Violence in the news: 10 reports in the week to Oct 18, 2026 · ×3.3 · against the three weeks before; GDELT, not verified
Protests in the news: 1 reports in the week to Oct 18, 2026 · against the three weeks before; GDELT, not verified
Level, last 60 days
Deaths 30 d
0
UCDP up to 2026-08-31
Per million 90 d
–
last 90 days
Civilians
–
last 90 days
Incidents 30 d
0
Population
5.2 M
World Bank
Plants near violence
0 / 0
near violence / total; 0 nuclear
Why this level0
Nothing in the open sources stands out.
Source: ARMSMA situation watch
Every monitored signal
The last 60 days, each on its own scale.
Refugees who fled
2 187
Natural hazards, 7 days
1
Confirmed outages, places, 24 h
4
Severe weather warnings in force
1
–
Source: ARMSMA situation watch
Deaths in organised violence, per week
Costa Rica, UCDP best estimates. The red bar is the latest week.
The latest week may be incomplete.
Source: UCDP GED Candidate, Uppsala University (CC BY 4.0), data up to 2026-08-31
Who the violence is between
Deaths by kind of violence, last 90 days of data.
- State-based conflict · 0%
- Non-state conflict · 0%
- Against civilians · 0%
Source: UCDP GED Candidate (CC BY 4.0)
Food, displacement, sanctions
- People in food crisis (IPC 3+)
- –
- 2026-09
- Share in food crisis
- –
- 2026-09
- Undernourishment
- 2.5%
- 2024
- Refugees who fled
- 2,187
- 2025
- Refugees hosted
- 214,607
- 2025
- Internally displaced
- –
- 2025
- Sanctions designations
- 22
- 2026-10-19
- GDP per person
- $19,970
- 2025
FEWS NET · World Bank / FAO · UNHCR · OpenSanctions
People in crisis-level food insecurity
FEWS NET does not cover this country.
Latest incidents of organised violence0
No organised violence recorded in the current data.
Source: UCDP GED Candidate, Uppsala University (CC BY 4.0), data up to 2026-08-31
Conflicts, 90 days0
No organised violence recorded in the current data.
Source: UCDP GED Candidate (CC BY 4.0)
Natural hazards, 30 days1
- FloodFlood in Costa Rica · Sep 25, 2026
GDACS · USGS · NASA EONET
Warnings and notices
UK FCDO · WMO · WHO · Copernicus EMS
Next 7 days in San José
| Day | °C | Rain | Gusts | Watch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon, Oct 19 | 18…26 | 35.1 mm | 22 km/h | thunderstorm |
| Tue, Oct 20 | 18…26 | 14.4 mm | 30 km/h | thunderstorm |
| Wed, Oct 21 | 18…27 | 7.0 mm | 29 km/h | |
| Thu, Oct 22 | 17…26 | 6.8 mm | 28 km/h | |
| Fri, Oct 23 | 17…25 | 13.2 mm | 33 km/h | thunderstorm |
| Sat, Oct 24 | 18…26 | 26.7 mm | 29 km/h | thunderstorm |
| Sun, Oct 25 | 18…25 | 6.6 mm | 34 km/h |
Forecast for the capital only; marks: heat ≥38 °C, frost ≤−20 °C, rain ≥50 mm, gusts ≥75 km/h, thunderstorms. Official warnings are above.
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)
Disasters since 20002
DroughtsFloods
- Drought in The Bahamas, Belize, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, Haiti, Mexico, Nicaragua, El Salvador · Apr 21, 2026 · Medium impact for agricultural drought in 884209 km2
- Flood in Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, United States · Nov 3, 2020 · Magnitude 0
GDACS (orange and red alerts since 2000)