Costa Rica vs Sao Tome and Principe: Infant mortality rate
Costa Rica
0.9081 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Sao Tome and Principe
0.9166 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Costa Rica rank
120th
Sao Tome and Principe rank
119th
Infant mortality rate over time
- Costa Rica
- Sao Tome and Principe
How they compare
Sao Tome and Principe currently reports 0.9166 deaths per 100 live births against 0.9081 deaths per 100 live births in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.0085 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 60 shared years of data; in 1965 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 120th and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 119th 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 | 6.56 deaths per 100 live births | 5.32 deaths per 100 live births | 1.25 deaths per 100 live births | Costa Rica |
| 1970s | 4.03 deaths per 100 live births | 5.19 deaths per 100 live births | 1.17 deaths per 100 live births | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 1980s | 1.82 deaths per 100 live births | 5.97 deaths per 100 live births | 4.15 deaths per 100 live births | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 1990s | 1.29 deaths per 100 live births | 6.25 deaths per 100 live births | 4.96 deaths per 100 live births | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 2000s | 1 deaths per 100 live births | 3.7 deaths per 100 live births | 2.7 deaths per 100 live births | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 2010s | 0.814 deaths per 100 live births | 1.64 deaths per 100 live births | 0.8292 deaths per 100 live births | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 2020s | 0.8592 deaths per 100 live births | 0.9917 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1325 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, Costa Rica or Sao Tome and Principe?
- Sao Tome and Principe, at 0.9166 deaths per 100 live births against 0.9081 deaths per 100 live births in Costa Rica as of 2024.
- What is the difference in infant mortality rate between Costa Rica and Sao Tome and Principe?
- 0.0085 deaths per 100 live births, with Sao Tome and Principe 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?
- Costa Rica ranks 120th and Sao Tome and Principe 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. 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 children aged under one year, per 100 live births .