Costa Rica vs Sierra Leone: Deaths rates from disasters vs. GDP per capita
Costa Rica
0 deaths per 100,000 people
in 2025
Sierra Leone
0 deaths per 100,000 people
in 2025
Costa Rica rank
130th
Sierra Leone rank
130th
Deaths rates from disasters vs. GDP per capita over time
- Costa Rica
- Sierra Leone
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 0 deaths per 100,000 people against 0 deaths per 100,000 people in Sierra Leone, a difference of 0 deaths per 100,000 people.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 15 shared years of data; in 1975 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 130th and Sierra Leone ranks 130th of 196 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 3 and Sierra Leone in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Sierra Leone | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.0956 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.0336 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.062 deaths per 100,000 people | Costa Rica |
| 1990s | 0.9455 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.2934 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.6521 deaths per 100,000 people | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 0.3754 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.5628 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.1874 deaths per 100,000 people | Sierra Leone |
| 2010s | 0.1888 deaths per 100,000 people | 3.15 deaths per 100,000 people | 2.96 deaths per 100,000 people | Sierra Leone |
| 2020s | 0.052 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.0483 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.0037 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 Sierra Leone?
- Costa Rica, at 0 deaths per 100,000 people against 0 deaths per 100,000 people in Sierra Leone as of 2025.
- What is the difference in deaths rates from disasters vs. gdp per capita between Costa Rica and Sierra Leone?
- 0 deaths per 100,000 people, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Sierra Leone?
- 15 years are reported by both, from 1975 to 2025.
- How do Costa Rica and Sierra Leone rank globally for deaths rates from disasters vs. gdp per capita?
- Costa Rica ranks 130th and Sierra Leone 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.