Crime & Justice Statistics in Costa Rica

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Homicides per 100,000 people

17.75+37.5% vs 2022

Homicide rate per 100,000 people

13.5+3.8% vs 2020

Deaths per 100,000 inhabitants

1.9−5.0% vs 2021

Not feeling safe at night

45.2%0.0 pp vs 2024

Age limits on serving alcohol (on-premise)

180.0% vs 2019

Informal payments to public officials

2.13−42.0% vs 2010

All Crime & Justice datasets for Costa Rica (37)

Dataset	Source
Civic engagement - Regions OECD	OECD	−7.8%
Age limits on-premise service WHO	WHO	0%
Penalties for drink driving, repeated offense WHO	WHO	0%
Current well-being OECD	OECD	−5%
Current well-being by age OECD	OECD	0%
Current well-being by education level OECD	OECD	0%
Current well-being by sex OECD	OECD	−5%
Trust, security and dignity - government at a glance indicators, 2025 edition OECD	OECD	–
Proportion of women subjected to physical and/or sexual violence in the last 12 months (modeled estimate, % of ever partnered women ages 15-49) Gender Statistics	Gender Statistics	–
Proportion of women who have ever experienced intimate partner violence (modeled estimate, % of ever partnered women ages 15+) Gender Statistics	Gender Statistics	–
Proportion of women subjected to physical and/or sexual violence in the last 12 months (modeled estimate, % of ever partnered women ages 15+) Gender Statistics	Gender Statistics	–
Proportion of women who have ever experienced intimate partner violence (modeled estimate, % of ever partnered women ages 20-24) Gender Statistics	Gender Statistics	–
Proportion of women subjected to physical and/or sexual violence in the last 12 months (modeled estimate, % of ever partnered women ages 20-24) Gender Statistics	Gender Statistics	–
Proportion of women who have ever experienced intimate partner violence (modeled estimate, % of ever partnered women ages 25-29) Gender Statistics	Gender Statistics	–
Proportion of women subjected to physical and/or sexual violence in the last 12 months (modeled estimate, % of ever partnered women ages 25-29) Gender Statistics	Gender Statistics	–
Proportion of women who have ever experienced intimate partner violence (modeled estimate, % of ever partnered women ages 30-34) Gender Statistics	Gender Statistics	–
Proportion of women subjected to physical and/or sexual violence in the last 12 months (modeled estimate, % of ever partnered women ages 30-34) Gender Statistics	Gender Statistics	–
Proportion of women who have ever experienced intimate partner violence (modeled estimate, % of ever partnered women ages 35-44) Gender Statistics	Gender Statistics	–
Proportion of women subjected to physical and/or sexual violence in the last 12 months (modeled estimate, % of ever partnered women ages 35-44) Gender Statistics	Gender Statistics	–
Proportion of women who have ever experienced intimate partner violence (modeled estimate, % of ever partnered women ages 45-54) Gender Statistics	Gender Statistics	–
Proportion of women subjected to physical and/or sexual violence in the last 12 months (modeled estimate, % of ever partnered women ages 45-54) Gender Statistics	Gender Statistics	–
Proportion of women who have ever experienced intimate partner violence (modeled estimate, % of ever partnered women ages 55-64) Gender Statistics	Gender Statistics	–
Proportion of women subjected to physical and/or sexual violence in the last 12 months (modeled estimate, % of ever partnered women ages 55-64) Gender Statistics	Gender Statistics	–
Proportion of women who have ever experienced intimate partner violence (modeled estimate, % of ever partnered women ages 65+) Gender Statistics	Gender Statistics	–
Proportion of women subjected to physical and/or sexual violence in the last 12 months (modeled estimate, % of ever partnered women ages 65+) Gender Statistics	Gender Statistics	–
Bribery incidence (% of firms experiencing at least one bribe payment request) World Development Indicators	World Development Indicators	−35.7%
Firms that use a third party to resolve commercial disputes (% of firms) World Development Indicators	World Development Indicators	–
Informal payments to public officials (% of firms) World Development Indicators	World Development Indicators	−42%
Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values) World Development Indicators	World Development Indicators	+8,000,000
Armed forces personnel, total World Development Indicators	World Development Indicators	0%
Armed forces personnel (% of total labor force) World Development Indicators	World Development Indicators	+4.8%
Arms exports (SIPRI trend indicator values) World Development Indicators	World Development Indicators	+3,000,000
Internally displaced persons, new displacement associated with disasters (number of cases) World Development Indicators	World Development Indicators	−81.9%
Intentional homicides, female (per 100,000 female) World Development Indicators	World Development Indicators	+50.3%
Intentional homicides, male (per 100,000 male) World Development Indicators	World Development Indicators	+36.5%
Intentional homicides (per 100,000 people) World Development Indicators	World Development Indicators	+37.5%
Estimates of rates of homicides per 100 000 population WHO	WHO	+3.8%

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