Costa Rica vs Tunisia: Infant mortality rate by sex

Costa Rica
0.8345 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Tunisia
0.9082 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Costa Rica rank
119th
Tunisia rank
117th

Infant mortality rate by sex over time

  • Costa Rica
  • Tunisia
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How they compare

Tunisia currently reports 0.9082 deaths per 100 live births against 0.8345 deaths per 100 live births in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.0737 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 119th and Tunisia ranks 117th 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 6.1 deaths per 100 live births 13.01 deaths per 100 live births 6.91 deaths per 100 live births Tunisia
1970s 3.58 deaths per 100 live births 8.15 deaths per 100 live births 4.57 deaths per 100 live births Tunisia
1980s 1.58 deaths per 100 live births 4.42 deaths per 100 live births 2.84 deaths per 100 live births Tunisia
1990s 1.14 deaths per 100 live births 2.84 deaths per 100 live births 1.7 deaths per 100 live births Tunisia
2000s 0.8994 deaths per 100 live births 1.78 deaths per 100 live births 0.8817 deaths per 100 live births Tunisia
2010s 0.7533 deaths per 100 live births 1.46 deaths per 100 live births 0.702 deaths per 100 live births Tunisia
2020s 0.7936 deaths per 100 live births 1.07 deaths per 100 live births 0.2779 deaths per 100 live births Tunisia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher infant mortality rate by sex, Costa Rica or Tunisia?
Tunisia, at 0.9082 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 Tunisia?
0.0737 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 rate by sex?
Costa Rica ranks 119th and Tunisia 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 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 .