Costa Rica vs Nicaragua: Infant mortality by sex

Costa Rica
0.9774 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Nicaragua
1.04 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Costa Rica rank
120th
Nicaragua rank
117th

Infant mortality by sex over time

  • Costa Rica
  • Nicaragua
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How they compare

Nicaragua currently reports 1.04 deaths per 100 live births against 0.9774 deaths per 100 live births in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.0626 deaths per 100 live births.

That makes Nicaragua's figure about 1.1 times Costa Rica's.

Across all 70 years both countries report, Nicaragua has been ahead every year.

Costa Rica ranks 120th and Nicaragua ranks 117th of 199 countries.

Nicaragua has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica Nicaragua Difference Ahead
1950s 8.63 deaths per 100 live births 14.81 deaths per 100 live births 6.18 deaths per 100 live births Nicaragua
1960s 7.34 deaths per 100 live births 14.05 deaths per 100 live births 6.71 deaths per 100 live births Nicaragua
1970s 4.45 deaths per 100 live births 12.1 deaths per 100 live births 7.65 deaths per 100 live births Nicaragua
1980s 2.05 deaths per 100 live births 7.47 deaths per 100 live births 5.42 deaths per 100 live births Nicaragua
1990s 1.43 deaths per 100 live births 4.94 deaths per 100 live births 3.51 deaths per 100 live births Nicaragua
2000s 1.1 deaths per 100 live births 2.9 deaths per 100 live births 1.81 deaths per 100 live births Nicaragua
2010s 0.872 deaths per 100 live births 1.76 deaths per 100 live births 0.888 deaths per 100 live births Nicaragua
2020s 0.9214 deaths per 100 live births 1.31 deaths per 100 live births 0.3895 deaths per 100 live births Nicaragua

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher infant mortality by sex, Costa Rica or Nicaragua?
Nicaragua, at 1.04 deaths per 100 live births against 0.9774 deaths per 100 live births in Costa Rica as of 2024.
What is the difference in infant mortality by sex between Costa Rica and Nicaragua?
0.0626 deaths per 100 live births, with Nicaragua ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Nicaragua?
70 years are reported by both, from 1955 to 2024.
How do Costa Rica and Nicaragua rank globally for infant mortality by sex?
Costa Rica ranks 120th and Nicaragua ranks 117th 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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Indicator
Infant mortality by sex
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, 12,987 data points, 1950–2024
Last refreshed

Estimated number of deaths of male children aged under one year, per 100 live births .