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Road traffic death rate — all countries

Road traffic death rate — Costa Rica

Road traffic death rate in Costa Rica in 2019 — 14.8 per 100k. Ranked 85 in the world out of 183. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 16.9%.

2019 14.8 per 100k +2.78% vs 2018
World rank 85of 183
Period maximum 17.8 per 100k2000
Period minimum 13.3 per 100k2011

Trend over time

2000–2019 · per 100,000 people

Road traffic death rate — Costa Rica, 2000–201912141618200020022004200620082010201220142016201820192000: 17.8 per 100k2001: 17.3 per 100k2002: 17 per 100k2003: 15.4 per 100k2004: 15.4 per 100k2005: 14.5 per 100k2006: 16.4 per 100k2007: 16.1 per 100k2008: 16.8 per 100k2009: 15.9 per 100k2010: 14 per 100k2011: 13.3 per 100k2012: 14.9 per 100k2013: 13.6 per 100k2014: 14.2 per 100k2015: 16.5 per 100k2016: 16.6 per 100k2017: 14.7 per 100k2018: 14.4 per 100k2019: 14.8 per 100k
Change over the period: −3 (−16.85%) Average annual rate: -0.97 %

Comparison, 2019

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Costa Rica

Costa Rica 14.8 per 100k
World 16.7 per 100k
Latin America & Caribbean 17.3 per 100k
Central America computed 14.5 per 100k
Upper-middle-income countries computed 16.8 per 100k
Road traffic death rate — Costa Rica, by year Costa Rica All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100k Change Change, %
2019 14.8 +0.4 +2.78%
2018 14.4 −0.3 −2.04%
2017 14.7 −1.9 −11.45%
2016 16.6 +0.1 +0.61%
2015 16.5 +2.3 +16.2%
2014 14.2 +0.6 +4.41%
2013 13.6 −1.3 −8.72%
2012 14.9 +1.6 +12.03%
2011 13.3 −0.7 −5%
2010 14 −1.9 −11.95%
2009 15.9 −0.9 −5.36%
2008 16.8 +0.7 +4.35%
2007 16.1 −0.3 −1.83%
2006 16.4 +1.9 +13.1%
2005 14.5 −0.9 −5.84%
2004 15.4 +0 +0%
2003 15.4 −1.6 −9.41%
2002 17 −0.3 −1.73%
2001 17.3 −0.5 −2.81%
2000 17.8 — —

Central America, 2019

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

MX Mexico 12.8 PA Panama 13.9 CR Costa Rica 14.8 HN Honduras 16.1 NI Nicaragua 16.9 SV El Salvador 20.9 BZ Belize 22.6 GT Guatemala 22.9
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About the indicator

The number of people killed in road traffic accidents per 100,000 people per year, as estimated by WHO. An estimate, not the sum of police reports: in many countries only deaths at the scene enter the statistics while those who die in hospital later do not, and WHO brings the data to a single thirty-day rule. The spread between countries reaches tenfold and is determined not so much by the number of cars as by the state of the roads, the rules and compliance with them.

Important: It is calculated per population, not per number of cars or kilometers driven. By risk per kilometer the order of countries is different: in countries with a small vehicle fleet there are more accidents for every car.

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.

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