Costa Rica - Health Spending 2003
6.97%
+0.10% from 2002
Costa Rica's health spending was 6.97% in 2003, increased +0.10% from 6.87% in 2002. This was the 134th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2003▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Congo, Republic of | 1.92% | 12.7% |
| 2nd | Bangladesh | 1.96% | 1.4% |
| 3rd | Equatorial Guinea | 1.97% | -31.7% |
| 4th | Pakistan | 2.10% | -13.1% |
| 5th | Ghana | 2.15% | 10.4% |
| 6th | Indonesia | 2.25% | 13.5% |
| 7th | Myanmar | 2.40% | -7.7% |
| 8th | Papua New Guinea | 2.45% | -11.6% |
| 9th | Liberia | 2.52% | 16.3% |
| 10th | Brunei Darussalam | 2.60% | 2.7% |
| 11th | United Arab Emirates | 2.65% | -2.6% |
| 12th | Azerbaijan | 2.73% | -0.1% |
| 13th | Kuwait | 2.76% | -11.6% |
| 14th | Oman | 2.78% | -0.1% |
| 15th | Timor-Leste | 2.84% | - |
| 16th | Malaysia | 2.92% | 9.6% |
| 17th | Fiji | 2.97% | -0.4% |
| 18th | Iraq | 3.00% | - |
| 19th | Philippines | 3.08% | 16.6% |
| 20th | Angola | 3.11% | 5.7% |
| 21st | Benin | 3.12% | 0.7% |
| 22nd | Mauritius | 3.18% | -0.2% |
| 23rd | Thailand | 3.24% | -2.7% |
| 24th | Mozambique | 3.25% | 2.0% |
| 25th | Guyana | 3.27% | 2.4% |
| 26th | Malawi | 3.32% | 23.1% |
| 27th | Algeria | 3.33% | -3.4% |
| 28th | Tonga | 3.44% | -4.3% |
| 29th | Togo | 3.45% | 0.0% |
| 30th | Guinea-Bissau | 3.50% | -9.6% |
| 31st | Qatar | 3.50% | 42.4% |
| 32nd | Vanuatu | 3.51% | -10.2% |
| 33rd | Belize | 3.53% | -0.7% |
| 34th | Gabon | 3.54% | 6.2% |
| 35th | Haiti | 3.54% | 3.0% |
| 36th | Singapore | 3.61% | 7.4% |
| 37th | Cabo Verde | 3.63% | -2.6% |
| 38th | Sri Lanka | 3.65% | -9.7% |
| 39th | Kazakhstan | 3.72% | 3.0% |
| 40th | Bahrain | 3.73% | 5.6% |
| 41st | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 3.73% | 45.3% |
| 42nd | Bhutan | 3.83% | -3.0% |
| 43rd | Nepal | 3.86% | -2.1% |
| 44th | Sudan | 3.89% | 17.9% |
| 45th | Cameroon | 3.90% | -3.1% |
| 46th | Viet Nam | 3.94% | 1.8% |
| 47th | Côte d'Ivoire | 3.95% | 11.6% |
| 48th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 3.96% | -2.9% |
| 49th | Libya | 3.97% | -16.1% |
| 50th | Saudi Arabia | 3.98% | -6.4% |
| 51st | Bahamas, The | 4.02% | 5.4% |
| 52nd | Mauritania | 4.03% | 0.8% |
| 53rd | Kenya | 4.03% | 5.5% |
| 54th | India | 4.08% | -5.5% |
| 55th | Morocco | 4.08% | 0.5% |
| 56th | Samoa | 4.17% | -7.1% |
| 57th | Central African Republic | 4.19% | -1.2% |
| 58th | Trinidad and Tobago | 4.19% | -11.3% |
| 59th | Chad | 4.25% | -24.2% |
| 60th | Djibouti | 4.27% | 13.8% |
| 61st | Senegal | 4.30% | 8.7% |
| 62nd | Mongolia | 4.30% | -21.7% |
| 63rd | Uganda | 4.30% | -9.9% |
| 64th | China | 4.35% | 0.8% |
| 65th | Dominican Republic | 4.39% | -12.0% |
