Export unit values, US dollar in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Export unit values, US dollar was 0.5936 in 2014. βΌ Falling
Export unit values, US dollar in Costa Rica, 1963β2014
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
Costa Rica recorded 0.5936 for export unit values, us dollar in 2014.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 10.9% on the previous year and down 1.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, export unit values, us dollar in Costa Rica peaked at 1.06 in 1963 and was at its lowest, 0.5138, in 1996.
That places Costa Rica 137th out of 166 countries with data for 2014, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 52 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.941 | 0.8581 | 1.06 | 7 |
| 1970s | 0.8796 | 0.783 | 0.9547 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.7487 | 0.6396 | 0.8233 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.5828 | 0.5138 | 0.6963 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.6407 | 0.5615 | 0.6978 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.6226 | 0.5936 | 0.6664 | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is export unit values, us dollar in Costa Rica?
- Export unit values, us dollar in Costa Rica was 0.5936 in 2014, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest export unit values, us dollar recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 1.06 in 1963.
- What is the lowest export unit values, us dollar recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5138 in 1996.
- How does Costa Rica rank for export unit values, us dollar?
- Costa Rica ranks 137th out of 166 countries with data for 2014.
- Is export unit values, us dollar rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
- The figures come from International Monetary Fund, published as part of Export unit values, US dollar (ACM1. Agricultural products). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
This dataset provides export quality indicators for over 800 products across 166 countries from 1963 to 2014, resulting in over 1.7 million observations. Higher index values indicate higher quality, and the index is normalized with a value of 1 representing the 90th percentile of export quality among all exporters (the world frontier). Data can be aggregated at various levels, including by product according to the Standard International Trade Classification (SITC) up to the 4-digit level, by Broad Economic Categories (BEC) up to the 3-digit level, and by aggregate sectors such as Agriculture, Commodities, and Manufactures.