Costa Rica vs Norway: Deaths rates from disasters vs. GDP per capita
Costa Rica
0 deaths per 100,000 people
in 2025
Norway
0 deaths per 100,000 people
in 2022
Costa Rica rank
130th
Norway rank
130th
Deaths rates from disasters vs. GDP per capita over time
- Costa Rica
- Norway
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 0 deaths per 100,000 people against 0 deaths per 100,000 people in Norway, a difference of 0 deaths per 100,000 people.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 12 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 130th and Norway ranks 130th of 196 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 2 and Norway in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Norway | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0971 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.0057 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.0914 deaths per 100,000 people | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 0.1416 deaths per 100,000 people | 0 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.1416 deaths per 100,000 people | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 0.0434 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.0497 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.0063 deaths per 100,000 people | Norway |
| 2020s | 0 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.0929 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.0929 deaths per 100,000 people | Norway |
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 Norway?
- Costa Rica, at 0 deaths per 100,000 people against 0 deaths per 100,000 people in Norway as of 2025.
- What is the difference in deaths rates from disasters vs. gdp per capita between Costa Rica and Norway?
- 0 deaths per 100,000 people, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Norway?
- 12 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2022.
- How do Costa Rica and Norway rank globally for deaths rates from disasters vs. gdp per capita?
- Costa Rica ranks 130th and Norway 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.