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Libya
COUNTRY #1
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
LIBYA VS COSTA RICA

Compare Libya and Costa Rica health profiles including life expectancy history, causes of death and population dynamics side by side. Health Data used is WHO, World Bank and the United Nations for population.

Costa Rica
COUNTRY #2
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Libya Population Pyramid
8,525,412
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Costa Rica Population Pyramid
5,772,686
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
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  Libya LIBYA   Costa Rica COSTA RICA
  Libya LIBYA   Costa Rica COSTA RICA
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
45.7
48.2
46.9
107
112
108
  
60.5
63.3
61.9
56
54
56
1970
50.4
53.4
51.9
115
116
115
  
65.2
69.1
67.1
46
49
48
1980
58.8
62.2
60.5
100
104
102
  
70.5
75.0
72.7
18
30
24
1990
65.9
70.6
68.2
77
87
88
  
73.5
78.2
75.8
12
23
17
2000
69.3
72.7
70.9
68
96
84
  
75.3
80.0
77.6
19
25
21
2010
70.6
75.3
72.8
79
90
87
  
75.6
80.7
78.1
33
31
31
2019
74.2
77.3
75.8
59
85
72
  
78.3
83.4
80.8
32
27
30
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Libya LIBYA   Costa Rica COSTA RICA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
74.2
77.3
59
85
78.3
83.4
32
27
Age
74.2
77.3
59
85
78.3
83.4
32
27
Age 5
75.2
78.2
56
88
79.0
84.1
28
21
Age 10
75.3
78.3
56
87
79.1
84.2
28
21
Age 15
75.5
78.4
54
87
79.2
84.2
28
20
Age 20
75.8
78.6
52
87
79.5
84.3
28
20
Age 25
76.3
78.8
52
83
80.0
84.4
25
18
Age 30
76.7
79.0
47
82
80.4
84.6
23
16
Age 35
77.1
79.2
47
83
80.8
84.7
20
15
Age 40
77.6
79.5
46
82
81.2
84.9
20
15
Age 45
78.1
79.9
46
83
81.7
85.2
15
13
Age 50
78.8
80.4
45
82
82.2
85.5
14
11
Age 55
79.5
81.1
44
79
82.8
85.9
12
11
Age 60
80.6
81.9
44
77
83.6
86.4
10
11
Age 65
81.9
83.1
44
71
84.7
87.2
5
8
Age 70
83.6
84.8
44
61
85.9
88.0
5
8
Age 75
85.7
86.6
41
57
87.3
89.1
4
7
Age 80
88.3
89.0
29
50
89.1
90.5
6
7
Age 85
90.9
91.2
29
47
91.3
92.3
11
6
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Libya LIBYA   Costa Rica COSTA RICA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
158.90
40
40.74
171
2. Stroke
64.09
114
24.44
158
3. Kidney Disease
28.70
66
23.41
90
4. Hypertension
23.41
66
12.84
115
5. Road Traffic Accidents
22.90
59
14.00
103
6. Alzheimers & Dementia
22.36
25
11.59
153
7. Diabetes Mellitus
19.17
111
14.87
125
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
16.90
127
13.17
146
9. Lung Disease
15.44
138
15.14
143
10. War
15.38
4
0.01
131
11. Liver Disease
13.95
112
6.24
156
12. Lung Cancers
13.37
86
5.56
134
13. Tuberculosis
13.26
59
0.53
139
14. Colon-Rectum Cancers
8.87
90
10.02
75
15. Asthma
7.09
75
1.02
134
16. Other Injuries
6.89
100
8.81
79
17. Breast Cancer
6.73
179
11.97
140
18. Prostate Cancer
6.62
148
15.36
98
19. Congenital Anomalies
6.46
69
6.46
68
20. Drug Use
6.17
4
1.10
105
21. Cervical Cancer
5.45
120
5.34
121
22. Pancreas Cancer
4.87
67
4.73
71
23. Suicide
4.50
148
7.62
107
24. Leukemia
4.41
51
4.57
39
25. Parkinson's Disease
4.34
79
2.10
159
26. Lymphomas
4.24
109
5.89
48
27. Low Birth Weight
4.09
102
3.45
117
28. Falls
4.06
124
1.90
175
29. Liver Cancer
3.69
145
6.19
70
30. Bladder Cancer
3.67
36
1.52
126
31. Ovary Cancer
3.10
142
2.60
160
32. Endocrine Disorders
3.04
109
3.05
107
33. HIV/AIDS
3.03
92
3.47
85
34. Stomach Cancer
2.96
158
10.69
34
35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
