Costa Rica Historical Inflation Rates

The graph above displays annual inflation rates in Costa Rica for calendar years from 1977 to 2025. To calculate cumulative rates between two different periods, you can use the Costa Rica Inflation Calculator.

Historical Annual Inflation Rates since 1977

The table below contains annual inflation rates in Costa Rica since 1977. The 'Inflation %' column indicates how much prices have changed since the previous year.

The 5-year and 10-year columns display rolling averages of annual inflation. For example, the 5-year average on the first row indicates that between 2020 and 2025, the average inflation rate was 1.96%. These values can be useful for long-term analysis and forecasting.

Year	Inflation (%)	5-year Avg. (%)	10-year Avg. (%)
1977	5.26	-	-
1978	8.20	-	-
1979	13.12	-	-
1980	17.81	-	-
1981	65.05	14.32	-
1982	81.76	28.93	-
1983	10.73	34.84	-
1984	17.33	35.52	-
1985	10.93	34.80	-
1986	15.43	29.43	21.64
1987	16.43	17.42	23.04
1988	25.35	15.25	24.66
1989	9.96	16.18	25.48
1990	27.24	16.97	25.57
1991	25.32	20.31	24.78
1992	16.97	21.31	19.35
1993	9.04	19.00	17.11
1994	19.86	18.39	17.28
1995	22.56	19.20	18.08
1996	13.89	17.05	18.67
1997	11.20	15.36	18.30
1998	12.36	15.75	17.37
1999	10.11	15.03	16.70
2000	10.25	12.65	15.88
2001	10.96	11.43	14.21
2002	9.68	10.61	12.96
2003	9.87	10.17	12.93
2004	13.13	10.62	12.81
2005	14.08	11.18	11.92
2006	9.43	11.23	11.33
2007	10.80	11.26	10.94
2008	13.90	12.06	11.11
2009	4.05	11.15	10.89
2010	5.82	9.52	10.35
2011	4.74	8.19	9.70
2012	4.55	7.21	9.22
2013	3.68	5.62	8.79
2014	5.13	4.96	8.01
2015	-0.81	3.97	6.71
2016	0.77	2.98	5.55
2017	2.57	2.41	4.78
2018	2.03	1.82	3.70
2019	1.52	1.34	3.13
2020	0.89	1.33	2.64
2021	3.30	1.68	2.33
2022	7.88	2.97	2.69
2023	-1.77	2.63	2.22
2024	0.84	2.12	1.73
2025	-1.23	1.96	1.64

Monthly Inflation Rates (YoY) | 1977-2025

The following table contains YoY (year-over-year) inflation rates calculated from monthly CPI data publications. The value of each month indicates the rolling average inflation rate for the last 12 months.

This information is particularly useful to track inflation for the current year as it is not possible to calculate the final value until the year is over.

The values on the December column are equivalent to annual inflation rates. For example, the -1.23% rate shown under 2025 and December matches the value shown in the table above as the annual inflation rate.

Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Avg.
1977	3.24	2.57	3.65	4.26	4.49	4.85	4.62	3.77	4.22	4.66	4.64	5.26	4.19
1978	5.65	5.22	4.55	4.50	5.73	5.63	5.62	5.44	6.88	7.29	7.26	8.20	6.00
1979	7.72	7.94	7.72	7.24	6.96	8.00	8.56	8.99	9.09	11.13	13.35	13.12	9.15
1980	14.71	15.26	19.67	19.16	18.44	18.69	18.91	19.30	19.62	18.34	17.58	17.81	18.12
1981	21.31	23.60	21.20	24.66	30.08	30.46	37.11	39.12	40.64	48.92	55.85	65.05	36.50
1982	72.66	74.32	82.26	83.91	84.27	90.55	99.03	102.96	108.77	100.87	91.58	81.76	89.41
1983	69.85	66.03	57.23	53.51	50.06	42.02	26.01	21.20	14.93	12.61	11.62	10.73	36.32
1984	9.50	9.23	9.73	9.31	7.85	8.75	11.91	12.76	14.06	15.67	16.80	17.33	11.91
1985	19.74	18.45	18.02	16.56	15.47	14.82	14.96	14.56	14.56	12.67	11.34	10.93	15.17
1986	7.80	8.37	8.37	9.08	9.78	11.63	13.38	14.17	14.75	13.82	14.71	15.43	11.77
1987	17.69	17.49	18.37	20.10	20.43	17.60	14.71	14.57	14.11	15.07	16.34	16.43	16.91
1988	15.19	19.51	19.76	19.37	18.77	19.79	20.68	21.08	21.74	24.48	23.24	25.35	20.75
1989	24.73	20.20	18.05	16.18	17.23	16.93	16.95	16.87	15.92	13.87	13.47	9.96	16.70
1990	12.10	12.77	14.48	16.62	16.37	18.04	19.84	21.26	21.07	22.39	24.71	27.24	18.91
1991	26.63	29.54	29.18	30.14	30.69	30.23	29.68	28.77	29.88	28.43	26.68	25.32	28.76
1992	27.07	26.22	26.12	25.04	24.06	22.99	21.09	20.09	18.65	18.07	17.74	16.97	22.01
1993	12.99	11.12	10.19	9.17	9.21	9.30	9.85	9.65	8.89	9.20	9.11	9.04	9.81
1994	9.53	10.23	11.27	11.24	11.67	12.04	11.84	13.47	16.26	16.81	17.30	19.86	13.46
1995	23.79	24.12	23.56	23.07	22.47	22.30	23.24	22.36	22.02	23.87	24.93	22.56	23.19
1996	19.14	18.61	18.28	18.51	19.45	19.30	18.68	18.51	17.41	15.49	13.97	13.89	17.60
1997	14.78	14.33	14.94	15.60	14.28	13.62	13.28	13.45	11.97	10.73	11.45	11.20	13.30
1998	10.69	11.11	11.07	10.48	10.75	10.78	11.70	12.70	12.71	12.87	12.47	12.36	11.64
1999	12.58	12.27	10.69	9.94	10.00	10.64	9.06	7.54	8.67	9.92	9.51	10.11	10.08
2000	10.09	10.88	12.05	11.52	10.54	10.50	11.67	11.75	11.44	10.52	10.40	10.25	10.97
2001	9.83	9.51	10.63	12.41	13.27	12.06	11.28	11.43	11.68	10.97	11.04	10.96	11.25
2002	10.66	9.89	8.89	7.73	7.66	8.05	8.97	9.39	9.16	9.89	10.05	9.68	9.17
2003	9.17	9.57	9.42	10.28	10.17	10.21	9.49	8.65	8.36	8.91	9.33	9.87	9.45
2004	11.02	11.55	11.34	11.29	11.45	11.89	12.44	13.05	13.79	13.31	13.29	13.13	12.29
2005	13.42	13.19	13.61	13.66	14.46	13.76	13.75	14.07	13.38	13.94	14.19	14.08	13.79
2006	13.20	12.96	12.22	11.63	11.86	12.42	12.03	11.61	11.24	10.09	9.42	9.43	11.51
2007	9.19	8.62	9.22	9.76	9.17	8.75	8.75	8.56	9.43	9.84	10.09	10.80	9.35
2008	10.56	11.40	11.04	10.95	11.89	12.82	14.17	15.40	15.77	16.30	16.30	13.90	13.37
2009	13.50	12.75	12.32	11.75	9.52	8.20	6.90	5.71	4.83	4.00	2.57	4.05	8.01
2010	5.34	5.60	5.84	5.56	6.23	6.31	5.68	5.21	5.00	5.25	6.11	5.82	5.66
2011	4.84	4.57	4.58	4.68	4.85	5.18	5.19	5.25	5.17	4.93	4.56	4.74	4.88
2012	4.21	4.05	4.21	4.71	5.03	4.61	3.95	4.23	4.47	4.68	5.22	4.55	4.49
2013	5.74	6.52	6.21	6.31	5.28	5.14	5.81	5.31	5.37	4.11	3.44	3.68	5.24
2014	3.10	2.74	3.26	3.68	4.21	4.59	5.19	5.49	5.20	5.70	5.89	5.13	4.51
2015	4.39	3.53	3.05	1.81	0.97	1.02	-0.32	-0.74	-0.86	-0.86	-1.20	-0.81	0.83
2016	-0.17	-0.03	-1.09	-0.92	-0.43	-0.88	0.48	0.60	0.39	0.55	0.56	0.77	-0.02
2017	0.66	1.09	1.58	1.64	1.67	1.77	1.16	0.91	1.64	2.33	2.49	2.57	1.63
2018	2.41	2.21	2.61	2.38	2.04	2.13	2.08	2.24	2.21	2.03	2.29	2.03	2.22
2019	1.67	1.54	1.42	2.07	2.32	2.42	2.89	2.86	2.53	2.07	1.86	1.52	2.10
2020	1.58	1.79	1.91	0.89	0.61	0.31	-0.17	-0.07	0.30	0.45	0.24	0.89	0.73
2021	0.96	0.41	0.47	1.21	1.34	1.91	1.44	1.72	2.09	2.50	3.35	3.30	1.73
2022	3.50	4.90	5.79	7.15	8.71	10.06	11.48	12.13	10.37	8.99	8.26	7.88	8.27
2023	7.65	5.58	4.42	2.44	0.88	-1.04	-2.29	-3.28	-2.24	-1.28	-1.64	-1.77	0.62
2024	-1.87	-1.13	-1.19	-0.52	-0.33	-0.03	0.03	0.31	-0.14	-0.79	-0.09	0.84	-0.41
2025	1.15	1.25	1.21	0.37	-0.12	-0.22	-0.61	-0.94	-1.00	-0.38	-0.38	-1.23	-0.07

