Costa Rica - Health Spending 2006
6.94%
+0.27% from 2005
Costa Rica's health spending was 6.94% in 2006, increased +0.27% from 6.66% in 2005. This was the 131st highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2006▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Equatorial Guinea | 1.41% | -0.6% |
| 2nd | Congo, Republic of | 1.71% | -0.5% |
| 3rd | Kuwait | 1.82% | -9.5% |
| 4th | Brunei Darussalam | 1.91% | -14.6% |
| 5th | Oman | 2.02% | -10.8% |
| 6th | Azerbaijan | 2.07% | -7.1% |
| 7th | Bangladesh | 2.11% | 2.3% |
| 8th | Myanmar | 2.27% | -3.4% |
| 9th | Qatar | 2.29% | -10.7% |
| 10th | Libya | 2.30% | -8.6% |
| 11th | United Arab Emirates | 2.33% | 0.2% |
| 12th | Angola | 2.40% | -5.8% |
| 13th | Papua New Guinea | 2.43% | -0.9% |
| 14th | Iraq | 2.49% | -17.3% |
| 15th | Indonesia | 2.62% | 3.5% |
| 16th | Mauritania | 2.70% | -20.6% |
| 17th | Pakistan | 2.73% | 15.1% |
| 18th | Lao PDR | 2.93% | -12.1% |
| 19th | Singapore | 2.93% | -3.3% |
| 20th | Bahrain | 2.98% | -4.6% |
| 21st | Thailand | 3.10% | -1.9% |
| 22nd | Malaysia | 3.11% | 11.6% |
| 23rd | Gabon | 3.15% | 7.7% |
| 24th | Algeria | 3.19% | 2.3% |
| 25th | Benin | 3.29% | 2.0% |
| 26th | Vanuatu | 3.32% | 0.5% |
| 27th | Fiji | 3.35% | 2.8% |
| 28th | Kazakhstan | 3.40% | -12.9% |
| 29th | Haiti | 3.48% | 5.3% |
| 30th | Nepal | 3.54% | -10.3% |
| 31st | Belize | 3.55% | 3.2% |
| 32nd | Mauritius | 3.61% | 2.5% |
| 33rd | Guinea | 3.62% | -10.4% |
| 34th | Saudi Arabia | 3.62% | 5.9% |
| 35th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 3.66% | -4.7% |
| 36th | India | 3.67% | -4.8% |
| 37th | Ghana | 3.67% | 12.2% |
| 38th | Chad | 3.73% | 0.1% |
| 39th | Cameroon | 3.74% | -1.0% |
| 40th | Mongolia | 3.75% | -3.0% |
| 41st | Senegal | 3.76% | 2.4% |
| 42nd | Philippines | 3.78% | 0.9% |
| 43rd | Syrian Arab Republic | 3.80% | -8.0% |
| 44th | Cabo Verde | 3.82% | 14.5% |
| 45th | Sri Lanka | 3.85% | -0.7% |
| 46th | China | 3.89% | -5.5% |
| 47th | Côte d'Ivoire | 3.93% | -1.0% |
| 48th | Guyana | 3.93% | 3.6% |
| 49th | Mozambique | 3.95% | -6.4% |
| 50th | Dominican Republic | 3.99% | -8.3% |
| 51st | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 4.06% | 1.9% |
| 52nd | Bhutan | 4.09% | 6.6% |
| 53rd | Antigua and Barbuda | 4.11% | -7.9% |
| 54th | Trinidad and Tobago | 4.15% | -6.3% |
| 55th | Djibouti | 4.22% | 11.0% |
| 56th | Nigeria | 4.26% | -4.7% |
| 57th | Monaco | 4.30% | -4.6% |
| 58th | Bahamas, The | 4.31% | 6.9% |
| 59th | Togo | 4.31% | 8.2% |
| 60th | Central African Republic | 4.31% | 2.0% |
| 61st | Seychelles | 4.33% | -2.6% |
| 62nd | Peru | 4.41% | -5.5% |
| 63rd | Morocco | 4.57% | 4.4% |
| 64th | Viet Nam | 4.57% | 5.8% |
