Getting credit (DB15-20 methodology) - Score in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Getting credit (DB15-20 methodology) - Score was 85 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Getting credit (DB15-20 methodology) - Score in Costa Rica, 2013–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Costa Rica recorded 85 for getting credit (db15-20 methodology) - score in 2019. That is the highest value across all 7 years on record.
The figure is up 88.9% over ten years.
That places Costa Rica 15th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top 10%.
Getting credit (DB15-20 methodology) - Score in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 45 | — |
| 2014 | 45 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 85 | +88.9% |
| 2016 | 85 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 85 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 85 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 85 | +0.0% |
Costa Rica compared with similar countries
- Costa Rica's 85 is above the median for high income countries, which is 60, 1.4× the median. (62 countries reporting)
- Costa Rica's 85 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 50, 1.7× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near Costa Rica
More private sector data for Costa Rica
- Merchandise trade 52.4% (2025)
- Food imports 13.2% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 73.9% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 27.48 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 32.3% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 64.9% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 26.43 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 5,129 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2568 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 21.87 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting credit (db15-20 methodology) - score in Costa Rica?
- Getting credit (db15-20 methodology) - score in Costa Rica was 85 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting credit (db15-20 methodology) - score recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 85 in 2015.
- What is the lowest getting credit (db15-20 methodology) - score recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 45 in 2013.
- How does Costa Rica rank for getting credit (db15-20 methodology) - score?
- Costa Rica ranks 15th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting credit (db15-20 methodology) - score rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 88.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Getting credit (DB15-20 methodology) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The score for getting credit benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator set. The score is indicated on a scale from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance, and is computed based on the methodology in the DB15-20 studies.