Costa Rica vs Zambia: Deaths rates from disasters vs. GDP per capita
Costa Rica
0 deaths per 100,000 people
in 2025
Zambia
0 deaths per 100,000 people
in 2026
Costa Rica rank
130th
Zambia rank
130th
Deaths rates from disasters vs. GDP per capita over time
- Costa Rica
- Zambia
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 0 deaths per 100,000 people against 0 deaths per 100,000 people in Zambia, a difference of 0 deaths per 100,000 people.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 20 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 130th and Zambia 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 | Zambia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.4276 deaths per 100,000 people | 0 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.4276 deaths per 100,000 people | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 0.2499 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.059 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.191 deaths per 100,000 people | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 0.2265 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.0287 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.1978 deaths per 100,000 people | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 0.043 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.0061 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.0369 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 Zambia?
- Costa Rica, at 0 deaths per 100,000 people against 0 deaths per 100,000 people in Zambia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in deaths rates from disasters vs. gdp per capita between Costa Rica and Zambia?
- 0 deaths per 100,000 people, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Zambia?
- 20 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Costa Rica and Zambia rank globally for deaths rates from disasters vs. gdp per capita?
- Costa Rica ranks 130th and Zambia 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.