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Inflation rate in Costa Rica

How fast are prices rising where I live — or where I might?

Costa Rica's inflation rate is -0.07 % — #92 of 126 countries on the atlas (closer to 2 % is better). Period 2025.

-0.07%

Checked 21 Sept 2026Period 2025

Source: Annual CPI inflation (shared satsatlas data engine: World Bank + Eurostat + SSB)

Prices in Costa Rica actually fell 0.1 % over the year — deflation.

Inflation rate in Costa Rica over time

13.80 %6.69 %-0.41 %2 % target13.80 % · 2005-0.41 % · 20242000: 10.96 %2001: 11.26 %2002: 9.17 %2003: 9.45 %2004: 12.31 %2005: 13.80 %2006: 11.47 %2007: 9.36 %2008: 13.42 %2009: 7.84 %2010: 5.66 %2011: 4.88 %2012: 4.50 %2013: 5.23 %2014: 4.52 %2015: 0.80 %2016: -0.02 %2017: 1.63 %2018: 2.22 %2019: 2.10 %2020: 0.72 %2021: 1.73 %2022: 8.27 %2023: 0.53 %2024: -0.41 %2025: -0.07 %200020122025-0.07 %
26 official observations, 2000 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#92 of 126
closer to 2 % is better
Ranked behind
27 %
34 of 126 countries
Latest move
▲ 0.34 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
13.87 pp
peak 13.80 % in 2005
Full series
▼ 11.03 pp
since 2000

In Americas: #21 of 26vs median 3.12 %: −3.19 pp (worse)

The doubling clock

Among 126 countries

22 of 126 countries between -0.30 % and 1.11 %33 of 126 countries between 1.11 % and 2.52 %30 of 126 countries between 2.52 % and 3.93 %13 of 126 countries between 3.93 % and 5.34 %3 of 126 countries between 5.34 % and 6.75 %3 of 126 countries between 6.75 % and 8.16 %5 of 126 countries between 8.16 % and 9.57 %1 of 126 countries between 10.98 % and 12.39 %2 of 126 countries between 12.39 % and 13.80 %4 of 126 countries between 13.80 % and 15.21 %2 of 126 countries between 19.45 % and 20.86 %1 of 126 countries between 20.86 % and 22.27 %1 of 126 countries between 22.27 % and 23.68 %2 of 126 countries between 27.91 % and 29.32 %4 of 126 countries between 32.14 % and 33.55 %median 3.06 %Costa Rica: ahead of 27 % of the 126 countries with a published inflationCosta Rica -0.07 %-0.30 %33.55 %
Half of all 126 countries sit between 1.66 % and 4.65 %. Costa Rica is ahead of 27 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryInflationvs Costa Rica
90 Colombia5.14 %+5.21 pp
91 Tunisia5.15 %+5.22 pp
92 Costa Rica-0.07 %—
93 Thailand-0.13 %−0.06 pp
94 Bahrain-0.14 %−0.07 pp

Annual CPI inflation from official statistics (World Bank, Eurostat, SSB). Ranked and coloured by distance from the ~2 % target most central banks aim for — deflation is not "winning".

How to read this figure

Annual change in the consumer price index — how much more the same basket costs than a year ago. Derived from official index levels (World Bank collection); one number for the whole country, so your personal basket may run hotter or colder. Ranked and coloured by distance from the ~2 % target most central banks aim for: deflation is a warning sign, not a win, so the greenest countries sit NEAR the target — not at the lowest number.

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