Nicaragua vs Puerto Rico: Deaths rates from disasters vs. GDP per capita
Nicaragua
0.0289 deaths per 100,000 people
in 2024
Puerto Rico
0.0309 deaths per 100,000 people
in 2025
Nicaragua rank
92nd
Puerto Rico rank
90th
Deaths rates from disasters vs. GDP per capita over time
- Nicaragua
- Puerto Rico
How they compare
Puerto Rico currently reports 0.0309 deaths per 100,000 people against 0.0289 deaths per 100,000 people in Nicaragua, a difference of 0.002 deaths per 100,000 people.
That makes Puerto Rico's figure about 1.1 times Nicaragua's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 18 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Nicaragua ahead.
Nicaragua ranks 92nd and Puerto Rico ranks 90th of 196 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Nicaragua averaged higher in 3 and Puerto Rico in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Nicaragua | Puerto Rico | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 18.23 deaths per 100,000 people | 0 deaths per 100,000 people | 18.23 deaths per 100,000 people | Nicaragua |
| 1970s | 0 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.2212 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.2212 deaths per 100,000 people | Puerto Rico |
| 1990s | 12.39 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.1727 deaths per 100,000 people | 12.22 deaths per 100,000 people | Nicaragua |
| 2000s | 1.42 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.0439 deaths per 100,000 people | 1.38 deaths per 100,000 people | Nicaragua |
| 2010s | 0.1777 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.4025 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.2248 deaths per 100,000 people | Puerto Rico |
| 2020s | 0.1895 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.462 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.2725 deaths per 100,000 people | Puerto Rico |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher deaths rates from disasters vs. gdp per capita, Nicaragua or Puerto Rico?
- Puerto Rico, at 0.0309 deaths per 100,000 people against 0.0289 deaths per 100,000 people in Nicaragua as of 2025.
- What is the difference in deaths rates from disasters vs. gdp per capita between Nicaragua and Puerto Rico?
- 0.002 deaths per 100,000 people, with Puerto Rico ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Nicaragua and Puerto Rico?
- 18 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2022.
- How do Nicaragua and Puerto Rico rank globally for deaths rates from disasters vs. gdp per capita?
- Nicaragua ranks 92nd and Puerto Rico ranks 90th 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.