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Cape Verde vs Costa Rica: Child mortality rate vs. GDP per capita

Cape Verde
1.11 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Costa Rica
1.04 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Cape Verde rank
119th
Costa Rica rank
120th

Child mortality rate vs. GDP per capita over time

  • Cape Verde
  • Costa Rica
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How they compare

Cape Verde currently reports 1.11 deaths per 100 live births against 1.04 deaths per 100 live births in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.07 deaths per 100 live births.

That makes Cape Verde's figure about 1.1 times Costa Rica's.

Across all 75 years both countries report, Cape Verde has been ahead every year.

Cape Verde ranks 119th and Costa Rica ranks 120th of 200 countries.

Cape Verde has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Cape Verde Costa Rica Difference Ahead
1950s 19.02 deaths per 100 live births 11.98 deaths per 100 live births 7.03 deaths per 100 live births Cape Verde
1960s 15.42 deaths per 100 live births 8.9 deaths per 100 live births 6.53 deaths per 100 live births Cape Verde
1970s 10.06 deaths per 100 live births 4.94 deaths per 100 live births 5.12 deaths per 100 live births Cape Verde
1980s 7.11 deaths per 100 live births 2.16 deaths per 100 live births 4.95 deaths per 100 live births Cape Verde
1990s 5.13 deaths per 100 live births 1.51 deaths per 100 live births 3.62 deaths per 100 live births Cape Verde
2000s 2.96 deaths per 100 live births 1.16 deaths per 100 live births 1.8 deaths per 100 live births Cape Verde
2010s 2.02 deaths per 100 live births 0.941 deaths per 100 live births 1.08 deaths per 100 live births Cape Verde
2020s 1.22 deaths per 100 live births 0.986 deaths per 100 live births 0.23 deaths per 100 live births Cape Verde

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher child mortality rate vs. gdp per capita, Cape Verde or Costa Rica?
Cape Verde, at 1.11 deaths per 100 live births against 1.04 deaths per 100 live births in Costa Rica as of 2024.
What is the difference in child mortality rate vs. gdp per capita between Cape Verde and Costa Rica?
0.07 deaths per 100 live births, with Cape Verde ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cape Verde and Costa Rica?
75 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2024.
How do Cape Verde and Costa Rica rank globally for child mortality rate vs. gdp per capita?
Cape Verde ranks 119th and Costa Rica ranks 120th of 200 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 rate vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Child mortality rate vs. GDP per capita
Unit
deaths per 100 live births
Source
Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
200 places, 13,286 data points, 1950–2024
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Long-run estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.