| 65th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 4.66% | -8.1% |
| 66th | Uzbekistan | 4.75% | -0.6% |
| 67th | Russian Federation | 4.77% | -0.1% |
| 68th | Dominica | 4.78% | -4.0% |
| 69th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 4.84% | -1.6% |
| 70th | Botswana | 4.88% | -7.4% |
| 71st | Samoa | 4.88% | 5.4% |
| 72nd | Sudan | 4.89% | 19.3% |
| 73rd | Malawi | 4.91% | 14.2% |
| 74th | San Marino | 4.91% | 0.5% |
| 75th | Turkmenistan | 4.92% | -12.0% |
| 76th | Andorra | 4.95% | -11.3% |
| 77th | Korea | 4.96% | 6.6% |
| 78th | Estonia | 4.97% | -6.1% |
| 79th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 4.98% | 5.4% |
| 80th | Kenya | 5.01% | 18.9% |
| 81st | Paraguay | 5.02% | 3.9% |
| 82nd | Tajikistan | 5.03% | -3.4% |
| 83rd | Romania | 5.07% | -8.3% |
| 84th | Madagascar | 5.07% | -2.8% |
| 85th | Guinea-Bissau | 5.08% | 12.0% |
| 86th | Grenada | 5.11% | -0.6% |
| 87th | St. Lucia | 5.13% | 5.5% |
| 88th | Tunisia | 5.13% | -0.3% |
| 89th | Türkiye | 5.15% | 5.1% |
| 90th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 5.16% | -2.6% |
| 91st | Burkina Faso | 5.17% | 6.9% |
| 92nd | Sierra Leone | 5.30% | 1.3% |
| 93rd | Cambodia | 5.36% | -12.8% |
| 94th | Lesotho | 5.41% | 15.6% |
| 95th | Mexico | 5.41% | -3.1% |
| 96th | Gambia, The | 5.44% | 1.0% |
| 97th | Mali | 5.46% | 5.0% |
| 98th | Cyprus | 5.46% | 0.5% |
| 99th | Tonga | 5.47% | 24.8% |
| 100th | Jamaica | 5.51% | -5.3% |
| 101st | Yemen, Republic of | 5.53% | 6.2% |
| 102nd | Albania | 5.57% | -1.7% |
| 103rd | Belarus | 5.57% | -8.2% |
| 104th | Zambia | 5.58% | -11.9% |
| 105th | Comoros | 5.77% | -5.8% |
| 106th | Liberia | 5.77% | -13.8% |
| 107th | Poland | 5.78% | -0.2% |
| 108th | Armenia | 5.85% | -0.2% |
| 109th | Suriname | 5.86% | 11.7% |
| 110th | Lithuania | 5.86% | 3.7% |
| 111th | Barbados | 5.90% | -3.9% |
| 112th | Ecuador | 5.94% | 1.3% |
| 113th | Niger | 5.99% | 2.0% |
| 114th | Timor-Leste | 6.00% | 13.7% |
| 115th | Latvia | 6.02% | -1.0% |
| 116th | Chile | 6.07% | -8.3% |
| 117th | Czechia | 6.16% | -2.7% |
| 118th | Colombia | 6.34% | 4.4% |
| 119th | Nicaragua | 6.36% | 2.1% |
| 120th | Guatemala | 6.36% | 3.5% |
| 121st | Ukraine | 6.42% | 1.1% |
| 122nd | Uganda | 6.46% | 11.3% |
| 123rd | Bulgaria | 6.53% | -5.3% |
| 124th | Panama | 6.55% | 5.5% |
| 125th | Luxembourg | 6.64% | -6.8% |
| 126th | Israel | 6.70% | -2.7% |
| 127th | Slovak Republic | 6.85% | 3.6% |
| 128th | Eritrea | 6.86% | -0.1% |
| 129th | South Africa | 6.88% | 0.2% |
| 130th | Croatia | 6.90% | 0.9% |
| 131st | Costa Rica | 6.94% | 4.1% |
| 132nd | São Tomé and Principe | 7.11% | -31.4% |
| 133rd | North Macedonia | 7.38% | -3.9% |
| 134th | Ireland | 7.52% | -1.6% |
| 135th | Tanzania | 7.60% | 20.2% |