Monthly Inflation Rates (MoM) | 1976-2025

This table contains MoM (Month-over-Month) inflation rates calculated from official CPI data publications.

MoM measures are more volatile than YoY because they are influenced by short-term events such as changes in the monetary policy, stock market crashes or natural disasters.

Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Avg.
1976		0.86	-0.21	0.64	-0.21	1.28	0.42	0.42	-0.84	-0.42	0.42	0.21	0.23
1977	0.63	0.21	0.84	1.24	0.00	1.64	0.20	-0.40	-0.40	0.00	0.40	0.81	0.43
1978	1.00	-0.20	0.20	1.19	1.17	1.55	0.19	-0.57	0.96	0.38	0.38	1.69	0.66
1979	0.55	0.00	0.00	0.74	0.91	2.53	0.71	-0.18	1.05	2.26	2.38	1.49	1.04
1980	1.96	0.48	3.83	0.31	0.31	2.75	0.89	0.15	1.32	1.16	1.72	1.69	1.38
1981	4.99	2.38	1.81	3.17	4.67	3.05	6.04	1.61	2.43	7.12	6.45	7.69	4.28
1982	9.83	3.37	6.44	4.10	4.88	6.56	10.76	3.62	5.36	3.06	1.53	2.17	5.14
1983	2.64	1.04	0.80	1.64	2.52	0.85	-1.73	-0.34	-0.09	0.99	0.64	1.35	0.86
1984	1.50	0.78	1.27	1.25	1.15	1.69	1.12	0.42	1.07	2.41	1.62	1.81	1.34
1985	3.59	-0.31	0.90	0.00	0.20	1.12	1.25	0.07	1.06	0.72	0.42	1.43	0.87
1986	0.67	0.22	0.89	0.66	0.85	2.83	2.84	0.76	1.57	-0.09	1.21	2.07	1.21
1987	2.64	0.05	1.65	2.13	1.12	0.41	0.31	0.64	1.17	0.75	2.32	2.15	1.28
1988	1.55	3.81	1.86	1.80	0.61	1.28	1.05	0.98	1.72	3.01	1.30	3.90	1.91
1989	1.05	0.04	0.04	0.19	1.52	1.02	1.06	0.91	0.90	1.19	0.95	0.68	0.80
1990	3.01	0.64	1.55	2.06	1.31	2.47	2.61	2.10	0.74	2.30	2.86	2.73	2.03
1991	2.52	2.95	1.28	2.81	1.73	2.11	2.17	1.39	1.61	1.16	1.46	1.62	1.90
1992	3.95	2.26	1.20	1.94	0.93	1.23	0.59	0.55	0.39	0.67	1.17	0.96	1.32
1993	0.42	0.56	0.35	1.00	0.97	1.30	1.10	0.37	-0.31	0.96	1.09	0.89	0.73
1994	0.87	1.21	1.29	0.97	1.36	1.63	0.92	1.84	2.14	1.44	1.50	3.10	1.52
1995	4.18	1.48	0.83	0.57	0.87	1.49	1.69	1.11	1.86	2.99	2.36	1.15	1.71
1996	1.27	1.02	0.56	0.76	1.67	1.36	1.17	0.96	0.91	1.30	1.02	1.08	1.09
1997	2.06	0.63	1.09	1.34	0.51	0.78	0.86	1.11	-0.40	0.17	1.68	0.85	0.89
1998	1.59	1.01	1.05	0.80	0.76	0.80	1.70	2.02	-0.39	0.31	1.32	0.75	0.98
