Costa Rica vs Papua New Guinea: Number of clinical trials

Costa Rica
3 trials
in 2024
Papua New Guinea
3 trials
in 2024
Costa Rica rank
95th
Papua New Guinea rank
95th

Number of clinical trials over time

  • Costa Rica
  • Papua New Guinea
1234200420142024

How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 3 trials against 3 trials in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 0 trials.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 10 shared years of data; in 2010 it was Costa Rica ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 95th and Papua New Guinea ranks 95th of 153 countries.

Across the 2 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 1 and Papua New Guinea in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica Papua New Guinea Difference Ahead
2010s 1.29 trials 1.71 trials 0.4286 trials Papua New Guinea
2020s 3 trials 2 trials 1 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 Papua New Guinea?
Costa Rica, at 3 trials against 3 trials in Papua New Guinea as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of clinical trials between Costa Rica and Papua New Guinea?
0 trials, with Costa Rica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Papua New Guinea?
10 years are reported by both, from 2010 to 2024.
How do Costa Rica and Papua New Guinea rank globally for number of clinical trials?
Costa Rica ranks 95th and Papua New Guinea ranks 95th 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

Indicator
Number of clinical trials
Unit
trials
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
153 places, 2,621 data points, 2000–2024
Last refreshed

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.