Costa Rica's life expectancy rose from 76.4 yrs in 1995 to 81.0 yrs in 2024.
Costa Rica · Health
Longevity, mortality, health system capacity and risk factors.
23 indicators · 23 with data
Costa Rica's healthy life expectancy at birth fell from 67.8 yrs in 2000 to 67.6 yrs in 2021.
Costa Rica's infant mortality fell from 12.7 ‰ in 1995 to 9.1 ‰ in 2024.
Costa Rica's under-5 mortality rate fell from 14.9 ‰ in 1995 to 10.4 ‰ in 2024.
Costa Rica's maternal mortality ratio fell from 39.0 /100k in 1994 to 24.0 /100k in 2023.
Costa Rica's ncd mortality fell from 12.5 % in 2000 to 9.9 % in 2021.
Costa Rica's suicide mortality rate rose from 6.0 /100k in 2000 to 8.1 /100k in 2021.
Costa Rica's mortality caused by road traffic injury fell from 17.8 /100k in 2000 to 14.8 /100k in 2019.
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- Health spendingdown −0.3 pts86th of 192
- Current health expenditure per capita (current US$)up +18.8 %59th of 191
- Out-of-pocket expenditure (% of current health expenditure)up +1.7 pts77th of 192
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- Physiciansup +4.8 %58th of 129*
- Nurses and midwivesdown −0.8 %74th of 129
- Hospital bedsdown −5.0 %95th of 113*
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- Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12–23 months)unchanged +0.0 pts74th of 192
- Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12–23 months)unchanged +0.0 pts1st of 192
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- Prevalence of HIV (ages 15–49)unchanged +0.0 pts89th of 148
- Incidence of tuberculosisdown −2.1 %56th of 208
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- Safe drinking waterdown −0.0 pts76th of 148
- Safe sanitationup +0.3 pts113th of 141