1999	1.80	0.73	-0.37	0.12	0.81	1.39	0.25	0.59	0.66	1.47	0.93	1.31	0.81
2000	1.78	1.45	0.68	-0.35	-0.08	1.35	1.32	0.66	0.38	0.63	0.83	1.17	0.82
2001	1.39	1.16	1.71	1.25	0.69	0.28	0.61	0.79	0.61	-0.01	0.89	1.09	0.87
2002	1.12	0.45	0.78	0.17	0.63	0.64	1.46	1.19	0.40	0.66	1.03	0.76	0.77
2003	0.65	0.81	0.65	0.96	0.53	0.67	0.80	0.41	0.13	1.17	1.42	1.26	0.79
2004	1.70	1.29	0.46	0.91	0.67	1.07	1.30	0.97	0.78	0.75	1.40	1.11	1.03
2005	1.96	1.09	0.83	0.96	1.37	0.46	1.28	1.25	0.17	1.24	1.62	1.01	1.10
2006	1.17	0.88	0.17	0.43	1.58	0.96	0.93	0.88	-0.17	0.19	1.02	1.02	0.76
2007	0.95	0.35	0.72	0.92	1.04	0.57	0.93	0.70	0.63	0.57	1.24	1.67	0.86
2008	0.73	1.11	0.39	0.84	1.91	1.40	2.14	1.79	0.95	1.04	1.24	-0.42	1.09
2009	0.38	0.44	0.01	0.33	-0.13	0.17	0.92	0.65	0.11	0.23	-0.16	1.02	0.33
2010	1.63	0.69	0.24	0.06	0.52	0.24	0.32	0.20	-0.08	0.47	0.66	0.74	0.47
2011	0.68	0.44	0.25	0.15	0.67	0.56	0.34	0.26	-0.16	0.24	0.30	0.92	0.39
2012	0.18	0.28	0.40	0.63	0.99	0.16	-0.30	0.53	0.07	0.45	0.81	0.28	0.37
2013	1.31	1.02	0.11	0.73	0.01	0.02	0.34	0.05	0.13	-0.76	0.17	0.51	0.30
2014	0.75	0.66	0.62	1.14	0.53	0.38	0.91	0.33	-0.14	-0.29	0.34	-0.21	0.42
2015	0.04	-0.16	0.15	-0.08	-0.29	0.43	-0.43	-0.09	-0.26	-0.28	-0.01	0.19	-0.07
2016	0.68	-0.02	-0.91	0.09	0.19	-0.02	0.93	0.03	-0.47	-0.12	0.00	0.39	0.06
2017	0.57	0.40	-0.42	0.15	0.22	0.08	0.32	-0.22	0.25	0.56	0.16	0.47	0.21
2018	0.41	0.21	-0.03	-0.08	-0.11	0.18	0.28	-0.07	0.22	0.37	0.42	0.21	0.17
2019	0.05	0.08	-0.15	0.56	0.14	0.27	0.73	-0.10	-0.10	-0.07	0.21	-0.12	0.13
2020	0.11	0.29	-0.03	-0.44	-0.15	-0.02	0.26	0.00	0.27	0.08	0.00	0.53	0.07
2021	0.18	-0.26	0.03	0.29	-0.01	0.54	-0.21	0.28	0.63	0.49	0.82	0.48	0.27
2022	0.37	1.09	0.88	1.58	1.44	1.78	1.09	0.86	-0.95	-0.76	0.14	0.13	0.64
2023	0.16	-0.85	-0.23	-0.34	-0.11	-0.16	-0.19	-0.16	0.11	0.21	-0.23	0.01	-0.15
2024	0.06	-0.11	-0.28	0.33	0.08	0.14	-0.12	0.12	-0.33	-0.44	0.47	0.94	0.07
2025	0.36	-0.01	-0.32	-0.51	-0.40	0.04	-0.52	-0.21	-0.40	0.19	0.47	0.08	-0.10

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