What is the difference in child mortality rate between Costa Rica and Oman?

0.01 deaths per 100 live births, with Costa Rica ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Oman?

55 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2024.

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. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Costa Rica vs Oman: Child mortality rate

Costa Rica

1.04 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Oman

1.03 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Costa Rica rank

120th

Oman rank

121st

Child mortality rate over time

Costa Rica
Oman

How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 1.04 deaths per 100 live births against 1.03 deaths per 100 live births in Oman, a difference of 0.01 deaths per 100 live births.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 55 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Oman ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 120th and Oman ranks 121st of 199 countries.

Oman has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Costa Rica	Oman	Difference	Ahead
1970s	4.94 deaths per 100 live births	17.66 deaths per 100 live births	12.72 deaths per 100 live births	Oman
1980s	2.16 deaths per 100 live births	7.35 deaths per 100 live births	5.19 deaths per 100 live births	Oman
1990s	1.51 deaths per 100 live births	2.67 deaths per 100 live births	1.16 deaths per 100 live births	Oman
2000s	1.16 deaths per 100 live births	1.35 deaths per 100 live births	0.1889 deaths per 100 live births	Oman
2010s	0.9412 deaths per 100 live births	1.12 deaths per 100 live births	0.1784 deaths per 100 live births	Oman
2020s	0.9866 deaths per 100 live births	1.05 deaths per 100 live births	0.0615 deaths per 100 live births	Oman

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher child mortality rate, Costa Rica or Oman?: Costa Rica, at 1.04 deaths per 100 live births against 1.03 deaths per 100 live births in Oman as of 2024.
What is the difference in child mortality rate between Costa Rica and Oman?: 0.01 deaths per 100 live births, with Costa Rica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Oman?: 55 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2024.
How do Costa Rica and Oman rank globally for child mortality rate?: 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. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Child mortality rate
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, 10,614 data points, 1970–2024
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

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