Costa Rica and Venezuela: events and estimated deaths compared

Data through 31 Aug 2026The two countries are in the UCDP region Americas

In the 12 months to 31 Aug 2026, UCDP recorded 49 events in Costa Rica and 25 eventsP in Venezuela. The best estimate of deaths is 47 in Costa Rica and 119P in Venezuela. The two columns use the same periods and the same UCDP definitions.

Not all events in UCDP Candidate will make it into the final UCDP GED and new events will be added. The UCDP Candidate is a dataset containing events that have a high probability of being included in the final annual version of UCDP GED.
An incident where armed force was used by an organized actor against another organized actor, or against civilians, resulting in at least 1 direct death at a specific location and a specific date
UCDP's words. Source: UCDP Candidate Events Dataset Codebook, version 1.5 (Introduction) and UCDP GED Codebook, version 26.1 (section 2, the definition of an event), copied on 2 Oct 2026.

This page rests on UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.8, with data through 31 Aug 2026. The figures from January 2026 are from Candidate Events. Candidate Events are preliminary and UCDP revises them.

The pages give counts and their sources. They give no travel, security or safety advice. A count of events is not a measure of danger.

Side by side

Population: World Bank, 2025. A rate shows the count against the size of the country.

Table 1. Costa Rica and Venezuela: the same figures for the same periods
Figure	Costa Rica	Venezuela
Events, August 2026	0P	7P
Estimated deaths, August 2026	0P	8P
Events, 12 months to 31 Aug 2026	49	25P
Estimated deaths, 12 months to 31 Aug 2026	47	119P
Low estimate of deaths, 12 months	12	119P
High estimate of deaths, 12 months	53	119P
Deaths of civilians, 12 months	1	17P
Events, state-based armed conflict, 12 months	0	11P
Events, non-state conflict, 12 months	49	4P
Events, one-sided violence against civilians, 12 months	0	10P
Population (World Bank)	5,152,950	28,516,896
Events for each million inhabitants, 12 months	9.5	0.9P
Deaths for each million inhabitants, 12 months	9.1	4.2P
Regions with a page	2	2

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

24 months

Each chart has its own scale. The page of each country has the figures as a table.

Figure 1. Events in Costa Rica by month. A hollow column is a preliminary month. The line marks the change of dataset: GED to the left, Candidate Events from Jan 2026 to the right. The two datasets are not made in the same way, so a step at the line is not only a change in the events.

Figure 2. Events in Venezuela by month. A hollow column is a preliminary month. The line marks the change of dataset: GED to the left, Candidate Events from Jan 2026 to the right. The two datasets are not made in the same way, so a step at the line is not only a change in the events.

The pages of the two countries: Costa Rica and Venezuela.

Official channels

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ConflictStats. Costa Rica and Venezuela: events and estimated deaths compared. https://conflictstats.com/compare/costa-rica-vs-venezuela/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.8. Data through 31 Aug 2026.

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