Costa Rica vs Nicaragua: Infant mortality rate by sex

Costa Rica
0.8345 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Nicaragua
0.8396 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Costa Rica rank
119th
Nicaragua rank
118th

Infant mortality rate by sex over time

  • Costa Rica
  • Nicaragua
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How they compare

Nicaragua currently reports 0.8396 deaths per 100 live births against 0.8345 deaths per 100 live births in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.0051 deaths per 100 live births.

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

Costa Rica ranks 119th and Nicaragua ranks 118th 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 7.52 deaths per 100 live births 12.54 deaths per 100 live births 5.02 deaths per 100 live births Nicaragua
1960s 6.16 deaths per 100 live births 11.83 deaths per 100 live births 5.68 deaths per 100 live births Nicaragua
1970s 3.58 deaths per 100 live births 10.11 deaths per 100 live births 6.53 deaths per 100 live births Nicaragua
1980s 1.58 deaths per 100 live births 6.16 deaths per 100 live births 4.58 deaths per 100 live births Nicaragua
1990s 1.14 deaths per 100 live births 4.02 deaths per 100 live births 2.88 deaths per 100 live births Nicaragua
2000s 0.8994 deaths per 100 live births 2.31 deaths per 100 live births 1.41 deaths per 100 live births Nicaragua
2010s 0.7533 deaths per 100 live births 1.39 deaths per 100 live births 0.641 deaths per 100 live births Nicaragua
2020s 0.7936 deaths per 100 live births 1.05 deaths per 100 live births 0.2517 deaths per 100 live births Nicaragua

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher infant mortality rate by sex, Costa Rica or Nicaragua?
Nicaragua, at 0.8396 deaths per 100 live births against 0.8345 deaths per 100 live births in Costa Rica as of 2024.
What is the difference in infant mortality rate by sex between Costa Rica and Nicaragua?
0.0051 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 rate by sex?
Costa Rica ranks 119th and Nicaragua 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 rate by sex. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Infant mortality rate 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 female children aged under one year, per 100 live births .