Barbados vs Costa Rica: Infant mortality rate by sex
Barbados
0.8338 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Costa Rica
0.8345 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Barbados rank
120th
Costa Rica rank
119th
Infant mortality rate by sex over time
- Barbados
- Costa Rica
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 0.8345 deaths per 100 live births against 0.8338 deaths per 100 live births in Barbados, a difference of 0.0007 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 120th and Costa Rica ranks 119th 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 | 10.66 deaths per 100 live births | 7.99 deaths per 100 live births | 2.67 deaths per 100 live births | Barbados |
| 1960s | 4.94 deaths per 100 live births | 6.16 deaths per 100 live births | 1.22 deaths per 100 live births | Costa Rica |
| 1970s | 2.93 deaths per 100 live births | 3.58 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6495 deaths per 100 live births | Costa Rica |
| 1980s | 1.79 deaths per 100 live births | 1.58 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2125 deaths per 100 live births | Barbados |
| 1990s | 1.28 deaths per 100 live births | 1.14 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1406 deaths per 100 live births | Barbados |
| 2000s | 1.23 deaths per 100 live births | 0.8994 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3294 deaths per 100 live births | Barbados |
| 2010s | 1.08 deaths per 100 live births | 0.7533 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3286 deaths per 100 live births | Barbados |
| 2020s | 0.8877 deaths per 100 live births | 0.7936 deaths per 100 live births | 0.094 deaths per 100 live births | Barbados |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher infant mortality rate by sex, Barbados or Costa Rica?
- Costa Rica, at 0.8345 deaths per 100 live births against 0.8338 deaths per 100 live births in Barbados as of 2024.
- What is the difference in infant mortality rate by sex between Barbados and Costa Rica?
- 0.0007 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 rate by sex?
- Barbados ranks 120th and Costa Rica ranks 119th of 199 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) β processed by Our World in Data, published as Infant mortality rate 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 female children aged under one year, per 100 live births .