2.45
95
1.16
146
36. Inflammatory/Heart
2.16
161
3.09
134
37. Violence
2.11
132
12.02
40
38. Fires
1.98
75
0.20
176
39. Diarrhoeal diseases
1.78
108
1.36
121
40. Oral Cancer
1.71
148
1.60
153
41. Maternal Conditions
1.57
76
0.32
123
42. Birth Trauma
1.48
106
0.93
125
43. Drownings
1.11
144
1.86
119
44. Epilepsy
1.06
132
1.97
71
45. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.99
120
0.53
154
46. Poisonings
0.86
73
0.11
169
47. Oesophagus Cancer
0.80
170
0.96
157
48. Meningitis
0.76
93
0.34
133
49. Hepatitis B
0.68
53
0.12
119
50. Skin Cancers
0.50
162
2.09
79
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Libya LIBYA   Costa Rica COSTA RICA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
6,610
26.30
2,639
13.10
2. Stroke
2,603
10.36
1,624
8.06
3. Road Traffic Accidents
1,444
5.75
746
3.70
4. Kidney Disease
1,186
4.72
1,482
7.35
5. War
1,055
4.20
1
0.00
6. Hypertension
915
3.64
863
4.28
7. Tuberculosis
812
3.23
32
0.16
8. Diabetes Mellitus
803
3.20
953
4.73
9. Influenza and Pneumonia
744
2.96
836
4.15
10. Alzheimers & Dementia
743
2.96
818
4.06
11. Liver Disease
630
2.51
370
1.84
12. Lung Disease
607
2.42
1,046
5.19
13. Lung Cancers
592
2.36
343
1.70
14. Congenital Anomalies
493
1.96
315
1.56
15. Other Injuries
432
1.72
571
2.83
16. Colon-Rectum Cancers
427
1.70
621
3.08
17. Drug Use
371
1.48
63
0.31
18. Low Birth Weight
359
1.43
178
0.88
19. Suicide
304
1.21
407
2.02
20. Asthma
297
1.18
60
0.30
21. HIV/AIDS
224
0.89
192
0.95
22. Leukemia
217
0.86
262
1.30
23. Pancreas Cancer
209
0.83
294
1.46
24. Falls
204
0.81
116
0.58
25. Breast Cancer
190
0.76
384
1.91
26. Lymphomas
189
0.75
356
1.77
27. Parkinson's Disease
159
0.63
138
0.68
28. Liver Cancer
153
0.61
382
1.90
29. Endocrine Disorders
153
0.61
183
0.91
30. Violence
145
0.58
635
3.15
31. Bladder Cancer
136
0.54
100
0.50
32. Cervical Cancer
135
0.54
159
0.79
33. Stomach Cancer
134
0.53
661
3.28
34. Birth Trauma
132
0.53
48
0.24
35. Maternal Conditions
124
0.49
17
0.08
36. Fires
115
0.46
10
0.05
37. Inflammatory/Heart
107
0.43
191
0.95
38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
99
0.39
74
0.37
39. Prostate Cancer
96
0.38
448
2.22
40. Diarrhoeal diseases
92
0.37
87
0.43
41. Oral Cancer
81
0.32
96
0.48
42. Ovary Cancer
75
0.30
80
0.40
43. Drownings
74
0.29
97
0.48
44. Epilepsy
67
0.27
116
0.58
45. Poisonings
56
0.22
5
0.02
46. Rheumatic Heart Disease
49
0.19
32
0.16
47. Meningitis
41
0.16
18
0.09
48. Hepatitis B
34
0.14
7
0.03
49. Oesophagus Cancer
33
0.13
61
0.30
50. Alcohol
22
0.09
126
0.63
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Libya LIBYA   Costa Rica COSTA RICA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
13.37
86
5.56
134
2. Colon-Rectum Cancers
8.87
90
10.02
75
3. Breast Cancer
6.73
179
11.97
140
4. Prostate Cancer
6.62
148
15.36
98
5. Cervical Cancer
5.45
120
5.34
121
6. Pancreas Cancer
4.87
67
4.73
71
7. Leukemia
4.41
51
4.57
39
8. Lymphomas
4.24
109
5.89
48
9. Liver Cancer
3.69
145
6.19
70
10. Bladder Cancer
3.67
36
1.52
126
11. Ovary Cancer
3.10
142
2.60
160
12. Stomach Cancer
2.96
158
10.69
34
13. Oral Cancer
1.71
148
1.60
153
14. Oesophagus Cancer
0.80
170
0.96
157
15. Skin Cancers
0.50
162
2.09
79
16. Uterin Cancer
0.42
179
2.50
80
Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020
Data Accuracy Not Guaranteed
WHO Excludes Cause of Death Data For the following countries: Andorra, Cook Islands, Dominica, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Saint Kitts, San Marino, Tuvalu.