Costa Rica vs Kuwait: Annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex
Costa Rica
6.03 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Kuwait
6.51 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Costa Rica rank
154th
Kuwait rank
152nd
Annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex over time
- Costa Rica
- Kuwait
How they compare
Kuwait currently reports 6.51 deaths per 1,000 people against 6.03 deaths per 1,000 people in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.48 deaths per 1,000 people.
That makes Kuwait's figure about 1.1 times Costa Rica's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Kuwait ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 154th and Kuwait ranks 152nd of 236 countries.
Kuwait has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Kuwait | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 92.15 deaths per 1,000 people | 134.82 deaths per 1,000 people | 42.68 deaths per 1,000 people | Kuwait |
| 1960s | 68.71 deaths per 1,000 people | 78.72 deaths per 1,000 people | 10 deaths per 1,000 people | Kuwait |
| 1970s | 37.17 deaths per 1,000 people | 41.41 deaths per 1,000 people | 4.25 deaths per 1,000 people | Kuwait |
| 1980s | 16.23 deaths per 1,000 people | 19.98 deaths per 1,000 people | 3.76 deaths per 1,000 people | Kuwait |
| 1990s | 11.46 deaths per 1,000 people | 11.89 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.4286 deaths per 1,000 people | Kuwait |
| 2000s | 8.96 deaths per 1,000 people | 9.16 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.2019 deaths per 1,000 people | Kuwait |
| 2010s | 7.26 deaths per 1,000 people | 7.3 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0479 deaths per 1,000 people | Kuwait |
| 2020s | 6.21 deaths per 1,000 people | 6.6 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.3847 deaths per 1,000 people | Kuwait |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex, Costa Rica or Kuwait?
- Kuwait, at 6.51 deaths per 1,000 people against 6.03 deaths per 1,000 people in Costa Rica as of 2023.
- What is the difference in annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex between Costa Rica and Kuwait?
- 0.48 deaths per 1,000 people, with Kuwait ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Kuwait?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Costa Rica and Kuwait rank globally for annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex?
- Costa Rica ranks 154th and Kuwait ranks 152nd of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Death rate, calculated as the number of deaths divided by the average number of people alive during the interval.