What is the difference in suicide mortality rate between Angola and Costa Rica?

0.05 per 100,000 population, with Angola ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Angola and Costa Rica?

22 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2021.

Where does this data come from?

World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/)., World Health Organization (WHO), published as Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Angola vs Costa Rica: Suicide mortality rate

Angola

8.11 per 100,000 population

in 2021

Costa Rica

8.06 per 100,000 population

in 2021

Angola rank

78th

Costa Rica rank

80th

Suicide mortality rate over time

Angola
Costa Rica

How they compare

Angola currently reports 8.11 per 100,000 population against 8.06 per 100,000 population in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.05 per 100,000 population.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 22 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Angola ahead.

Angola ranks 78th and Costa Rica ranks 80th of 185 countries.

Angola has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Angola	Costa Rica	Difference	Ahead
2000s	8.33 per 100,000 population	6.29 per 100,000 population	2.04 per 100,000 population	Angola
2010s	6.81 per 100,000 population	6.44 per 100,000 population	0.367 per 100,000 population	Angola
2020s	7.76 per 100,000 population	7.21 per 100,000 population	0.55 per 100,000 population	Angola

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher suicide mortality rate, Angola or Costa Rica?: Angola, at 8.11 per 100,000 population against 8.06 per 100,000 population in Costa Rica as of 2021.
What is the difference in suicide mortality rate between Angola and Costa Rica?: 0.05 per 100,000 population, with Angola ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Angola and Costa Rica?: 22 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2021.
How do Angola and Costa Rica rank globally for suicide mortality rate?: Angola ranks 78th and Costa Rica ranks 80th of 185 countries.
Where does this data come from?: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/)., World Health Organization (WHO), published as Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population)
Unit: per 100,000 population
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/)., World Health Organization (WHO)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 232 places, 5,104 data points, 2000–2021
Last refreshed: 03 September 2026

Suicide mortality rate is the number of suicide deaths in a year per 100,000 population. Crude suicide rate (not age-adjusted).