Costa Rica vs Sao Tome and Principe: Infant mortality rate by sex
Costa Rica
0.8345 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Sao Tome and Principe
0.8151 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Costa Rica rank
119th
Sao Tome and Principe rank
121st
Infant mortality rate by sex over time
- Costa Rica
- Sao Tome and Principe
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 0.8345 deaths per 100 live births against 0.8151 deaths per 100 live births in Sao Tome and Principe, a difference of 0.0194 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 60 shared years of data; in 1965 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 119th and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 121st of 199 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 1 and Sao Tome and Principe in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Sao Tome and Principe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5.98 deaths per 100 live births | 4.76 deaths per 100 live births | 1.22 deaths per 100 live births | Costa Rica |
| 1970s | 3.58 deaths per 100 live births | 4.64 deaths per 100 live births | 1.06 deaths per 100 live births | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 1980s | 1.58 deaths per 100 live births | 5.35 deaths per 100 live births | 3.77 deaths per 100 live births | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 1990s | 1.14 deaths per 100 live births | 5.62 deaths per 100 live births | 4.49 deaths per 100 live births | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 2000s | 0.8994 deaths per 100 live births | 3.29 deaths per 100 live births | 2.39 deaths per 100 live births | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 2010s | 0.7533 deaths per 100 live births | 1.45 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6971 deaths per 100 live births | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 2020s | 0.7936 deaths per 100 live births | 0.8828 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0892 deaths per 100 live births | Sao Tome and Principe |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher infant mortality rate by sex, Costa Rica or Sao Tome and Principe?
- Costa Rica, at 0.8345 deaths per 100 live births against 0.8151 deaths per 100 live births in Sao Tome and Principe as of 2024.
- What is the difference in infant mortality rate by sex between Costa Rica and Sao Tome and Principe?
- 0.0194 deaths per 100 live births, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Sao Tome and Principe?
- 60 years are reported by both, from 1965 to 2024.
- How do Costa Rica and Sao Tome and Principe rank globally for infant mortality rate by sex?
- Costa Rica ranks 119th and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 121st 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 .