Receipts of international tourism as a percentage of total exports fell 60.7% to 7.40% in Costa Rica in 2020, according to Eurostat.
Historically, receipts of international tourism as a percentage of total exports in Costa Rica reached an all time high of 25.1% in 2000 and an all time low of 7.40% in 2020.
Costa Rica has been ranked 34th within the group of 113 countries we follow in terms of receipts of international tourism as a percentage of total exports, 2 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| International Tourism, Receipts (As % of Total Exports) | Unit | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Belize | % | 35.1% | 36.0% | 40.4% | 41.4% | 45.5% | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Colombia | % | 7.55% | 11.2% | 13.2% | 12.0% | 12.4% | ||||||||||||||||
| Costa Rica | % | 18.9% | 19.9% | 20.3% | 19.4% | 19.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| El Salvador | % | 19.4% | 17.4% | 16.9% | 17.0% | 18.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Guatemala | % | 9.26% | 9.49% | 9.71% | 9.19% | 9.25% | ||||||||||||||||
| Honduras | % | 10.4% | 9.68% | 8.69% | 8.33% | 8.36% | ||||||||||||||||
| Mexico | % | 3.96% | 4.64% | 5.17% | 5.14% | 4.96% | ||||||||||||||||
| Nicaragua | % | 8.31% | 10.3% | 12.4% | 14.7% | 9.82% | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Panama | % | 20.3% | 22.1% | 24.9% | 25.1% | 25.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | % | 9.31% | 10.1% | 10.2% | 9.76% | 9.52% |
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