Barbados vs Costa Rica: Children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood
Barbados
0.0177 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Costa Rica
0.0176 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Barbados rank
128th
Costa Rica rank
129th
Children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood over time
- Barbados
- Costa Rica
How they compare
Barbados currently reports 0.0177 under-five deaths per woman against 0.0176 under-five deaths per woman in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.0001 under-five deaths per woman.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 76 shared years of data; in 1949 it was Barbados ahead.
Barbados ranks 128th and Costa Rica ranks 129th of 200 countries.
Across the 9 decades both report, Barbados averaged higher in 4 and Costa Rica in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | Costa Rica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 0.8527 under-five deaths per woman | 0.8305 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0222 under-five deaths per woman | Barbados |
| 1950s | 0.62 under-five deaths per woman | 0.7834 under-five deaths per woman | 0.1635 under-five deaths per woman | Costa Rica |
| 1960s | 0.2582 under-five deaths per woman | 0.5321 under-five deaths per woman | 0.2739 under-five deaths per woman | Costa Rica |
| 1970s | 0.0969 under-five deaths per woman | 0.2001 under-five deaths per woman | 0.1032 under-five deaths per woman | Costa Rica |
| 1980s | 0.042 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0751 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0331 under-five deaths per woman | Costa Rica |
| 1990s | 0.027 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0431 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0161 under-five deaths per woman | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 0.0258 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0248 under-five deaths per woman | 0.001 under-five deaths per woman | Barbados |
| 2010s | 0.0209 under-five deaths per woman | 0.017 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0039 under-five deaths per woman | Barbados |
| 2020s | 0.0181 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0162 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0019 under-five deaths per woman | Barbados |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood, Barbados or Costa Rica?
- Barbados, at 0.0177 under-five deaths per woman against 0.0176 under-five deaths per woman in Costa Rica as of 2024.
- What is the difference in children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood between Barbados and Costa Rica?
- 0.0001 under-five deaths per woman, with Barbados ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Costa Rica?
- 76 years are reported by both, from 1949 to 2024.
- How do Barbados and Costa Rica rank globally for children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood?
- Barbados ranks 128th and Costa Rica ranks 129th 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 Children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Fertility rate (average number of children per woman) multiplied by the under-five mortality rate (probability of dying before age five).