Costa Rica vs Romania: Hospital average length of stay by diagnostic categories

Costa Rica
6.3 Days
in 2025
Romania
6.8 Days
in 2024
Costa Rica rank
18th
Romania rank
16th

Hospital average length of stay by diagnostic categories over time

  • Costa Rica
  • Romania
02468199720112025

How they compare

Romania currently reports 6.8 Days against 6.3 Days in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.5 Days.

That makes Romania's figure about 1.1 times Costa Rica's.

Across all 7 years both countries report, Romania has been ahead every year.

Costa Rica ranks 18th and Romania ranks 16th of 32 countries.

Romania has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica Romania Difference Ahead
2010s 5.65 Days 7.25 Days 1.6 Days Romania
2020s 5.54 Days 7.34 Days 1.8 Days Romania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher hospital average length of stay by diagnostic categories, Costa Rica or Romania?
Romania, at 6.8 Days against 6.3 Days in Costa Rica as of 2024.
What is the difference in hospital average length of stay by diagnostic categories between Costa Rica and Romania?
0.5 Days, with Romania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Romania?
7 years are reported by both, from 2018 to 2024.
How do Costa Rica and Romania rank globally for hospital average length of stay by diagnostic categories?
Costa Rica ranks 18th and Romania ranks 16th of 32 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Hospital average length of stay by diagnostic categories. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Costa Rica vs Romania: Hospital average length of stay by diagnostic categories. Statizoid, drawing on Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Retrieved 13 September 2026, from https://health.statizoid.com/compare/hospital-average-length-of-stay-by-diagnostic-categories/costa-rica/romania/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://health.statizoid.com/compare/hospital-average-length-of-stay-by-diagnostic-categories/costa-rica/romania/">Costa Rica vs Romania: Hospital average length of stay by diagnostic categories</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Hospital average length of stay by diagnostic categories
Unit
Days
Source
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Licence
OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage
42 places, 1,093 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

Average length of stay (ALOS) is calculated by dividing the number of bed-days by the number of discharges during the year. The list of diagnostic categories is based on the International Shortlist for Hospital Morbidity Tabulation (ISHMT). Click here to see the complete shortlist with ICD-10 and ICD-9 codes. Please refer to the Sources and Methods for detailed country-specific information.