Costa Rica Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare Report Q2 2016
BMI View: Costa Rica’s increasing demand for healthcare and improving regulatory regime will support
its long-term pharmaceutical market growth. The relatively stable economic and political climate in Costa
Rica will continue to provide a business friendly environment for pharmaceutical companies to invest in the
local market.
Headline Expenditure Projections
Pharmaceuticals: CRC446.9bn (USD813mn) in 2015 to CRC469.5bn (USD861mn) in 2016; +5.0% in
local currency terms and 6.0% in US dollar terms. Forecast in has stayed the same as in Q116.
Healthcare: CRC2,779.5bn (USD5.1bn) in 2015 to CRC2,968.9bn (USD5.4bn) in 2016; +6.8% in local
currency terms and 7.8% in US dollar terms. Forecast in local currency has been revised upwards from
Q116.
BMI Industry View 5
Table: Headline Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare Forecasts (Costa Rica 2014-2020) 5
SWOT 7
Industry Forecast 8
Pharmaceutical Market Forecast 8
Table: Pharmaceutical Sales, Historical Data And Forecasts (Costa Rica 2012-2020) 9
Healthcare Market Forecast 10
Table: Healthcare Expenditure Trends, Historical Data And Forecasts (Costa Rica 2012-2020) 11
Industry Risk Reward Index 12
Americas Risk/Reward Index 12
Industry Risk Reward Index 18
Regulatory Review 20
Intellectual Property Issues 20
Market Overview 22
Healthcare Sector 22
Epidemiology 24
Competitive Landscape 26
Pharmaceutical Distribution & Retail Sector 26
Demographic Forecast 27
Demographic Outlook 27
Table: Population Headline Indicators (Costa Rica 1990-2025) 28
Table: Key Population Ratios (Costa Rica 1990-2025) 28
Table: Urban/Rural Population & Life Expectancy (Costa Rica 1990-2025) 29
Table: Population By Age Group (Costa Rica 1990-2025) 29
Table: Population By Age Group % (Costa Rica 1990-2025) 30
Glossary 32
Methodology 34
Pharmaceutical Expenditure Forecast Model 34
Healthcare Expenditure Forecast Model 34
Notes On Methodology 35
Risk/Reward Index Methodology 36
Index Overview 37
Table: Pharmaceutical Risk/Reward Index Indicators 37
Indicator Weightings 38
List of Tables
Table: Headline Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare Forecasts (Costa Rica 2014-2020)
Table: Pharmaceutical Sales, Historical Data And Forecasts (Costa Rica 2012-2020)
Table: Healthcare Expenditure Trends, Historical Data And Forecasts (Costa Rica 2012-2020)
Table: Population Headline Indicators (Costa Rica 1990-2025)
Table: Key Population Ratios (Costa Rica 1990-2025)
Table: Urban/Rural Population & Life Expectancy (Costa Rica 1990-2025)
Table: Population By Age Group (Costa Rica 1990-2025)
Table: Population By Age Group % (Costa Rica 1990-2025)
Table: Pharmaceutical Risk/Reward Index Indicators