Brunei vs Costa Rica: Child mortality
Brunei
0.9944 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Costa Rica
1.04 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Brunei rank
124th
Costa Rica rank
121st
Child mortality over time
- Brunei
- Costa Rica
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 1.04 deaths per 100 live births against 0.9944 deaths per 100 live births in Brunei, a difference of 0.0456 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 225 shared years of data; in 1800 it was Brunei ahead.
Brunei ranks 124th and Costa Rica ranks 121st of 203 countries.
Across the 23 decades both report, Brunei averaged higher in 16 and Costa Rica in 7.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brunei | Costa Rica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1800s | 45.47 deaths per 100 live births | 44.11 deaths per 100 live births | 1.36 deaths per 100 live births | Brunei |
| 1810s | 45.47 deaths per 100 live births | 44.11 deaths per 100 live births | 1.36 deaths per 100 live births | Brunei |
| 1820s | 45.47 deaths per 100 live births | 44.11 deaths per 100 live births | 1.36 deaths per 100 live births | Brunei |
| 1830s | 45.47 deaths per 100 live births | 44.11 deaths per 100 live births | 1.36 deaths per 100 live births | Brunei |
| 1840s | 45.47 deaths per 100 live births | 44.11 deaths per 100 live births | 1.36 deaths per 100 live births | Brunei |
| 1850s | 45.47 deaths per 100 live births | 44.11 deaths per 100 live births | 1.36 deaths per 100 live births | Brunei |
| 1860s | 45.47 deaths per 100 live births | 44.11 deaths per 100 live births | 1.36 deaths per 100 live births | Brunei |
| 1870s | 45.47 deaths per 100 live births | 44.11 deaths per 100 live births | 1.36 deaths per 100 live births | Brunei |
| 1880s | 45.47 deaths per 100 live births | 44.11 deaths per 100 live births | 1.36 deaths per 100 live births | Brunei |
| 1890s | 45.45 deaths per 100 live births | 41.18 deaths per 100 live births | 4.28 deaths per 100 live births | Brunei |
| 1900s | 45.11 deaths per 100 live births | 37.84 deaths per 100 live births | 7.26 deaths per 100 live births | Brunei |
| 1910s | 40.99 deaths per 100 live births | 36.81 deaths per 100 live births | 4.18 deaths per 100 live births | Brunei |
| 1920s | 32.02 deaths per 100 live births | 32.43 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4187 deaths per 100 live births | Costa Rica |
| 1930s | 24.33 deaths per 100 live births | 25.27 deaths per 100 live births | 0.9464 deaths per 100 live births | Costa Rica |
| 1940s | 22.27 deaths per 100 live births | 18.2 deaths per 100 live births | 4.06 deaths per 100 live births | Brunei |
| 1950s | 14.34 deaths per 100 live births | 11.98 deaths per 100 live births | 2.36 deaths per 100 live births | Brunei |
| 1960s | 6.72 deaths per 100 live births | 8.9 deaths per 100 live births | 2.17 deaths per 100 live births | Costa Rica |
| 1970s | 3.66 deaths per 100 live births | 4.94 deaths per 100 live births | 1.28 deaths per 100 live births | Costa Rica |
| 1980s | 1.7 deaths per 100 live births | 2.16 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4625 deaths per 100 live births | Costa Rica |
| 1990s | 1.22 deaths per 100 live births | 1.51 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2864 deaths per 100 live births | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 0.9742 deaths per 100 live births | 1.16 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1903 deaths per 100 live births | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 1.04 deaths per 100 live births | 0.9412 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1026 deaths per 100 live births | Brunei |
| 2020s | 1.02 deaths per 100 live births | 0.9866 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0297 deaths per 100 live births | Brunei |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality, Brunei or Costa Rica?
- Costa Rica, at 1.04 deaths per 100 live births against 0.9944 deaths per 100 live births in Brunei as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality between Brunei and Costa Rica?
- 0.0456 deaths per 100 live births, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brunei and Costa Rica?
- 225 years are reported by both, from 1800 to 2024.
- How do Brunei and Costa Rica rank globally for child mortality?
- Brunei ranks 124th and Costa Rica ranks 121st of 203 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Child mortality. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.