Road traffic deaths
15.5per 100 000 population
WHO estimate, 2021.
Ranks 73rd of 195 countries by rate.
- Estimated deaths, 2021
- 798 (734–863)
Costa Rica: injury statistics
The World Health Organization’s estimates for Costa Rica of deaths from road traffic crashes, suicide, homicide and unintentional poisoning: the latest year WHO has published, where each rate stands among countries, and the trend since 2000 where WHO gives one.
WHO region: Americas.
Suicide rate
7.6per 100 000 population
WHO estimate, 2021, age-standardized. Range (6.4–9.2).
Ranks 101st of 185 countries by age-standardized rate.
- Male
- 12.5 (10.8–15.3)
- Female
- 2.7 (2.2–3.3)
- In 2000
- 6.4
- Crude rate, 2021
- 8.1 (6.8–9.8)
Homicide rate
13.5per 100 000 population
WHO estimate, 2021. Range (11.2–16.6).
Ranks 29th of 185 countries by rate.
- Male
- 24.6 (20.8–30.3)
- Female
- 2.7 (2.1–3.6)
- In 2000
- 6.2
- Estimated homicides, 2019
- 635 (449–854)
Unintentional poisoning deaths
0.1per 100 000 population
WHO estimate, 2021. Range (0.1–0.2).
Ranks 164th of 185 countries by rate.
- Male
- 0.2 (0.1–0.2)
- Female
- 0.1 (0.1–0.1)
- In 2000
- 0.1
How to read these figures
- Each figure is WHO’s estimate, made with the same definitions for every country so that countries can be compared. It can differ from what Costa Rica registers itself; the national figures we carry are on the injury facts pages for road & transport, violence & self-harm and poisoning & home hazards.
- A range is WHO’s uncertainty interval: where WHO judges the true value is likely to lie.
- A rank is the country’s position in WHO’s list for that year, from the highest rate. Countries whose rates print the same are listed alphabetically, so where many countries share a small rate a few places of rank mean nothing. Rates are deaths per 100 000 population; the suicide rate is age-standardized, so countries with older or younger populations can be compared.
- The trend line runs from the earliest to the latest year WHO publishes, scaled to the country’s own highest and lowest values.
About these figures
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory (indicator codes shown). WHO web content and data are licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO; figures are shown as WHO publishes them, with attribution. WHO copyright and licensing.
| Code | WHO indicator | Years | WHO last updated | Read from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
RS_198 | Estimated road traffic death rate (per 100 000 population) | 2021 | 15 April 2024 | ghoapi.azureedge.net/api/RS_198 |
RS_196 | Estimated number of road traffic deaths | 2021 | 15 April 2024 | ghoapi.azureedge.net/api/RS_196 |
MH_12 | Age-standardized suicide rates (per 100 000 population) | 2000–2021 | 28 January 2025 | ghoapi.azureedge.net/api/MH_12 |
SDGSUICIDE | Crude suicide rates (per 100 000 population) | 2000–2021 | 10 January 2025 | ghoapi.azureedge.net/api/SDGSUICIDE |
VIOLENCE_HOMICIDERATE | Estimates of rates of homicides per 100 000 population | 2000–2021 | 13 February 2025 | ghoapi.azureedge.net/api/VIOLENCE_HOMICIDERATE |
VIOLENCE_HOMICIDENUM | Estimates of number of homicides | 2000–2019 | 9 February 2021 | ghoapi.azureedge.net/api/VIOLENCE_HOMICIDENUM |
SDGPOISON | Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning (per 100 000 population) | 2000–2021 | 10 January 2025 | ghoapi.azureedge.net/api/SDGPOISON |
Read from WHO’s Global Health Observatory data service on 26 September 2026. The figures are WHO’s estimates; ranks are each country’s position in WHO’s list, highest rate first.