Costa Rica vs Malta: Hospital discharges by diagnostic categories

Costa Rica
207,419 Discharges
in 2025
Malta
69,748 Discharges
in 2023
Costa Rica rank
30th
Malta rank
33rd

Hospital discharges by diagnostic categories over time

  • Costa Rica
  • Malta
50.0k100.0k150.0k200.0k250.0k300.0k199720112025

How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 207,419 Discharges against 69,748 Discharges in Malta, a difference of 137,671 Discharges.

That makes Costa Rica's figure about 3.0 times Malta's.

Across all 6 years both countries report, Costa Rica has been ahead every year.

Costa Rica ranks 30th and Malta ranks 33rd of 34 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica Malta Difference Ahead
2010s 258,248 Discharges 72,916 Discharges 185,332 Discharges Costa Rica
2020s 210,406 Discharges 63,488 Discharges 146,918 Discharges Costa Rica

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher hospital discharges by diagnostic categories, Costa Rica or Malta?
Costa Rica, at 207,419 Discharges against 69,748 Discharges in Malta as of 2025.
What is the difference in hospital discharges by diagnostic categories between Costa Rica and Malta?
137,671 Discharges, with Costa Rica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Malta?
6 years are reported by both, from 2017 to 2023.
How do Costa Rica and Malta rank globally for hospital discharges by diagnostic categories?
Costa Rica ranks 30th and Malta ranks 33rd of 34 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Hospital discharges 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 Malta: Hospital discharges by diagnostic categories. Statizoid, drawing on Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Retrieved 03 September 2026, from https://health.statizoid.com/compare/hospital-discharges-by-diagnostic-categories/costa-rica/malta/

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-discharges-by-diagnostic-categories/costa-rica/malta/">Costa Rica vs Malta: Hospital discharges by diagnostic categories</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Hospital discharges by diagnostic categories
Unit
Discharges
Source
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Licence
OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage
44 places, 1,040 data points, 1980–2025
Last refreshed

A hospital discharge is the formal release of a patient from a hospital. 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.