Costa Rica vs Uruguay: Deaths rates from disasters vs. GDP per capita
Costa Rica
0 deaths per 100,000 people
in 2025
Uruguay
0 deaths per 100,000 people
in 2026
Costa Rica rank
130th
Uruguay rank
130th
Deaths rates from disasters vs. GDP per capita over time
- Costa Rica
- Uruguay
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 0 deaths per 100,000 people against 0 deaths per 100,000 people in Uruguay, a difference of 0 deaths per 100,000 people.
The two have swapped places 13 times across 22 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 130th and Uruguay ranks 130th of 196 countries.
Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Uruguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.46 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.0123 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.4476 deaths per 100,000 people | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 0.2513 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.0521 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.1992 deaths per 100,000 people | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 0.0939 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.0592 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.0347 deaths per 100,000 people | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 0.043 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.0414 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.0017 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 Uruguay?
- Costa Rica, at 0 deaths per 100,000 people against 0 deaths per 100,000 people in Uruguay as of 2025.
- What is the difference in deaths rates from disasters vs. gdp per capita between Costa Rica and Uruguay?
- 0 deaths per 100,000 people, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Uruguay?
- 22 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Costa Rica and Uruguay rank globally for deaths rates from disasters vs. gdp per capita?
- Costa Rica ranks 130th and Uruguay 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.