Government health expenditure per capita — all countries

Government health expenditure per capita — Costa Rica

Government health expenditure per capita in Costa Rica in 2023 — 781 US$. Ranked 58 in the world out of 191. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 380.7%.

2023 781 US$ +15.74% vs 2022
World rank 58of 191
Period maximum 781 US$2023
Period minimum 163 US$2000

Trend over time

2000–2023 · US$ per capita

Government health expenditure per capita — Costa Rica, 2000–202302004006008002000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 163 US$2001: 169 US$2002: 187 US$2003: 193 US$2004: 194 US$2005: 200 US$2006: 241 US$2007: 284 US$2008: 351 US$2009: 381 US$2010: 480 US$2011: 529 US$2012: 557 US$2013: 589 US$2014: 594 US$2015: 647 US$2016: 649 US$2017: 638 US$2018: 664 US$2019: 675 US$2020: 696 US$2021: 687 US$2022: 675 US$2023: 781 US$
Change over the period: +619 (+380.74%) Average annual rate: 7.07 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Costa Rica

Costa Rica 781 US$
World 804 US$
Central America computed 340 US$
Government health expenditure per capita — Costa Rica, by year Costa Rica All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2023 781 +106 +15.74%
2022 675 −12 −1.8%
2021 687 −9 −1.31%
2020 696 +22 +3.19%
2019 675 +11 +1.63%
2018 664 +26 +4.11%
2017 638 −11 −1.67%
2016 649 +2 +0.32%
2015 647 +53 +8.88%
2014 594 +5 +0.79%
2013 589 +32 +5.73%
2012 557 +28 +5.39%
2011 529 +49 +10.19%
2010 480 +99 +25.97%
2009 381 +30 +8.43%
2008 351 +67 +23.59%
2007 284 +43 +17.98%
2006 241 +40 +20.2%
2005 200 +7 +3.38%
2004 194 +1 +0.47%
2003 193 +6 +3.33%
2002 187 +18 +10.46%
2001 169 +7 +4.08%
2000 163

Central America, 2023

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

Government spending on health in current US dollars per person. Of all the spending indicators this one separates countries the most: the gap between the top and the bottom of the table exceeds a factor of a thousand, whereas by share of GDP it is rarely more than fivefold. The reason is simple — the share is taken from economies of very different size.

Important: Converted at the market exchange rate rather than by purchasing power: the real volume of medical care one dollar buys in low-income countries is markedly larger, so the gap in the table overstates the gap in services.

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.