Costa Rica vs El Salvador: Number of clinical trials
Costa Rica
3 trials
in 2024
El Salvador
4 trials
in 2023
Costa Rica rank
95th
El Salvador rank
92nd
Number of clinical trials over time
- Costa Rica
- El Salvador
How they compare
El Salvador currently reports 4 trials against 3 trials in Costa Rica, a difference of 1 trials.
That makes El Salvador's figure about 1.3 times Costa Rica's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 7 shared years of data; in 2008 it was El Salvador ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 95th and El Salvador ranks 92nd of 153 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 1 and El Salvador in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | El Salvador | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1 trials | 1 trials | 0 trials | — |
| 2010s | 1 trials | 1.67 trials | 0.6667 trials | El Salvador |
| 2020s | 2.67 trials | 2.33 trials | 0.3333 trials | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher number of clinical trials, Costa Rica or El Salvador?
- El Salvador, at 4 trials against 3 trials in Costa Rica as of 2023.
- What is the difference in number of clinical trials between Costa Rica and El Salvador?
- 1 trials, with El Salvador ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and El Salvador?
- 7 years are reported by both, from 2008 to 2023.
- How do Costa Rica and El Salvador rank globally for number of clinical trials?
- Costa Rica ranks 95th and El Salvador ranks 92nd of 153 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- ClinicalTrials.gov (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Number of clinical trials. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Annual number of completed clinical trials registered in the ClinicalTrials.gov database for each country. Registration in the ClinicalTrials database is mandatory for trials in the United States, but voluntary for other countries.