| 66th | Burkina Faso | 4.42% | 5.8% |
| 67th | Monaco | 4.43% | 16.4% |
| 68th | Korea | 4.47% | 14.3% |
| 69th | Lao PDR | 4.48% | 21.1% |
| 70th | Peru | 4.59% | -7.1% |
| 71st | Tajikistan | 4.70% | 6.0% |
| 72nd | Niger | 4.75% | -1.7% |
| 73rd | St. Kitts and Nevis | 4.75% | 6.7% |
| 74th | San Marino | 4.77% | -11.5% |
| 75th | Guinea | 4.77% | -10.9% |
| 76th | Dominica | 4.85% | 4.1% |
| 77th | Seychelles | 4.86% | 15.9% |
| 78th | Suriname | 4.89% | -8.3% |
| 79th | Paraguay | 4.91% | 3.1% |
| 80th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 4.96% | 6.5% |
| 81st | Turkmenistan | 4.98% | 21.2% |
| 82nd | Jamaica | 4.99% | -10.5% |
| 83rd | Madagascar | 5.00% | 1.5% |
| 84th | Türkiye | 5.01% | -0.9% |
| 85th | Antigua and Barbuda | 5.04% | 5.1% |
| 86th | Mali | 5.05% | 1.1% |
| 87th | Nigeria | 5.05% | 102.9% |
| 88th | Sierra Leone | 5.06% | -8.9% |
| 89th | Syrian Arab Republic | 5.14% | 3.4% |
| 90th | Estonia | 5.14% | 9.3% |
| 91st | Russian Federation | 5.16% | -6.5% |
| 92nd | Uzbekistan | 5.19% | 0.9% |
| 93rd | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 5.20% | 6.1% |
| 94th | Tunisia | 5.21% | 1.7% |
| 95th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 5.22% | -5.2% |
| 96th | St. Lucia | 5.24% | -2.7% |
| 97th | Burundi | 5.27% | -1.4% |
| 98th | Grenada | 5.28% | -14.4% |
| 99th | Gambia, The | 5.30% | -15.0% |
| 100th | Lesotho | 5.34% | -8.9% |
| 101st | Tanzania | 5.34% | 13.9% |
| 102nd | Romania | 5.37% | 17.4% |
| 103rd | Slovak Republic | 5.48% | -0.6% |
| 104th | Mexico | 5.54% | 14.7% |
| 105th | Andorra | 5.54% | -7.6% |
| 106th | Cyprus | 5.64% | 0.4% |
| 107th | Latvia | 5.74% | -3.7% |
| 108th | Yemen, Republic of | 5.76% | 19.1% |
| 109th | Belarus | 5.77% | 2.6% |
| 110th | Colombia | 5.78% | 0.7% |
| 111th | Ecuador | 5.79% | 20.3% |
| 112th | Kyrgyz Republic | 5.82% | 26.8% |
| 113th | Albania | 5.84% | 4.4% |
| 114th | Poland | 5.93% | -1.9% |
| 115th | Zambia | 6.00% | 1.8% |
| 116th | Nicaragua | 6.08% | 6.1% |
| 117th | Guatemala | 6.15% | 2.3% |
| 118th | Barbados | 6.17% | 14.0% |
| 119th | Lithuania | 6.18% | 0.7% |
| 120th | Croatia | 6.30% | 2.5% |
| 121st | Eswatini | 6.38% | 15.5% |
| 122nd | Botswana | 6.41% | -3.8% |
| 123rd | Cambodia | 6.46% | -6.7% |
| 124th | Czechia | 6.50% | 5.8% |
| 125th | Ukraine | 6.55% | 9.2% |
| 126th | Comoros | 6.66% | -0.4% |
| 127th | Panama | 6.71% | -4.9% |
| 128th | Maldives | 6.78% | -22.8% |
| 129th | Israel | 6.85% | -0.8% |
| 130th | Honduras | 6.89% | 10.3% |
| 131st | Argentina | 6.93% | -5.5% |
| 132nd | Rwanda | 6.93% | 121.5% |
| 133rd | Luxembourg | 6.96% | 3.0% |
| 134th | Costa Rica | 6.97% | 1.5% |
| 135th | Ireland | 7.01% | 5.0% |
