Costa Rica vs Panama: Mortality rates at age 65
Costa Rica
1.24 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Panama
1.26 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Costa Rica rank
198th
Panama rank
197th
Mortality rates at age 65 over time
- Costa Rica
- Panama
How they compare
Panama currently reports 1.26 deaths per 1,000 people against 1.24 deaths per 1,000 people in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.02 deaths per 1,000 people.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Panama ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 198th and Panama ranks 197th of 236 countries.
Panama has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Panama | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 3.36 deaths per 1,000 people | 4.02 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.6655 deaths per 1,000 people | Panama |
| 1960s | 2.76 deaths per 1,000 people | 3.34 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.581 deaths per 1,000 people | Panama |
| 1970s | 2.29 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.97 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.6739 deaths per 1,000 people | Panama |
| 1980s | 1.86 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.49 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.6367 deaths per 1,000 people | Panama |
| 1990s | 1.62 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.26 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.6425 deaths per 1,000 people | Panama |
| 2000s | 1.35 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.84 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.4955 deaths per 1,000 people | Panama |
| 2010s | 1.27 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.57 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.2993 deaths per 1,000 people | Panama |
| 2020s | 1.48 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.61 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.131 deaths per 1,000 people | Panama |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rates at age 65, Costa Rica or Panama?
- Panama, at 1.26 deaths per 1,000 people against 1.24 deaths per 1,000 people in Costa Rica as of 2023.
- What is the difference in mortality rates at age 65 between Costa Rica and Panama?
- 0.02 deaths per 1,000 people, with Panama ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Panama?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Costa Rica and Panama rank globally for mortality rates at age 65?
- Costa Rica ranks 198th and Panama ranks 197th 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 65. 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.