Costa Rica vs Denmark: Infant mortality by sex, annual growth rate
Costa Rica
2.7 % change on previous year
in 2024
Denmark
2.91 % change on previous year
in 2024
Costa Rica rank
7th
Denmark rank
6th
Infant mortality by sex, annual growth rate over time
- Costa Rica
- Denmark
How they compare
Denmark currently reports 2.91 % change on previous year against 2.7 % change on previous year in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.21 % change on previous year.
That makes Denmark's figure about 1.1 times Costa Rica's.
The two have swapped places 11 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1951 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 7th and Denmark ranks 6th of 199 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 5 and Denmark in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Denmark | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | -2.22 % change on previous year | -3.01 % change on previous year | 0.7882 % change on previous year | Costa Rica |
| 1960s | -1.63 % change on previous year | -3.79 % change on previous year | 2.16 % change on previous year | Costa Rica |
| 1970s | -9.42 % change on previous year | -5.46 % change on previous year | 3.97 % change on previous year | Denmark |
| 1980s | -3.72 % change on previous year | -1.1 % change on previous year | 2.62 % change on previous year | Denmark |
| 1990s | -2.68 % change on previous year | -4.93 % change on previous year | 2.25 % change on previous year | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | -2.52 % change on previous year | -2.94 % change on previous year | 0.4219 % change on previous year | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | -1.71 % change on previous year | -0.7132 % change on previous year | 1 % change on previous year | Denmark |
| 2020s | 3.03 % change on previous year | 1.18 % change on previous year | 1.85 % change on previous year | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher infant mortality by sex, annual growth rate, Costa Rica or Denmark?
- Denmark, at 2.91 % change on previous year against 2.7 % change on previous year in Costa Rica as of 2024.
- What is the difference in infant mortality by sex, annual growth rate between Costa Rica and Denmark?
- 0.21 % change on previous year, with Denmark ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Denmark?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1951 to 2024.
- How do Costa Rica and Denmark rank globally for infant mortality by sex, annual growth rate?
- Costa Rica ranks 7th and Denmark ranks 6th of 199 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Infant mortality by sex, annual growth rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The year-on-year percentage change in Infant mortality by sex. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.