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Costa Rica: Coverage and Costs for Consumers


UHC: Service coverage index, 2021: ≥80
Population with household expenditures on health > 10% of total household expenditure or income (%), 2015-2021: 7.41%
Population with household expenditures on health > 25% of total household expenditure or income (%), 2015-2021: 1.13%

Source: World health statistics 2025: monitoring health for the SDGs, Sustainable Development Goals. Tables of health statistics by country and area, WHO region and globally. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2025. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.


Current health expenditure (CHE) per capita in US$, 2022: $978.84

Source: Global Health Observatory. Current health expenditure (CHE) per capita in US$. Geneva: World Health Organization. Last accessed Jan. 23, 2025.


Out-of-pocket expenditure (OOP) per capita in US$, 2022: $219.60

Source: Global Health Observatory. Out-of-pocket expenditure (OOP) per capita in US$. Geneva: World Health Organization. Last accessed Jan. 23, 2025.


Out-of-pocket expenditure as percentage of current health expenditure (CHE) (%), 2022: 22.44%

Source: Global Health Observatory. Out-of-pocket expenditure as percentage of current health expenditure (CHE) (%). Geneva: World Health Organization. Last accessed Jan. 23, 2025.


Domestic private health expenditure (PVT-D) as percentage of current health expenditure (CHE) (%), 2022: 31.01%

Source: Global Health Observatory. Domestic private health expenditure (PVT-D) as percentage of current health expenditure (CHE) (%). Geneva: World Health Organization. Last accessed Jan. 23, 2025.


Domestic private health expenditure (PVT-D) per capita in US$, 2022: $303.57

Source: Global Health Observatory. Domestic private health expenditure (PVT-D) per capita in US$. Geneva: World Health Organization. Last accessed Jan. 23, 2025.


Health expenditure per capita, USD PPP, 2022
– Government/compulsory: $1,234
– Voluntary/Out-of-pocket: $425
– Total: $1,658
Out-of-pocket spending on health as share of final household consumption, 2021: 2.6%
Price levels in the healthcare sector, 2021 (OECD average = 100): 93
Population coverage for a core set of services, 2021
– Total public coverage: 90.9%

Source: OECD (2023), Health at a Glance 2023: OECD Indicators, OECD Publishing, Paris, doi.org/10.1787/7a7afb35-en.


Annual household out-of-pocket payment, current USD per capita (2019): $206

Source: Global Health Expenditure Database. Health expenditure series. Geneva: World Health Organization. Last accessed July 21, 2022.


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