Health in Costa Rica 1,356 indicators covering health for Costa Rica. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank New or unknown treatment history cases: Pulmonary, bacteriologically 382 2023 up 15.8% 128th Hospitals 7.99 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants 2025 down 7.4% 35th Medical doctors not further defined 12,676 2014 up 42.9% 49th Constant stillbirth rate 4.5 2030 unchanged 142nd ENAP target met stillbirth rate 4.32 2030 down 3.3% 134th Stillbirth rate high-income country 2.8 2030 down 33.4% 1st Stillbirths remain constant projection 221 2030 down 4.7% 130th Stillbirth maintained projection 212 2030 down 7.8% 128th Stillbirth ENAP 2030 target met projection 212 2030 down 7.8% 128th Stillbirth high-income country average rate matched projection 137 2030 down 36.6% 129th Stillbirth rate current trends 4.32 2030 down 3.3% 134th Life satisfaction vs. life expectancy 80.8 years 2023 up 0.8% 51st Estimate of current cigarette smoking prevalence 5.8% 2030 down 28.4% 132nd Estimate of current cigarette smoking prevalence (%) 5.9% 2030 down 27.2% 130th Tuberculosis patients who tested positive for HIV 41 patients 2021 up 13.9% 95th Number of children aged 6-59 months with anaemia 66.83 2019 down 1.1% 124th Prevalence of anaemia in children aged 6-59 months 19.0% 2019 down 0.5% 144th Mean hemoglobin level of children aged 6-59 months 120 2019 unchanged 36th Estimated number of MDR/RR-TB incident cases 5 2024 down 37.5% 153rd Neonatal mortality rate - Remains constant 7.3 2030 unchanged 108th Neonatal mortality rate - Current trends maintained 7.3 2030 unchanged 95th Neonatal mortality rate - High-income country average rate matched 2.8 2030 down 55.0% 1st Neonatal mortality rate - SDG target met 7.3 2030 unchanged 95th Under 5 mortality rate - Remains constant 10.41 2030 unchanged 120th Under 5 mortality rate - Current trends maintained 10.41 2030 unchanged 112th Under 5 mortality rate - High-income country average rate matched 5.09 2030 down 44.5% 1st Under 5 mortality rate - SDG target met 10.41 2030 unchanged 112th Mortality rate age 10-19 - Remains constant 4.63 2030 unchanged 107th Mortality rate age 10-19 - Current trends maintained 4.63 2030 unchanged 97th Mortality rate age 10-19 - High-income country average rate matched 3.89 2030 down 13.3% 75th Neonatal deaths - Remains constant 357 2030 down 3.5% 119th Neonatal deaths - Current trends maintained 357 2030 down 3.5% 116th Neonatal deaths - SDG target met 357 2030 down 3.5% 112th Under-five deaths - Remains constant 511 2030 down 3.9% 122nd Under-five deaths - Current trends maintained 511 2030 down 3.9% 120th Under-five deaths - SDG target met 511 2030 down 3.9% 120th Deaths age 10 to 19 - Remains constant 323 2030 down 3.3% 116th Deaths age 10 to 19 - Current trends maintained 323 2030 down 3.3% 114th Number of deaths attributed to non-communicable diseases, by type of 5,146 2019 up 39.9% 118th Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) prevalence 0.0% 2024 — 132nd Mortality caused by road traffic injury 14.8 per 100,000 population 2019 down 6.9% 98th Mortality caused by road traffic injury, female 4.3 per 100,000 female population 2019 down 18.9% 127th Mortality caused by road traffic injury, male 25.3 per 100,000 male population 2019 down 4.9% 82nd Countries with birth registration data that are at least 90 percent 1 2024 unchanged 2nd Life expectancy - Regions 80.91 Years 2024 up 1.5% 28th Share of one-year-olds who received the inactivated polio vaccine 98.0% 2024 up 5.4% 33rd Proportion of health care facilities with limited water services 0 2025 — 70th Tuberculosis patients living with HIV receiving antiretroviral therapy 38 patients 2019 — 91st HIV-positive TB patients on ART (antiretroviral therapy) 72.0% 2024 down 28.0% 123rd Hospital beds 11.37 2022 down 5.2% 117th Treatment success rate for patients treated for MDR-TB 100.0% 2019 unchanged 1st New leprosy case detection rate per 1 000 000 population 3.9 2024 up 60.5% 61st Treatment success rate: HIV-positive TB cases 78 2023 up 13.0% 61st Estimated number of children (aged 0-17 years) who have lost one or 46,000 2024 unchanged 98th Bladder cancer death rate 1.15 deaths per 100,000 people 2022 up 16.8% 75th Cancer death rates by type 1.15 deaths per 100,000 people 2022 up 16.8% 75th Deaths from earthquakes 2 deaths 2017 down 91.3% 30th Polio vaccine: inactivated second or third-dose polio vaccine (IPVc) 96.0% 2025 — 37th International Health Regulations core capacity scores, SPAR version 30 2025 — 139th Prevalence of underweight, weight for age 2.9% 2018 up 222.2% 76th ← Previous Page 18 of 23 Next →