| 136th | Moldova | 7.02% | -5.2% |
| 137th | South Africa | 7.04% | 5.4% |
| 138th | Solomon Islands | 7.08% | -30.0% |
| 139th | Cuba | 7.10% | -0.2% |
| 140th | Armenia | 7.18% | -5.7% |
| 141st | Bulgaria | 7.20% | 1.7% |
| 142nd | Chile | 7.25% | 0.6% |
| 143rd | Serbia | 7.31% | 0.8% |
| 144th | Eritrea | 7.34% | 9.7% |
| 145th | Japan | 7.49% | 1.8% |
| 146th | Spain | 7.59% | 11.7% |
| 147th | New Zealand | 7.72% | -2.3% |
| 148th | El Salvador | 7.77% | -1.4% |
| 149th | Italy | 7.81% | -0.4% |
| 150th | Australia | 7.88% | 0.1% |
| 151st | Malta | 7.94% | 2.7% |
| 152nd | Finland | 7.94% | 4.1% |
| 153rd | Georgia | 8.03% | 2.7% |
| 154th | United Kingdom | 8.05% | 2.5% |
| 155th | Palau | 8.10% | 11.1% |
| 156th | Hungary | 8.13% | 14.2% |
| 157th | Slovenia | 8.17% | 0.7% |
| 158th | Brazil | 8.19% | -5.8% |
| 159th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 8.28% | 11.9% |
| 160th | Sweden | 8.32% | 1.6% |
| 161st | Lebanon | 8.67% | -6.6% |
| 162nd | Greece | 8.68% | 2.5% |
| 163rd | Jordan | 8.79% | -5.3% |
| 164th | Denmark | 8.89% | 2.2% |
| 165th | Afghanistan | 8.94% | -5.3% |
| 166th | European Union | 8.97% | 2.4% |
| 167th | North Macedonia | 9.01% | 0.3% |
| 168th | Canada | 9.01% | 1.7% |
| 169th | Netherlands | 9.02% | 4.7% |
| 170th | Portugal | 9.12% | 3.8% |
| 171st | Belgium | 9.19% | 10.5% |
| 172nd | Norway | 9.19% | 2.3% |
| 173rd | West Bank and Gaza | 9.56% | -13.5% |
| 174th | Uruguay | 9.58% | -0.7% |
| 175th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 9.65% | 21.2% |
| 176th | Austria | 9.70% | 1.1% |
| 177th | Iceland | 9.73% | 3.5% |
| 178th | Nauru | 9.97% | -27.8% |
| 179th | Kiribati | 10.05% | -12.1% |
| 180th | France | 10.13% | 0.5% |
| 181st | Switzerland | 10.14% | 2.6% |
| 182nd | Germany | 10.22% | 1.9% |
| 183rd | Namibia | 10.74% | 2.5% |
| 184th | São Tomé and Principe | 11.47% | 20.7% |
| 185th | Marshall Islands | 13.33% | 10.5% |
| 186th | Tuvalu | 13.70% | 15.8% |
| 187th | United States | 14.51% | 3.6% |
FAQ
What was Costa Rica's health spending in 2003?▾
Costa Rica's health spending in 2003 was 6.97%. This ranked 134th globally.
How did Costa Rica's health spending change in 2003?▾
Costa Rica's health spending increased by 1.5% in 2003 compared to 2002.
Which country had the highest health spending in 2003?▾
United States had the highest health spending in 2003 at 14.51%.
What is the health spending of Costa Rica in 2003?▾
The health spending of Costa Rica in 2003 was 6.97%. This ranked 134th globally.
How does 2003 compare to 2002 for Costa Rica's health spending?▾
Costa Rica's health spending went from 6.87% in 2002 to 6.97% in 2003, a 1.5% increase.
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