Costa Rica vs Malaysia: Commercial service imports (current US$), per capita

Costa Rica
1,671 current US$ per person
in 2025
Malaysia
1,579 current US$ per person
in 2024
Costa Rica rank
79th
Malaysia rank
80th

Commercial service imports (current US$), per capita over time

  • Costa Rica
  • Malaysia
05001.0k1.5k197419992025

How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 1,671 current US$ per person against 1,579 current US$ per person in Malaysia, a difference of 92 current US$ per person.

That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.1 times Malaysia's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 48 shared years of data; in 1977 it was Costa Rica ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 79th and Malaysia ranks 80th of 199 countries.

Malaysia has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica Malaysia Difference Ahead
1970s 100.31 current US$ per person 115.5 current US$ per person 15.19 current US$ per person Malaysia
1980s 112.4 current US$ per person 239.21 current US$ per person 126.81 current US$ per person Malaysia
1990s 242.01 current US$ per person 578.06 current US$ per person 336.05 current US$ per person Malaysia
2000s 347.04 current US$ per person 839.55 current US$ per person 492.51 current US$ per person Malaysia
2010s 620.98 current US$ per person 1,333 current US$ per person 712 current US$ per person Malaysia
2020s 1,102 current US$ per person 1,281 current US$ per person 179.12 current US$ per person Malaysia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher commercial service imports (current us$), per capita, Costa Rica or Malaysia?
Costa Rica, at 1,671 current US$ per person against 1,579 current US$ per person in Malaysia as of 2025.
What is the difference in commercial service imports (current us$), per capita between Costa Rica and Malaysia?
92 current US$ per person, with Costa Rica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Malaysia?
48 years are reported by both, from 1977 to 2024.
How do Costa Rica and Malaysia rank globally for commercial service imports (current us$), per capita?
Costa Rica ranks 79th and Malaysia ranks 80th of 199 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Commercial service imports (current US$), per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Commercial service imports (current US$), per capita
Unit
current US$ per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
246 places, 9,738 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Commercial service imports (current US$) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.