Percentage of people living with HIV who know their status receiving in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Percentage of people living with HIV who know their status receiving was 98 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Latest (2025)
98
Change on year
up 10.1%
World rank
1st
of 127 countries
All-time high
98
in 2025
All-time low
76
in 2015
Years of data
11
2015–2025
Percentage of people living with HIV who know their status receiving in Costa Rica, 2015–2025
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
Analysis
In 2025, percentage of people living with hiv who know their status receiving in Costa Rica stood at 98. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 10.1% on the previous year and up 28.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of people living with hiv who know their status receiving in Costa Rica peaked at 98 in 2025 and was at its lowest, 76, in 2015.
Costa Rica ranks 1st of 127 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Percentage of people living with HIV who know their status receiving in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 76 | — |
| 2016 | 76 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 77 | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 81 | +5.2% |
| 2019 | 85 | +4.9% |
| 2020 | 82 | -3.5% |
| 2021 | 88 | +7.3% |
| 2022 | 91 | +3.4% |
| 2023 | 91 | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 89 | -2.2% |
| 2025 | 98 | +10.1% |
Costa Rica compared with similar countries
- Costa Rica's 98 is above the median for high income countries, which is 91.5, 1.1× the median. (34 countries reporting)
- Costa Rica's 98 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 79.5, 1.2× the median. (24 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 79 | 76 | 85 | 5 |
| 2020s | 89.83 | 82 | 98 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Costa Rica
- 1 Botswana 98 compare
- 1 Comoros 98 compare
- 1 Kenya 98 compare
- 1 Lesotho 98 compare
- 1 Madagascar 98 compare
- 1 Namibia 98 compare
- 1 Rwanda 98 compare
- 1 Zambia 98 compare
- 1 Zimbabwe 98 compare
- 1 Saudi Arabia 98 compare
- 1 Benin 98 compare
- 1 Cape Verde 98 compare
- 1 Democratic Republic of Congo 98 compare
- 1 Guinea 98 compare
- 1 Mali 98 compare
- 1 Mauritania 98 compare
- 1 Nigeria 98 compare
- 1 Senegal 98 compare
- 1 Sierra Leone 98 compare
- 1 Togo 98 compare
- 1 Sao Tome and Principe 98 compare
- 1 Germany 98 compare
- 1 Sweden 98 compare
- 1 Switzerland 98 compare
- 1 Cambodia 98 compare
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 percentage of people living with hiv who know their status receiving in Costa Rica?
- Percentage of people living with hiv who know their status receiving in Costa Rica was 98 in 2025, according to World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
- What is the highest percentage of people living with hiv who know their status receiving recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 98 in 2025.
- What is the lowest percentage of people living with hiv who know their status receiving recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 76 in 2015.
- How does Costa Rica rank for percentage of people living with hiv who know their status receiving?
- Costa Rica ranks 1st out of 127 countries with data for 2025.
- Is percentage of people living with hiv who know their status receiving rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 28.9%. 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 Observatory, published as part of Percentage of people living with HIV who know their status receiving antiretroviral therapy. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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