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Health expenditure per capita — Costa Rica

Health expenditure per capita in Costa Rica in 2023 — 1,163 US$. Ranked 59 in the world out of 191. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 364.7%.

2023 1,163 US$ +18.84% vs 2022
World rank 59of 191
Period maximum 1,163 US$2023
Period minimum 250 US$2000

Trend over time

2000–2023 · US$ per capita

Health expenditure per capita — Costa Rica, 2000–202305001,0001,5002000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 250 US$2001: 258 US$2002: 279 US$2003: 291 US$2004: 294 US$2005: 313 US$2006: 365 US$2007: 429 US$2008: 518 US$2009: 537 US$2010: 664 US$2011: 753 US$2012: 789 US$2013: 830 US$2014: 836 US$2015: 889 US$2016: 885 US$2017: 868 US$2018: 917 US$2019: 930 US$2020: 970 US$2021: 977 US$2022: 979 US$2023: 1,163 US$
Change over the period: +913 (+364.75%) Average annual rate: 6.91 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Costa Rica 1,163 US$
World 1,317 US$
Latin America & Caribbean 816 US$
Central America computed 695 US$
Upper-middle-income countries computed 664 US$
Health expenditure per capita — Costa Rica, by year Costa Rica All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2023 1,163 +184 +18.84%
2022 979 +2 +0.17%
2021 977 +7 +0.75%
2020 970 +39 +4.24%
2019 930 +13 +1.43%
2018 917 +50 +5.71%
2017 868 −17 −1.92%
2016 885 −5 −0.52%
2015 889 +53 +6.36%
2014 836 +6 +0.76%
2013 830 +41 +5.25%
2012 789 +35 +4.66%
2011 753 +90 +13.52%
2010 664 +127 +23.58%
2009 537 +19 +3.66%
2008 518 +89 +20.65%
2007 429 +65 +17.8%
2006 365 +51 +16.28%
2005 313 +20 +6.71%
2004 294 +3 +1.01%
2003 291 +11 +4.09%
2002 279 +21 +8.3%
2001 258 +8 +3.07%
2000 250 — —

Central America, 2023

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

PA Panama 1,558 CR Costa Rica 1,163 MX Mexico 761 SV El Salvador 501 GT Guatemala 392 BZ Belize 309 HN Honduras 249 NI Nicaragua 217
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About the indicator

Current health expenditure per resident in current US dollars. The gap between countries reaches several hundredfold — from a few dozen dollars a year to more than ten thousand. It is this indicator, and not the share of GDP, that determines the real volume of medical care available.

Important: The aggregate for a group is all of its spending over all of its population, not an average of country values: a country of a billion residents weighs in it according to its size.

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

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