Public expenditure on disability and sickness cash benefits in % GDP in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Public expenditure on disability and sickness cash benefits in % GDP was 0.776 Percentage of GDP in 2022. ◆ Volatile
Public expenditure on disability and sickness cash benefits in % GDP in Costa Rica, 2011–2022
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of GDP.
Analysis
The most recent figure for public expenditure on disability and sickness cash benefits in % gdp in Costa Rica is 0.776 Percentage of GDP, measured in 2022. That is the highest value across all 12 years on record.
That represents a change of up 76.0% on the previous year and up 1,310.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, public expenditure on disability and sickness cash benefits in % gdp in Costa Rica peaked at 0.776 Percentage of GDP in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.054 Percentage of GDP, in 2011.
That places Costa Rica 28th out of 33 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Public expenditure on disability and sickness cash benefits in % GDP in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | Percentage of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 0.054 Percentage of GDP | — |
| 2012 | 0.055 Percentage of GDP | +1.9% |
| 2013 | 0.056 Percentage of GDP | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 0.062 Percentage of GDP | +10.7% |
| 2015 | 0.068 Percentage of GDP | +9.7% |
| 2016 | 0.069 Percentage of GDP | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 0.328 Percentage of GDP | +375.4% |
| 2018 | 0.34 Percentage of GDP | +3.7% |
| 2019 | 0.44 Percentage of GDP | +29.4% |
| 2020 | 0.435 Percentage of GDP | -1.1% |
| 2021 | 0.441 Percentage of GDP | +1.4% |
| 2022 | 0.776 Percentage of GDP | +76.0% |
Costa Rica compared with similar countries
- Costa Rica's 0.776 Percentage of GDP is below the median for high income countries, which is 1.98 Percentage of GDP, 39% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Costa Rica's 0.776 Percentage of GDP is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.092 Percentage of GDP, 8.4× the median. (5 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.1636 Percentage of GDP | 0.054 Percentage of GDP | 0.44 Percentage of GDP | 9 |
| 2020s | 0.5507 Percentage of GDP | 0.435 Percentage of GDP | 0.776 Percentage of GDP | 3 |
Countries ranked near Costa Rica
More economy & growth data for Costa Rica
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 2.74 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 3.3 Percent per annum (2029)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), gaps 466.29 million BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0045 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 90.49 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), gaps filled 5.59 billion BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), annual 3.39 % change on previous year (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0543 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 1,084 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Total reserves (includes gold, current US$), annual growth rate 20.52 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is public expenditure on disability and sickness cash benefits in % gdp in Costa Rica?
- Public expenditure on disability and sickness cash benefits in % gdp in Costa Rica was 0.776 Percentage of GDP in 2022, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest public expenditure on disability and sickness cash benefits in % gdp recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 0.776 Percentage of GDP in 2022.
- What is the lowest public expenditure on disability and sickness cash benefits in % gdp recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.054 Percentage of GDP in 2011.
- How does Costa Rica rank for public expenditure on disability and sickness cash benefits in % gdp?
- Costa Rica ranks 28th out of 33 countries with data for 2022.
- Is public expenditure on disability and sickness cash benefits in % gdp rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1,310.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Public expenditure on disability and sickness cash benefits in % GDP — Social expenditure. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The OECD Social Expenditure Database (SOCX) has been developed in order to serve a growing need for indicators of social policy. It includes reliable and internationally comparable statistics on public and mandatory and voluntary private social expenditure at programme level. SOCX provides a unique tool for monitoring trends in aggregate social expenditure and analysing changes in its composition. It covers 38 OECD countries and some accession countries for the period 1980-2021/23 and estimates for aggregates for 2022-24. A Social Expenditure Update can be found under www.oecd.org/en/data/datasets/social-expenditure-database-socx.htm. The main social policy areas are as follows: Old age, Survivors, Incapacity-related benefits, Health, Family, Active labor market programmes, Unemployment, Housing, and Other social policy areas. This version also includes estimates of net total social spending for 2021 for 38 OECD countries. SOCX aggregated data as well as sources and methodology are described in The OECD SOCX Manual – 2019 edition- A guide to the OECD Social Expenditure Database.