| 136th | Rwanda | 7.61% | -1.5% |
| 137th | Georgia | 7.63% | -5.5% |
| 138th | Jordan | 7.68% | -9.6% |
| 139th | Japan | 7.69% | 0.4% |
| 140th | Argentina | 7.71% | -0.3% |
| 141st | Uruguay | 7.71% | -0.2% |
| 142nd | Hungary | 7.79% | -2.6% |
| 143rd | Eswatini | 7.83% | 6.1% |
| 144th | Honduras | 7.86% | 4.8% |
| 145th | Slovenia | 7.87% | -2.3% |
| 146th | Spain | 7.87% | 1.2% |
| 147th | Norway | 7.88% | -5.0% |
| 148th | Australia | 7.97% | 0.1% |
| 149th | Solomon Islands | 8.01% | -11.2% |
| 150th | Sweden | 8.04% | -1.4% |
| 151st | Maldives | 8.05% | -8.8% |
| 152nd | Brazil | 8.25% | 2.7% |
| 153rd | Cuba | 8.27% | -5.5% |
| 154th | Serbia | 8.29% | 2.4% |
| 155th | Finland | 8.29% | 0.0% |
| 156th | Kyrgyz Republic | 8.31% | 11.6% |
| 157th | Greece | 8.40% | -4.2% |
| 158th | Italy | 8.40% | 1.1% |
| 159th | United Kingdom | 8.54% | 1.9% |
| 160th | Iceland | 8.56% | -4.4% |
| 161st | New Zealand | 8.64% | 4.4% |
| 162nd | Lebanon | 8.66% | 14.7% |
| 163rd | El Salvador | 8.69% | -5.5% |
| 164th | Burundi | 8.71% | 15.2% |
| 165th | Palau | 8.74% | 1.3% |
| 166th | Malta | 8.85% | 1.7% |
| 167th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 8.88% | 0.7% |
| 168th | European Union | 9.00% | -0.4% |
| 169th | Netherlands | 9.04% | -0.3% |
| 170th | Belgium | 9.13% | -1.3% |
| 171st | Denmark | 9.15% | 0.9% |
| 172nd | Canada | 9.33% | 3.3% |
| 173rd | Portugal | 9.35% | -3.1% |
| 174th | Switzerland | 9.58% | -4.8% |
| 175th | Austria | 9.64% | -0.8% |
| 176th | Germany | 9.96% | -1.4% |
| 177th | France | 10.40% | 1.6% |
| 178th | West Bank and Gaza | 10.50% | -4.5% |
| 179th | Moldova | 10.54% | 10.3% |
| 180th | Afghanistan | 10.62% | 6.8% |
| 181st | Micronesia, Federated States of | 10.87% | -39.4% |
| 182nd | Namibia | 11.30% | 4.4% |
| 183rd | Kiribati | 11.31% | -0.5% |
| 184th | Tuvalu | 12.18% | 20.9% |
| 185th | Nauru | 12.42% | 14.8% |
| 186th | United States | 14.71% | 0.9% |
| 187th | Marshall Islands | 22.30% | 20.8% |
FAQ
What was Costa Rica's health spending in 2006?▾
Costa Rica's health spending in 2006 was 6.94%. This ranked 131st globally.
How did Costa Rica's health spending change in 2006?▾
Costa Rica's health spending increased by 4.1% in 2006 compared to 2005.
Which country had the highest health spending in 2006?▾
Marshall Islands had the highest health spending in 2006 at 22.30%.
What is the health spending of Costa Rica in 2006?▾
The health spending of Costa Rica in 2006 was 6.94%. This ranked 131st globally.
How does 2006 compare to 2005 for Costa Rica's health spending?▾
Costa Rica's health spending went from 6.66% in 2005 to 6.94% in 2006, a 4.1% increase.
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