Costa Rica vs Iceland: Causes of mortality

Costa Rica
28,995 Deaths
in 2023
Iceland
2,613 Deaths
in 2024
Costa Rica rank
34th
Iceland rank
36th

Causes of mortality over time

  • Costa Rica
  • Iceland
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How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 28,995 Deaths against 2,613 Deaths in Iceland, a difference of 26,382 Deaths.

That makes Costa Rica's figure about 11.1 times Iceland's.

Across all 62 years both countries report, Costa Rica has been ahead every year.

Costa Rica ranks 34th and Iceland ranks 36th of 36 countries.

Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica Iceland Difference Ahead
1960s 11,192 Deaths 1,336 Deaths 9,856 Deaths Costa Rica
1970s 9,779 Deaths 1,447 Deaths 8,333 Deaths Costa Rica
1980s 10,079 Deaths 1,660 Deaths 8,419 Deaths Costa Rica
1990s 13,335 Deaths 1,806 Deaths 11,529 Deaths Costa Rica
2000s 15,906 Deaths 1,870 Deaths 14,036 Deaths Costa Rica
2010s 20,988 Deaths 2,144 Deaths 18,844 Deaths Costa Rica
2020s 28,667 Deaths 2,479 Deaths 26,188 Deaths Costa Rica

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher causes of mortality, Costa Rica or Iceland?
Costa Rica, at 28,995 Deaths against 2,613 Deaths in Iceland as of 2023.
What is the difference in causes of mortality between Costa Rica and Iceland?
26,382 Deaths, with Costa Rica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Iceland?
62 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Costa Rica and Iceland rank globally for causes of mortality?
Costa Rica ranks 34th and Iceland ranks 36th of 36 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Causes of mortality. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Causes of mortality
Unit
Deaths
Source
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Licence
OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage
46 places, 2,503 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

This dataset presents the number of deaths and age-standardised death rates by causes of deaths. The number of deaths according to sex and selected causes are extracted from the World Health Organization Mortality Database available at https://www.who.int/data/data-collection-tools/who-mortality-database. Detailed information on the coverage and reliability of the cause-of-death data is regularly published in World Health Statistics Annuals. The selected causes of death presented in the OECD Health Statistics database are detailed in an Excel file available for download, with codes according to the Tenth revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) along with codes from other ICD revisions used in the WHO Mortality Database. Please refer to the Sources and Methods for detailed country-specific information.