Costa Rica vs Tunisia: Infant mortality by sex
Costa Rica
0.9774 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Tunisia
1.04 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Costa Rica rank
120th
Tunisia rank
118th
Infant mortality by sex over time
- Costa Rica
- Tunisia
How they compare
Tunisia 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 Tunisia's figure about 1.1 times Costa Rica's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, Tunisia has been ahead every year.
Costa Rica ranks 120th and Tunisia ranks 118th of 199 countries.
Tunisia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Tunisia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7.27 deaths per 100 live births | 14.97 deaths per 100 live births | 7.69 deaths per 100 live births | Tunisia |
| 1970s | 4.45 deaths per 100 live births | 9.48 deaths per 100 live births | 5.03 deaths per 100 live births | Tunisia |
| 1980s | 2.05 deaths per 100 live births | 5.22 deaths per 100 live births | 3.17 deaths per 100 live births | Tunisia |
| 1990s | 1.43 deaths per 100 live births | 3.45 deaths per 100 live births | 2.02 deaths per 100 live births | Tunisia |
| 2000s | 1.1 deaths per 100 live births | 2.15 deaths per 100 live births | 1.06 deaths per 100 live births | Tunisia |
| 2010s | 0.872 deaths per 100 live births | 1.71 deaths per 100 live births | 0.8427 deaths per 100 live births | Tunisia |
| 2020s | 0.9214 deaths per 100 live births | 1.23 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3119 deaths per 100 live births | Tunisia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher infant mortality by sex, Costa Rica or Tunisia?
- Tunisia, 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 Tunisia?
- 0.0626 deaths per 100 live births, with Tunisia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Tunisia?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1962 to 2024.
- How do Costa Rica and Tunisia rank globally for infant mortality by sex?
- Costa Rica ranks 120th and Tunisia ranks 118th 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 .