Causes of mortality in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Causes of mortality was 28,995 Deaths in 2023. ▲ Rising
Causes of mortality in Costa Rica, 1961–2023
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Deaths.
Analysis
Costa Rica recorded 28,995 Deaths for causes of mortality in 2023.
That represents a change of up 0.7% on the previous year and up 49.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, causes of mortality in Costa Rica peaked at 30,896 Deaths in 2021 and was at its lowest, 8,625 Deaths, in 1978.
Costa Rica ranks 34th of 36 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 62 years of available data.
Causes of mortality in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | Deaths | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 9,726 Deaths | — |
| 1962 | 10,861 Deaths | +11.7% |
| 1963 | 11,376 Deaths | +4.7% |
| 1964 | 12,269 Deaths | +7.8% |
| 1965 | 11,649 Deaths | -5.1% |
| 1966 | 11,379 Deaths | -2.3% |
| 1967 | 11,214 Deaths | -1.5% |
| 1968 | 10,653 Deaths | -5.0% |
| 1969 | 11,599 Deaths | +8.9% |
| 1970 | 11,504 Deaths | -0.8% |
| 1971 | 10,575 Deaths | -8.1% |
| 1972 | 10,855 Deaths | +2.6% |
| 1973 | 9,702 Deaths | -10.6% |
| 1974 | 9,512 Deaths | -2.0% |
| 1975 | 9,615 Deaths | +1.1% |
| 1976 | 9,356 Deaths | -2.7% |
| 1977 | 8,907 Deaths | -4.8% |
| 1978 | 8,625 Deaths | -3.2% |
| 1979 | 9,143 Deaths | +6.0% |
| 1980 | 9,273 Deaths | +1.4% |
| 1981 | 8,990 Deaths | -3.1% |
| 1982 | 9,168 Deaths | +2.0% |
| 1983 | 9,432 Deaths | +2.9% |
| 1985 | 10,493 Deaths | +11.2% |
| 1986 | 10,449 Deaths | -0.4% |
| 1987 | 10,687 Deaths | +2.3% |
| 1988 | 10,944 Deaths | +2.4% |
| 1989 | 11,273 Deaths | +3.0% |
| 1990 | 11,366 Deaths | +0.8% |
| 1991 | 11,795 Deaths | +3.8% |
| 1992 | 12,255 Deaths | +3.9% |
| 1993 | 12,544 Deaths | +2.4% |
| 1994 | 13,314 Deaths | +6.1% |
| 1995 | 14,062 Deaths | +5.6% |
| 1996 | 13,993 Deaths | -0.5% |
| 1997 | 14,260 Deaths | +1.9% |
| 1998 | 14,708 Deaths | +3.1% |
| 1999 | 15,052 Deaths | +2.3% |
| 2000 | 14,944 Deaths | -0.7% |
| 2001 | 15,609 Deaths | +4.4% |
| 2002 | 15,004 Deaths | -3.9% |
| 2003 | 15,800 Deaths | +5.3% |
| 2004 | 16,475 Deaths | +4.3% |
| 2005 | 15,519 Deaths | -5.8% |
| 2006 | 16,641 Deaths | +7.2% |
| 2007 | 15,938 Deaths | -4.2% |
| 2008 | 16,478 Deaths | +3.4% |
| 2009 | 16,652 Deaths | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 18,988 Deaths | +14.0% |
| 2011 | 18,458 Deaths | -2.8% |
| 2012 | 18,913 Deaths | +2.5% |
| 2013 | 19,365 Deaths | +2.4% |
| 2014 | 20,290 Deaths | +4.8% |
| 2015 | 20,763 Deaths | +2.3% |
| 2016 | 22,344 Deaths | +7.6% |
| 2017 | 22,959 Deaths | +2.8% |
| 2018 | 23,506 Deaths | +2.4% |
| 2019 | 24,292 Deaths | +3.3% |
| 2020 | 25,996 Deaths | +7.0% |
| 2021 | 30,896 Deaths | +18.8% |
| 2022 | 28,782 Deaths | -6.8% |
| 2023 | 28,995 Deaths | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11,192 Deaths | 9,726 Deaths | 12,269 Deaths | 9 |
| 1970s | 9,779 Deaths | 8,625 Deaths | 11,504 Deaths | 10 |
| 1980s | 10,079 Deaths | 8,990 Deaths | 11,273 Deaths | 9 |
| 1990s | 13,335 Deaths | 11,366 Deaths | 15,052 Deaths | 10 |
| 2000s | 15,906 Deaths | 14,944 Deaths | 16,652 Deaths | 10 |
| 2010s | 20,988 Deaths | 18,458 Deaths | 24,292 Deaths | 10 |
| 2020s | 28,667 Deaths | 25,996 Deaths | 30,896 Deaths | 4 |
Countries ranked near Costa Rica
- 31 Norway 43,233 Deaths compare
- 32 Ireland 35,598 Deaths compare
- 33 New Zealand 32,787 Deaths compare
- 35 Luxembourg 4,153 Deaths compare
- 36 Iceland 2,613 Deaths compare
More health data for Costa Rica
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -2.78 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.4617 % change on previous year (2090)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates 1,632 (2090)
- Un projection of annual infant deaths 35 (2100)
- Population ages 15-64, male, annual growth rate 0.4547 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, male, per capita 0.343 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, total, annual growth rate 0.3968 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, total, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, total, per capita 0.6894 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is causes of mortality in Costa Rica?
- Causes of mortality in Costa Rica was 28,995 Deaths in 2023, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest causes of mortality recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 30,896 Deaths in 2021.
- What is the lowest causes of mortality recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,625 Deaths in 1978.
- How does Costa Rica rank for causes of mortality?
- Costa Rica ranks 34th out of 36 countries with data for 2023.
- Is causes of mortality rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 49.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Causes of mortality. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
This dataset presents the number of deaths and age-standardised death rates by causes of deaths. The number of deaths according to sex and selected causes are extracted from the World Health Organization Mortality Database available at https://www.who.int/data/data-collection-tools/who-mortality-database. Detailed information on the coverage and reliability of the cause-of-death data is regularly published in World Health Statistics Annuals. The selected causes of death presented in the OECD Health Statistics database are detailed in an Excel file available for download, with codes according to the Tenth revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) along with codes from other ICD revisions used in the WHO Mortality Database. Please refer to the Sources and Methods for detailed country-specific information.