Barbados vs Costa Rica: Infant mortality by sex
Barbados
0.9742 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Costa Rica
0.9774 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Barbados rank
121st
Costa Rica rank
120th
Infant mortality by sex over time
- Barbados
- Costa Rica
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 0.9774 deaths per 100 live births against 0.9742 deaths per 100 live births in Barbados, a difference of 0.0032 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 75 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Barbados ahead.
Barbados ranks 121st and Costa Rica ranks 120th of 199 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Barbados averaged higher in 6 and Costa Rica in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | Costa Rica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 12.24 deaths per 100 live births | 9.14 deaths per 100 live births | 3.1 deaths per 100 live births | Barbados |
| 1960s | 5.91 deaths per 100 live births | 7.34 deaths per 100 live births | 1.43 deaths per 100 live births | Costa Rica |
| 1970s | 3.6 deaths per 100 live births | 4.45 deaths per 100 live births | 0.8533 deaths per 100 live births | Costa Rica |
| 1980s | 2.18 deaths per 100 live births | 2.05 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1281 deaths per 100 live births | Barbados |
| 1990s | 1.51 deaths per 100 live births | 1.43 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0731 deaths per 100 live births | Barbados |
| 2000s | 1.41 deaths per 100 live births | 1.1 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3173 deaths per 100 live births | Barbados |
| 2010s | 1.26 deaths per 100 live births | 0.872 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3913 deaths per 100 live births | Barbados |
| 2020s | 1.04 deaths per 100 live births | 0.9214 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1159 deaths per 100 live births | Barbados |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher infant mortality by sex, Barbados or Costa Rica?
- Costa Rica, at 0.9774 deaths per 100 live births against 0.9742 deaths per 100 live births in Barbados as of 2024.
- What is the difference in infant mortality by sex between Barbados and Costa Rica?
- 0.0032 deaths per 100 live births, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Costa Rica?
- 75 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2024.
- How do Barbados and Costa Rica rank globally for infant mortality by sex?
- Barbados ranks 121st and Costa Rica ranks 120th 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 Infant mortality 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 male children aged under one year, per 100 live births .