Costa Rica vs Hong Kong, China: Deaths rates from disasters vs. GDP per capita
Costa Rica
0 deaths per 100,000 people
in 2025
Hong Kong, China
0 deaths per 100,000 people
in 2025
Costa Rica rank
130th
Hong Kong, China rank
130th
Deaths rates from disasters vs. GDP per capita over time
- Costa Rica
- Hong Kong, China
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 0 deaths per 100,000 people against 0 deaths per 100,000 people in Hong Kong, China, a difference of 0 deaths per 100,000 people.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 22 shared years of data; in 1968 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 130th and Hong Kong, China ranks 130th of 196 countries.
Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Hong Kong, China | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.7 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.3589 deaths per 100,000 people | 2.34 deaths per 100,000 people | Costa Rica |
| 1970s | 0.6142 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.2318 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.3824 deaths per 100,000 people | Costa Rica |
| 1980s | 0.5611 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.1599 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.4013 deaths per 100,000 people | Costa Rica |
| 1990s | 0.4293 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.4168 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.0125 deaths per 100,000 people | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 0.3364 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.0289 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.3074 deaths per 100,000 people | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 0.2925 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.0092 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.2833 deaths per 100,000 people | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 0.0296 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.0134 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.0163 deaths per 100,000 people | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher deaths rates from disasters vs. gdp per capita, Costa Rica or Hong Kong, China?
- Costa Rica, at 0 deaths per 100,000 people against 0 deaths per 100,000 people in Hong Kong, China as of 2025.
- What is the difference in deaths rates from disasters vs. gdp per capita between Costa Rica and Hong Kong, China?
- 0 deaths per 100,000 people, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Hong Kong, China?
- 22 years are reported by both, from 1968 to 2025.
- How do Costa Rica and Hong Kong, China rank globally for deaths rates from disasters vs. gdp per capita?
- Costa Rica ranks 130th and Hong Kong, China ranks 130th of 196 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- EM-DAT, CRED / UCLouvain (2026); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Deaths rates from disasters vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Death rate per 100,000 people as a result of a natural disaster.