Costa Rica vs El Salvador: Child mortality rate by sex

Costa Rica
0.9528 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
El Salvador
0.9072 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Costa Rica rank
120th
El Salvador rank
123rd

Child mortality rate by sex over time

  • Costa Rica
  • El Salvador
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How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 0.9528 deaths per 100 live births against 0.9072 deaths per 100 live births in El Salvador, a difference of 0.0456 deaths per 100 live births.

That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.1 times El Salvador's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 70 shared years of data; in 1955 it was El Salvador ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 120th and El Salvador ranks 123rd of 199 countries.

El Salvador has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica El Salvador Difference Ahead
1950s 10.69 deaths per 100 live births 20.38 deaths per 100 live births 9.69 deaths per 100 live births El Salvador
1960s 8.37 deaths per 100 live births 17.16 deaths per 100 live births 8.79 deaths per 100 live births El Salvador
1970s 4.48 deaths per 100 live births 12.79 deaths per 100 live births 8.31 deaths per 100 live births El Salvador
1980s 1.88 deaths per 100 live births 7.92 deaths per 100 live births 6.04 deaths per 100 live births El Salvador
1990s 1.34 deaths per 100 live births 4.19 deaths per 100 live births 2.85 deaths per 100 live births El Salvador
2000s 1.05 deaths per 100 live births 2.26 deaths per 100 live births 1.21 deaths per 100 live births El Salvador
2010s 0.8661 deaths per 100 live births 1.35 deaths per 100 live births 0.4858 deaths per 100 live births El Salvador
2020s 0.9072 deaths per 100 live births 0.9759 deaths per 100 live births 0.0687 deaths per 100 live births El Salvador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher child mortality rate by sex, Costa Rica or El Salvador?
Costa Rica, at 0.9528 deaths per 100 live births against 0.9072 deaths per 100 live births in El Salvador as of 2024.
What is the difference in child mortality rate by sex between Costa Rica and El Salvador?
0.0456 deaths per 100 live births, with Costa Rica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and El Salvador?
70 years are reported by both, from 1955 to 2024.
How do Costa Rica and El Salvador rank globally for child mortality rate by sex?
Costa Rica ranks 120th and El Salvador ranks 123rd of 199 countries.
Where does this data come from?
United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Child mortality rate by sex. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Child mortality rate by sex
Unit
deaths per 100 live births
Source
United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
199 places, 12,985 data points, 1950–2024
Last refreshed

Estimated number of deaths of female children aged under five years, per 100 live births .