Costa Rica vs Sweden: Deaths rates from disasters vs. GDP per capita
Costa Rica
0 deaths per 100,000 people
in 2025
Sweden
0 deaths per 100,000 people
in 2021
Costa Rica rank
130th
Sweden rank
130th
Deaths rates from disasters vs. GDP per capita over time
- Costa Rica
- Sweden
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 0 deaths per 100,000 people against 0 deaths per 100,000 people in Sweden, a difference of 0 deaths per 100,000 people.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 8 shared years of data; in 1976 it was Sweden ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 130th and Sweden ranks 130th of 196 countries.
Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0 deaths per 100,000 people | 0 deaths per 100,000 people | 0 deaths per 100,000 people | — |
| 1990s | 0.1325 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.0169 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.1156 deaths per 100,000 people | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 0.1931 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.0554 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.1376 deaths per 100,000 people | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 0.0202 deaths per 100,000 people | 0 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.0202 deaths per 100,000 people | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 0.0296 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.0048 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.0248 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 Sweden?
- Costa Rica, at 0 deaths per 100,000 people against 0 deaths per 100,000 people in Sweden as of 2025.
- What is the difference in deaths rates from disasters vs. gdp per capita between Costa Rica and Sweden?
- 0 deaths per 100,000 people, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Sweden?
- 8 years are reported by both, from 1976 to 2021.
- How do Costa Rica and Sweden rank globally for deaths rates from disasters vs. gdp per capita?
- Costa Rica ranks 130th and Sweden 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.