Health in Costa Rica 1,355 indicators covering health for Costa Rica. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 9.9% 2021 down 2.0% 163rd Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning 0.13 per 100,000 population 2021 down 18.8% 163rd Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, female 0.091 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 102.2% 152nd Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, male 0.18 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 33.3% 163rd Suicide mortality rate, female 2.79 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 23.5% 116th Suicide mortality rate, male 13.45 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 23.7% 67th Suicide mortality rate 8.06 per 100,000 population 2021 up 23.6% 80th Mortality from ncds sdgs 9.9 2021 down 2.0% 163rd Mortality from ncds gender 11.4 2021 down 4.2% 169th Healthy life expectancy at birth 67.63 2021 down 2.2% 33rd Death rates from mental and substance disorders by age who 0 2021 — 1st Death rate from cardiomyopathy myocarditis endocarditis who ghe age st 3.65 2021 down 24.0% 136th Nurses and midwives 3.07 per 1,000 people 2022 up 50.4% 109th Share of women among the population living with hiv 14.37 2024 down 16.8% 157th Population with primary reliance on polluting fuels and technologies 0.0861 2023 down 58.1% 104th Proportion of population with primary reliance on polluting fuels and 9.7% 2023 down 44.3% 109th Population with primary reliance on clean fuels and technologies for 0.8012 2023 down 17.8% 93rd Diabetes prevalence who gho 8.9 2014 up 17.1% 79th Child mortality rate ihme 0.79 2019 down 21.8% 143rd Neonatal mortality ihme 0.51 2019 down 19.0% 132nd Number of neonatal deaths ihme 338 2019 down 26.7% 120th Total alcohol consumption per capita, female (liters of pure alcohol) 1.28 2020 down 15.8% 105th Total alcohol consumption per capita (liters of pure alcohol) 3.4 2020 down 15.0% 110th Total alcohol consumption per capita, male (liters of pure alcohol) 5.54 2020 down 14.5% 109th Low-birthweight babies 8.7% 2020 up 2.8% 96th Antiretroviral therapy coverage among people living with hiv 62 2024 up 67.6% 100th Diabetes treatment coverage, crude 72.94 2022 up 12.2% 5th Prevalence of diabetes, age-standardized 23.18 2022 up 41.0% 25th Prevalence of diabetes, crude 24.64 2022 up 52.7% 18th Diabetes treatment coverage, age-standardized 72.29 2022 up 10.9% 4th Inequality in life expectancy 0.0605 2023 down 13.1% 134th Inequality in life expectancy vs health expenditure per capita 0.0605 2023 down 13.1% 134th Risk of catastrophic expenditure for surgical care 8.9% 2022 down 6.3% 75th Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care 10.4% 2022 down 24.1% 74th Maternal mortality ratio vs mean daily income 22 2020 down 17.2% 118th Maternal mortality ratio vs gdp per capita 22 2020 down 17.2% 118th Maternal mortality slope chart 22 2020 down 17.2% 119th The maternal mortality ratio in 1985 and 2020 22 2020 down 17.2% 119th Number of maternal deaths by region 13.64 2020 down 30.6% 118th Maternal mortality vs births attended by health staff 22 2020 down 17.2% 119th Maternal mortality vs neonatal mortality 22 2020 down 17.2% 119th Maternal deaths by income group 13.64 2020 down 30.6% 118th Maternal mortality vs fertility 22 2020 down 17.2% 119th Maternal deaths ihme 13.64 2020 down 30.6% 118th Proportion of population with primary reliance on fuels and 9.4% 2023 down 45.3% 106th Population with primary reliance on fuels and technologies for 0.0834 2023 down 58.9% 104th Hib (Hib3) immunization coverage among 1-year-olds (%) 96.0% 2025 up 4.3% 43rd Diphtheria tetanus toxoid and pertussis third-dose (DTP3) 96.0% 2025 up 4.3% 43rd Measles-containing-vaccine first-dose (MCV1) immunization coverage 98.0% 2025 up 5.4% 19th Hepatitis B (HepB3) immunization coverage among 1-year-olds (%) 96.0% 2025 up 4.3% 40th Measles-containing-vaccine second-dose (MCV2) immunization coverage 92.0% 2025 up 2.2% 56th Diphtheria tetanus toxoid and pertussis first-dose (DTP1) 97.0% 2025 up 4.3% 66th Implementation of tools to monitor economic and environmental tourism 9 2021 up 800.0% 2nd New HIV infections 0.25 2025 up 8.7% 42nd Stunting prevalence among children under 5 years of age (%) 10.6% 2024 up 49.3% 89th Stunting numbers among children under 5 years of age (millions) 28.8 2024 up 14.3% 105th Overweight numbers among children under 5 years of age (thousands) 21.3 2024 down 20.5% 112th Overweight prevalence among children under 5 years of age (%) 7.9% 2024 up 3.9% 58th People using safely managed drinking water services, urban 80.4% 2024 up 0.1% 43rd Mean HDL cholesterol, age-standardized 1 2018 down 9.1% 156th ← Previous Page 10 of 23 Next →