Costa Rica vs Romania: Government health spending as a share of GDP
Costa Rica
4.7%
in 2025
Romania
4.8%
in 2024
Costa Rica rank
45th
Romania rank
43rd
Government health spending as a share of GDP over time
- Costa Rica
- Romania
How they compare
Romania currently reports 4.8% against 4.7% in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.1%.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 21 shared years of data; in 2004 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 45th and Romania ranks 43rd of 59 countries.
Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Romania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 4.8% | 4.1% | 0.7% | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 5.6% | 4.0% | 1.6% | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 5.3% | 4.8% | 0.5% | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher government health spending as a share of gdp, Costa Rica or Romania?
- Romania, at 4.8% against 4.7% in Costa Rica as of 2024.
- What is the difference in government health spending as a share of gdp between Costa Rica and Romania?
- 0.1%, with Romania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Romania?
- 21 years are reported by both, from 2004 to 2024.
- How do Costa Rica and Romania rank globally for government health spending as a share of gdp?
- Costa Rica ranks 45th and Romania ranks 43rd of 59 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- OECD (2026); OECD (1993); Lindert (1994) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Government health spending as a share of GDP. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Public health expenditure divided by gross domestic product, expressed as a percentage.