Costa Rica vs Mexico: Deaths rates from disasters vs. GDP per capita
Costa Rica
0 deaths per 100,000 people
in 2025
Mexico
0.0008 deaths per 100,000 people
in 2026
Costa Rica rank
130th
Mexico rank
129th
Deaths rates from disasters vs. GDP per capita over time
- Costa Rica
- Mexico
How they compare
Mexico currently reports 0.0008 deaths per 100,000 people against 0 deaths per 100,000 people in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.0008 deaths per 100,000 people.
The two have swapped places 25 times across 42 shared years of data; in 1952 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 130th and Mexico ranks 129th of 196 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 6 and Mexico in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Mexico | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 1.92 deaths per 100,000 people | 1.5 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.4108 deaths per 100,000 people | Costa Rica |
| 1960s | 2.7 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.1118 deaths per 100,000 people | 2.58 deaths per 100,000 people | Costa Rica |
| 1970s | 0.6142 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.6348 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.0206 deaths per 100,000 people | Mexico |
| 1980s | 0.5611 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.3557 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.2055 deaths per 100,000 people | Costa Rica |
| 1990s | 0.4497 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.228 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.2217 deaths per 100,000 people | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 0.2494 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.0591 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.1903 deaths per 100,000 people | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 0.1651 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.1051 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.06 deaths per 100,000 people | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 0.043 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.0577 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.0146 deaths per 100,000 people | Mexico |
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 Mexico?
- Mexico, at 0.0008 deaths per 100,000 people against 0 deaths per 100,000 people in Costa Rica as of 2026.
- What is the difference in deaths rates from disasters vs. gdp per capita between Costa Rica and Mexico?
- 0.0008 deaths per 100,000 people, with Mexico ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Mexico?
- 42 years are reported by both, from 1952 to 2025.
- How do Costa Rica and Mexico rank globally for deaths rates from disasters vs. gdp per capita?
- Costa Rica ranks 130th and Mexico ranks 129th 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.