Costa Rica vs Somalia: Deaths rates from disasters vs. GDP per capita
Costa Rica
0 deaths per 100,000 people
in 2025
Somalia
0 deaths per 100,000 people
in 2026
Costa Rica rank
130th
Somalia rank
130th
Deaths rates from disasters vs. GDP per capita over time
- Costa Rica
- Somalia
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 0 deaths per 100,000 people against 0 deaths per 100,000 people in Somalia, a difference of 0 deaths per 100,000 people.
The two have swapped places 13 times across 30 shared years of data; in 1969 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 130th and Somalia ranks 130th of 196 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 2 and Somalia in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Somalia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.3912 deaths per 100,000 people | 0 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.3912 deaths per 100,000 people | Costa Rica |
| 1970s | 0.0478 deaths per 100,000 people | 211.41 deaths per 100,000 people | 211.36 deaths per 100,000 people | Somalia |
| 1980s | 0.5611 deaths per 100,000 people | 0 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.5611 deaths per 100,000 people | Costa Rica |
| 1990s | 0.572 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.7214 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.1495 deaths per 100,000 people | Somalia |
| 2000s | 0.2499 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.4367 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.1868 deaths per 100,000 people | Somalia |
| 2010s | 0.1651 deaths per 100,000 people | 20.43 deaths per 100,000 people | 20.27 deaths per 100,000 people | Somalia |
| 2020s | 0.043 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.106 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.0629 deaths per 100,000 people | Somalia |
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 Somalia?
- Costa Rica, at 0 deaths per 100,000 people against 0 deaths per 100,000 people in Somalia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in deaths rates from disasters vs. gdp per capita between Costa Rica and Somalia?
- 0 deaths per 100,000 people, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Somalia?
- 30 years are reported by both, from 1969 to 2025.
- How do Costa Rica and Somalia rank globally for deaths rates from disasters vs. gdp per capita?
- Costa Rica ranks 130th and Somalia 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.