Costa Rica vs Liberia: Deaths rates from disasters vs. GDP per capita
Costa Rica
0 deaths per 100,000 people
in 2025
Liberia
0 deaths per 100,000 people
in 2026
Costa Rica rank
130th
Liberia rank
130th
Deaths rates from disasters vs. GDP per capita over time
- Costa Rica
- Liberia
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 0 deaths per 100,000 people against 0 deaths per 100,000 people in Liberia, a difference of 0 deaths per 100,000 people.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 9 shared years of data; in 1983 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 130th and Liberia ranks 130th of 196 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 4 and Liberia in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Liberia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.4624 deaths per 100,000 people | 0 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.4624 deaths per 100,000 people | Costa Rica |
| 1990s | 0.1057 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.1873 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.0815 deaths per 100,000 people | Liberia |
| 2000s | 0.4568 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.026 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.4308 deaths per 100,000 people | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 0.3888 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.0123 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.3765 deaths per 100,000 people | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 0.1559 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.0356 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.1203 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 Liberia?
- Costa Rica, at 0 deaths per 100,000 people against 0 deaths per 100,000 people in Liberia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in deaths rates from disasters vs. gdp per capita between Costa Rica and Liberia?
- 0 deaths per 100,000 people, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Liberia?
- 9 years are reported by both, from 1983 to 2024.
- How do Costa Rica and Liberia rank globally for deaths rates from disasters vs. gdp per capita?
- Costa Rica ranks 130th and Liberia 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.