up 64.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total credit — value standard local currency in Costa Rica peaked at 19.35 million million SLC in 2024 and was at its lowest, 118,123 million SLC, in 1991.
That places Costa Rica 21st out of 165 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Total Credit — Value Standard Local Currency in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | million SLC | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 118,123 million SLC | — |
| 1992 | 171,095 million SLC | +44.8% |
| 1993 | 228,009 million SLC | +33.3% |
| 1994 | 266,451 million SLC | +16.9% |
| 1995 | 295,380 million SLC | +10.9% |
| 1996 | 349,688 million SLC | +18.4% |
| 1997 | 443,589 million SLC | +26.9% |
| 1998 | 669,814 million SLC | +51.0% |
| 1999 | 792,507 million SLC | +18.3% |
| 2000 | 1.03 million million SLC | +30.1% |
| 2001 | 1.27 million million SLC | +23.2% |
| 2002 | 1.54 million million SLC | +21.4% |
| 2003 | 1.85 million million SLC | +19.9% |
| 2004 | 2.17 million million SLC | +17.6% |
| 2005 | 2.80 million million SLC | +28.9% |
| 2006 | 3.58 million million SLC | +27.7% |
| 2007 | 4.96 million million SLC | +38.7% |
| 2008 | 6.55 million million SLC | +32.0% |
| 2009 | 6.78 million million SLC | +3.5% |
| 2010 | 7.10 million million SLC | +4.8% |
| 2011 | 7.99 million million SLC | +12.4% |
| 2012 | 8.99 million million SLC | +12.6% |
| 2013 | 10.05 million million SLC | +11.8% |
| 2014 | 11.75 million million SLC | +16.9% |
| 2015 | 13.02 million million SLC | +10.8% |
| 2016 | 14.61 million million SLC | +12.3% |
| 2017 | 15.67 million million SLC | +7.2% |
| 2018 | 16.54 million million SLC | +5.5% |
| 2019 | 15.83 million million SLC | -4.3% |
| 2020 | 16.24 million million SLC | +2.6% |
| 2021 | 17.03 million million SLC | +4.9% |
| 2022 | 17.57 million million SLC | +3.2% |
| 2023 | 17.71 million million SLC | +0.8% |
| 2024 | 19.35 million million SLC | +9.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 370,517 million SLC | 118,123 million SLC | 792,507 million SLC | 9 |
| 2000s | 3.25 million million SLC | 1.03 million million SLC | 6.78 million million SLC | 10 |
| 2010s | 12.16 million million SLC | 7.10 million million SLC | 16.54 million million SLC | 10 |
| 2020s | 17.58 million million SLC | 16.24 million million SLC | 19.35 million million SLC | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Costa Rica
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 4.56 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0337 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 672.15 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.57 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2027 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 3.37 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 3.37 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is total credit — value standard local currency in Costa Rica?
- Total credit — value standard local currency in Costa Rica was 19.35 million million SLC in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest total credit — value standard local currency recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 19.35 million million SLC in 2024.
- What is the lowest total credit — value standard local currency recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 118,123 million SLC in 1991.
- How does Costa Rica rank for total credit — value standard local currency?
- Costa Rica ranks 21st out of 165 countries with data for 2024.
- Is total credit — value standard local currency rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 64.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Total Credit — Value Standard Local Currency. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Credit to agriculture measures the amount of loans and advances given by the banking sector to farmers, rural households, agricultural cooperatives, or any other agri-related businesses. Each country’s central bank compiles its credit stocks by economic activities as part of its monetary and financial statistics publications via annual or quarterly reports online. Data collection has been carried out mostly through reports found on the central bank websites. Data are collected and compiled according to the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC Rev. 4: https://unstats.un.org/unsd/classifications/Econ/isic) with a special concentration on the credit to agriculture, forestry and fishing sector separately from the ones to manufacturing and services.