Costa Rica recorded the region's largest inflation drop between 2022 and 2025
According to ECLAC data (December to December), the country's inflation went from 7.9% to -1.2%, a 9.1 pp drop. Among the 14 countries analyzed with data for both years, Costa Rica ranked 14th by its 2025 level.
Current verified finding
Costa Rica: inflation fell 9.1 pp in three years, from 7.9% in 2022 to -1.2% in 2025, the region's largest fall.
Evidence
Costa Rica: inflation 2019–2025
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Snapshot technical details
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How we calculated it
We query series inflation_dec_dec_pct of dataset cepal-economia-anual (CEPALSTAT) for the 14 countries between 2022 and 2025 in VerDat's normalised layer; for each country reporting both years we compute the change between 2022 and 2025 and take the largest fall. We require at least 8 countries with both years and a change of at least 3 pp; the rank is by 2025 value among those 14 countries. The chart shows the country's series; the values and the change are re-verified automatically every day.
7 rows match the query; 7 results remain in the summary.
What it means and what it does not
The comparison relies on a harmonised ECLAC series and may differ from official national figures. These data reflect the magnitude of change between 2022 and 2025 for countries reporting both years, but they do not explain the causes of the decline nor do they indicate a future trend.
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Records within the query
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| Period | Value | Country | Year | Indicator | Indicator group | Month | Geography |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | -1.23 | costa-rica | 2025 | Inflación diciembre a diciembre | precios | Not applicable (annual) | Costa Rica |
| 2024 | 0.84 | costa-rica | 2024 | Inflación diciembre a diciembre | precios | Not applicable (annual) | Costa Rica |
| 2023 | -1.77 | costa-rica | 2023 | Inflación diciembre a diciembre | precios | Not applicable (annual) | Costa Rica |
| 2022 | 7.88 | costa-rica | 2022 | Inflación diciembre a diciembre | precios | Not applicable (annual) | Costa Rica |
| 2021 | 3.3 | costa-rica | 2021 | Inflación diciembre a diciembre | precios | Not applicable (annual) | Costa Rica |
| 2020 | 0.89 | costa-rica | 2020 | Inflación diciembre a diciembre | precios | Not applicable (annual) | Costa Rica |
| 2019 | 1.52 | costa-rica | 2019 | Inflación diciembre a diciembre | precios | Not applicable (annual) | Costa Rica |
| 2018 | 2.03 | costa-rica | 2018 | Inflación diciembre a diciembre | precios | Not applicable (annual) | Costa Rica |
| 2017 | 2.57 | costa-rica | 2017 | Inflación diciembre a diciembre | precios | Not applicable (annual) | Costa Rica |
| 2016 | 0.77 | costa-rica | 2016 | Inflación diciembre a diciembre | precios | Not applicable (annual) | Costa Rica |
| 2015 | -0.81 | costa-rica | 2015 | Inflación diciembre a diciembre | precios | Not applicable (annual) | Costa Rica |
| 2014 | 5.13 | costa-rica | 2014 | Inflación diciembre a diciembre | precios | Not applicable (annual) | Costa Rica |