Capital health expenditure in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Capital health expenditure was 0.3% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Capital health expenditure in Costa Rica, 2000–2023
Source: World Health Organization Global Health Expenditure database (http://apps.who.int/nha/database). The data was retrieved on April 7, 2023. Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
Costa Rica recorded 0.3% for capital health expenditure in 2023.
The figure is down 5.3% on the previous year and up 10.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, capital health expenditure in Costa Rica peaked at 0.4% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.1%, in 2006.
That places Costa Rica 47th out of 128 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Capital health expenditure in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.2% | — |
| 2001 | 0.3% | +54.2% |
| 2002 | 0.4% | +12.4% |
| 2003 | 0.3% | -3.6% |
| 2004 | 0.2% | -49.2% |
| 2005 | 0.2% | -7.2% |
| 2006 | 0.1% | -20.2% |
| 2007 | 0.2% | +36.3% |
| 2008 | 0.3% | +89.5% |
| 2009 | 0.4% | +16.2% |
| 2010 | 0.2% | -41.0% |
| 2011 | 0.1% | -35.6% |
| 2012 | 0.1% | -9.7% |
| 2013 | 0.3% | +116.1% |
| 2014 | 0.2% | -31.3% |
| 2015 | 0.2% | +9.8% |
| 2016 | 0.2% | +14.4% |
| 2017 | 0.3% | +4.0% |
| 2018 | 0.2% | -4.7% |
| 2019 | 0.3% | +18.6% |
| 2020 | 0.4% | +48.5% |
| 2021 | 0.3% | -25.5% |
| 2022 | 0.3% | +4.2% |
| 2023 | 0.3% | -5.3% |
Costa Rica compared with similar countries
- Costa Rica's 0.3% is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.3%, 1.0× the median. (23 countries reporting)
- Costa Rica's 0.3% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.2%, 1.4× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.3% | 0.1% | 0.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Costa Rica
More health data for Costa Rica
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -2.78 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.4617 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,632 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 35 deaths (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 0 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate -3.42 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.0248 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate -3.37 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is capital health expenditure in Costa Rica?
- Capital health expenditure in Costa Rica was 0.3% in 2023, according to World Health Organization Global Health Expenditure database (http://apps.who.int/nha/database). The data was retrieved on April 7, 2023.
- What is the highest capital health expenditure recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4% in 2020.
- What is the lowest capital health expenditure recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1% in 2006.
- How does Costa Rica rank for capital health expenditure?
- Costa Rica ranks 47th out of 128 countries with data for 2023.
- Is capital health expenditure rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization Global Health Expenditure database (http://apps.who.int/nha/database). The data was retrieved on April 7, 2023, published as part of Capital health expenditure (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Level of capital investments on health expressed as a percentage of GDP. Capital health investments include health infrastructure (buildings, machinery, IT) and stocks of vaccines for emergency or outbreaks.