Statement:
The chance to be killed is lower in Costa Rica than in South Africa

In the Homicide rate rating Costa Rica holds position #52 2019 out of 201 and South Africa is #7 out of 201 2019.
Position of Costa Rica is better than position of South Africa.

Referencies:

  1. Homicide rate 2019 by ourworldindata.org
    The countries in the rating sorted by 'Homiside rate' in descending order.
    Costa Rica 'Homiside rate' value is 9.84
    South Africa 'Homiside rate' value is 31.68