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GDP
$86.5BCURRENT US$
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2013-2023
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GDP GROWTH
69.8%CURRENT US$
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$2.4BCURRENT US$
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2013-2023
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74.2%CURRENT US$
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2023
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GDP PC 
$16,942CURRENT US$
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56.8%CURRENT US$
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$888CURRENT US$
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35.8%CURRENT US$
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About

In N/A, Costa Rica did not export any services to Gambia.

Gambia-Costa Rica Trade: In N/A, Gambia exported $60.3k to Costa Rica. The main products that Gambia exported to Costa Rica were Cars ($51.2k), Orthopedic Appliances ($7.37k), and Opto-Electric Instrument Parts ($601). Over the past N/A years the exports of Gambia to Costa Rica have increased at an annualized rate of 37.6%,  from $12.2k in N/A to $60.3k in N/A.

In N/A, Gambia did not export any services to Costa Rica.

Comparison In 2023,  Costa Rica ranked 48 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI 0.34),  and 73 in total exports ($23.7B). That same year, Gambia ranked 138 in total exports ($3.16B), and does not have data regarding Economic Complexity Index.

Historical Data

Bilateral Trade by Products

Depth
Value

Costa Rica does not register exports to Gambia.

In 2018, Gambia exported $60.3k to Costa Rica. The main products exported from Gambia to Costa Rica were Cars ($51.2k), Orthopedic Appliances ($7.37k), and Opto-Electric Instrument Parts ($601). During the last 5 years the exports of Gambia to Costa Rica have increased at an annualized rate of 37.6%, from $12.2k in 2023 to $60.3k in 2018.

Exports from Costa Rica (Flag) to Gambia (Flag) (2023)

Exports from Gambia (Flag) to Costa Rica (Flag) (2023)

Market Competitiveness

Color
Costa Rica
Top Destination
United States$9.5B
Gambia
Top Destination
Kazakhstan$2.91B

This map shows whether countries import more from Costa Rica or Gambia. Each country is colored based on the difference in imports they receive from Costa Rica and Gambia or the difference in the growth in imports.

In 2023, countries that imported more from Costa Rica than Gambia included United States ($9.5B), Netherlands ($1.52B), and China ($1.17B).

In 2023, countries that imported more from Gambia than Costa Rica included Kazakhstan ($2.91B), Guinea-Bissau ($59.3M), and Mali ($8.85M).

Difference in imports from Gambia (Flag) and Costa Rica (Flag) (2023)

Comparative Advantage Costa Rica - Gambia

Flow
Scale

This chart compares trade between Costa Rica and Gambia by product, considering products traded by both, Costa Rica and Gambia.

During 2018, Gambia had a large net trade with Costa Rica in the exports of Transportation ($51.2k), Instruments ($8.28k), and Machines ($795).

Potential Exports

Potential Exports

Depth
View
Sort By
Top Product Potential Costa Rica Gambia+$1.78kVaccines, blood, antisera, toxins and cultures
Top Product Potential Gambia Costa Rica+$3.56kLiquid Pumps

We estimate the export potential of an economy for each product and destination using an extension of the bilateral relatedness model of Jun et al. (2019).This extended gravity model considers similarities among products and geographies and explains more than 50% of the variance in future trade flows.

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Economic Complexity

Competitive Landscape

This visualization shows the product space at the HS4 level with the flags of Costa Rica and Gambia. This means that a dot/product with the flag of Costa Rica indicates it has a comparative advantage over Gambia. Similarly, a dot/product with the flag of Gambia indicates it has a comparative advantage over Costa Rica.

Product Space of Costa Rica (Flag) and Gambia (Flag) (2023)

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