Government health expenditure (% of GDP) in Costa Rica in 2023 — 4.61%. Ranked 67 in the world out of 192. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 0.35 pp.
2000–2023 · % of GDP
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Costa Rica
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4.61 | −0.34 pp |
| 2022 | 4.95 | −0.4 pp |
| 2021 | 5.35 | −0.27 pp |
| 2020 | 5.62 | +0.38 pp |
| 2019 | 5.24 | −0.04 pp |
| 2018 | 5.27 | +0.1 pp |
| 2017 | 5.18 | −0.19 pp |
| 2016 | 5.37 | −0.15 pp |
| 2015 | 5.52 | +0.08 pp |
| 2014 | 5.44 | −0.01 pp |
| 2013 | 5.45 | −0.05 pp |
| 2012 | 5.5 | −0.2 pp |
| 2011 | 5.7 | −0.11 pp |
| 2010 | 5.81 | +0.23 pp |
| 2009 | 5.58 | +0.51 pp |
| 2008 | 5.07 | +0.43 pp |
| 2007 | 4.63 | +0.05 pp |
| 2006 | 4.58 | +0.32 pp |
| 2005 | 4.26 | −0.11 pp |
| 2004 | 4.38 | −0.25 pp |
| 2003 | 4.63 | +0.03 pp |
| 2002 | 4.59 | +0.35 pp |
| 2001 | 4.24 | −0.02 pp |
| 2000 | 4.26 | — |
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Government spending on health as a percent of GDP, from the WHO national health accounts. It counts the spending of budgets at all levels and of compulsory health insurance; private spending and voluntary insurance do not belong here — they are a separate part of total health expenditure.
Important: It differs from total health expenditure: in countries with a large share of paid medicine the government part can be half the total. It is useful to compare together with the share of out-of-pocket spending.
Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.
What part of all government spending a country directs to health.
Healthcare Government health expenditure per capitaHow many dollars a year the state spends on the health of one person.
Healthcare Out-of-pocket health expenditureWhat share of medical spending people pay out of their own pocket at the point of care.
Healthcare Health expenditure (% of GDP)All current health spending — government and private — as a percent of GDP.
