Costa Rica vs Oman: Child mortality rate by sex
Costa Rica
0.9528 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Oman
0.9347 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Costa Rica rank
120th
Oman rank
121st
Child mortality rate by sex over time
- Costa Rica
- Oman
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 0.9528 deaths per 100 live births against 0.9347 deaths per 100 live births in Oman, a difference of 0.0181 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 66 shared years of data; in 1959 it was Oman ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 120th and Oman ranks 121st of 199 countries.
Oman has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Oman | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 9.57 deaths per 100 live births | 38.02 deaths per 100 live births | 28.46 deaths per 100 live births | Oman |
| 1960s | 8.37 deaths per 100 live births | 29.69 deaths per 100 live births | 21.32 deaths per 100 live births | Oman |
| 1970s | 4.48 deaths per 100 live births | 17.02 deaths per 100 live births | 12.54 deaths per 100 live births | Oman |
| 1980s | 1.88 deaths per 100 live births | 6.87 deaths per 100 live births | 4.98 deaths per 100 live births | Oman |
| 1990s | 1.34 deaths per 100 live births | 2.42 deaths per 100 live births | 1.08 deaths per 100 live births | Oman |
| 2000s | 1.05 deaths per 100 live births | 1.23 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1788 deaths per 100 live births | Oman |
| 2010s | 0.8661 deaths per 100 live births | 1.02 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1497 deaths per 100 live births | Oman |
| 2020s | 0.9072 deaths per 100 live births | 0.952 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0448 deaths per 100 live births | Oman |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality rate by sex, Costa Rica or Oman?
- Costa Rica, at 0.9528 deaths per 100 live births against 0.9347 deaths per 100 live births in Oman as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality rate by sex between Costa Rica and Oman?
- 0.0181 deaths per 100 live births, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Oman?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1959 to 2024.
- How do Costa Rica and Oman rank globally for child mortality rate by sex?
- Costa Rica ranks 120th and Oman ranks 121st 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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About this data
Estimated number of deaths of female children aged under five years, per 100 live births .