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Costa Rica — Health spending
Health Spending (% of GDP) for Costa Rica, 2000–2023.
Latest value · 2023
6.87%
Health Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +4.6% since 2000
Health spending for Costa Rica was 6.87% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 24 years, from 2000 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 8.12% in 2011. The lowest was 6.47% in 2001 (about 1.1× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.20% per year.
Costa Rica ranks 86 of 189 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 46%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 6.87%, so Costa Rica sits level with it. It peaked in 2011 and has fallen 15% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved down 11%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
6.87%
First (2000)
6.56%
Change
+4.6%
Highest
8.12%
in 2011
Lowest
6.47%
in 2001
Average
7.28%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.20%
Years of data
24
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 6.87% |
| 2022 | 7.18% |
| 2021 | 7.61% |
| 2020 | 7.83% |
| 2019 | 7.22% |
| 2018 | 7.29% |
| 2017 | 7.05% |
| 2016 | 7.32% |
| 2015 | 7.59% |
| 2014 | 7.66% |
| 2013 | 7.68% |
| 2012 | 7.79% |
Reading this correctly. Current health expenditure as a share of GDP. Covers both public and private spending on health goods and services. Figures are in % of GDP. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SH.XPD.CHEX.GD.ZS — Health Spending (% of GDP). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.