Costa Rica vs Libya: Mortality rates at age 25
Costa Rica
0.1649 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Libya
0.1617 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Costa Rica rank
99th
Libya rank
101st
Mortality rates at age 25 over time
- Costa Rica
- Libya
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 0.1649 deaths per 1,000 people against 0.1617 deaths per 1,000 people in Libya, a difference of 0.0032 deaths per 1,000 people.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Libya ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 99th and Libya ranks 101st of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 2 and Libya in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Libya | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 0.2662 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.28 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.01 deaths per 1,000 people | Libya |
| 1960s | 0.2078 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.6716 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.4638 deaths per 1,000 people | Libya |
| 1970s | 0.203 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.3222 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.1192 deaths per 1,000 people | Libya |
| 1980s | 0.1517 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.2039 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0523 deaths per 1,000 people | Libya |
| 1990s | 0.1437 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.1416 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0021 deaths per 1,000 people | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 0.14 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.1423 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0023 deaths per 1,000 people | Libya |
| 2010s | 0.1559 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.2456 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0897 deaths per 1,000 people | Libya |
| 2020s | 0.1749 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.1576 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0173 deaths per 1,000 people | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rates at age 25, Costa Rica or Libya?
- Costa Rica, at 0.1649 deaths per 1,000 people against 0.1617 deaths per 1,000 people in Libya as of 2023.
- What is the difference in mortality rates at age 25 between Costa Rica and Libya?
- 0.0032 deaths per 1,000 people, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Libya?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Costa Rica and Libya rank globally for mortality rates at age 25?
- Costa Rica ranks 99th and Libya ranks 101st of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Mortality rates at age 25. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Death rate, calculated as the number of deaths divided by the average number of people alive during the interval.