Costa Rica: events and estimated deaths in December 2025
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UCDP recorded 8 events of organized violence in Costa Rica in December 2025. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 6. The low estimate is 2 and the high estimate is 8. UCDP counts 1 of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for November 2025 was 12 events.
The count for December 2024 was 2 events. The change from December 2024 to December 2025 is up 300 percent. Among the 18 months with a report for Costa Rica, December 2025 has the 11th highest count of events. Costa Rica holds 0 percent of the events that UCDP recorded in all countries with a page in December 2025. In December 2024, the share was 0 percent.
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 .
This page rests on UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9, with data through . 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.
Regions
The table has 10 regions at most.
| Region | Events | Estimated deaths |
|---|---|---|
| Limón province | 5 | 4 |
| San José province | 3 | 2 |
Events
The table lists each event of the month. The CSV file of Costa Rica has each event.
| Date | Place | Sides, as UCDP writes them | Type of violence | Estimated deaths | Low | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Dec 2025 | Limón province | Group named for a person (name not shown); Los Hondureños | Non-state | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 Dec 2025 | Limón canton, Limón province | Group named for a person (name not shown); Los Hondureños | Non-state | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 Dec 2025 | Matina canton, Limón province | Group named for a person (name not shown); Los Hondureños | Non-state | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 Dec 2025 | Matina canton, Limón province | Group named for a person (name not shown); Los Hondureños | Non-state | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 Dec 2025 | Alajuelita canton, San José province | Group named for a person (name not shown); Group named for a person (name not shown) | Non-state | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 24 Dec 2025 | Alajuelita canton, San José province | Group named for a person (name not shown); Group named for a person (name not shown) | Non-state | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 30 Dec 2025 | Alajuelita canton, San José province | Group named for a person (name not shown); Group named for a person (name not shown) | Non-state | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 31 Dec 2025 | Limón canton, Limón province | Group named for a person (name not shown); Los Hondureños | Non-state | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Names are as UCDP writes them, with two labels that the site writes. UCDP does not identify some actors: the site writes "Actor not identified by UCDP" for each of them. UCDP names some groups for a person: the site writes "Group named for a person (name not shown)" for each of them. A line with a label can hold more than one actor.
Actors, as UCDP names them
Names as UCDP writes them.
| Name, as UCDP writes it | Events | Estimated deaths in these events |
|---|---|---|
| Group named for a person (name not shown) | 11 | 8 |
| Los Hondureños | 5 | 4 |
An event has two sides, so one event can be in two rows. The deaths are the deaths in the events of a side. The table does not say which side caused a death. Names are as UCDP writes them, with two labels that the site writes. UCDP does not identify some actors: the site writes "Actor not identified by UCDP" for each of them. UCDP names some groups for a person: the site writes "Group named for a person (name not shown)" for each of them. A line with a label can hold more than one actor.
Type of violence
| Type of violence | Events | Share of events |
|---|---|---|
| State-based armed conflict | 0 | 0% |
| Non-state conflict | 8 | 100% |
| One-sided violence against civilians | 0 | 0% |
The glossary has the UCDP definition of each type.
All months
| Month | Events | Estimated deaths | Dataset |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 2026 | 1P | 1P | Candidate Events |
| December 2025 | 8 | 6 | GED |
| November 2025 | 12 | 11 | GED |
| October 2025 | 17 | 19 | GED |
| September 2025 | 12 | 11 | GED |
| August 2025 | 8 | 9 | GED |
| July 2025 | 10 | 9 | GED |
| June 2025 | 12 | 10 | GED |
| May 2025 | 14 | 16 | GED |
| April 2025 | 9 | 9 | GED |
| March 2025 | 15 | 16 | GED |
| February 2025 | 11 | 11 | GED |
| January 2025 | 12 | 15 | GED |
| December 2024 | 2 | 2 | GED |
| November 2024 | 6 | 6 | GED |
| October 2024 | 1 | 1 | GED |
| September 2024 | 8 | 8 | GED |
| August 2024 | 6 | 6 | GED |
P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events. Search engines list a report of a month in the last 12 months that has 20 or more events. The other reports stay online and ask search engines not to list them.
Cite this page
ConflictStats. Costa Rica: events and estimated deaths in December 2025. https://conflictstats.com/country/costa-rica/month/2025-12/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9. Data through .
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