Costa Rica vs New Zealand: Causes of mortality

Costa Rica
28,995 Deaths
in 2023
New Zealand
32,787 Deaths
in 2020
Costa Rica rank
34th
New Zealand rank
33rd

Causes of mortality over time

  • Costa Rica
  • New Zealand
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How they compare

New Zealand currently reports 32,787 Deaths against 28,995 Deaths in Costa Rica, a difference of 3,792 Deaths.

That makes New Zealand's figure about 1.1 times Costa Rica's.

Across all 59 years both countries report, New Zealand has been ahead every year.

Costa Rica ranks 34th and New Zealand ranks 33rd of 36 countries.

New Zealand has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica New Zealand Difference Ahead
1960s 11,192 Deaths 23,058 Deaths 11,867 Deaths New Zealand
1970s 9,779 Deaths 25,107 Deaths 15,327 Deaths New Zealand
1980s 10,079 Deaths 26,645 Deaths 16,566 Deaths New Zealand
1990s 13,335 Deaths 27,320 Deaths 13,985 Deaths New Zealand
2000s 15,906 Deaths 28,256 Deaths 12,350 Deaths New Zealand
2010s 20,988 Deaths 31,463 Deaths 10,475 Deaths New Zealand
2020s 25,996 Deaths 32,787 Deaths 6,791 Deaths New Zealand

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher causes of mortality, Costa Rica or New Zealand?
New Zealand, at 32,787 Deaths against 28,995 Deaths in Costa Rica as of 2020.
What is the difference in causes of mortality between Costa Rica and New Zealand?
3,792 Deaths, with New Zealand ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and New Zealand?
59 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2020.
How do Costa Rica and New Zealand rank globally for causes of mortality?
Costa Rica ranks 34th and New Zealand ranks 33rd 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.