Costa Rica vs Sri Lanka: Maternal mortality rate who mdb

Costa Rica
0.1486
in 2022
Sri Lanka
0.1697
in 2019
Costa Rica rank
54th
Sri Lanka rank
51st

Maternal mortality rate who mdb over time

  • Costa Rica
  • Sri Lanka
051015195519882022

How they compare

Sri Lanka currently reports 0.1697 against 0.1486 in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.0211.

That makes Sri Lanka's figure about 1.1 times Costa Rica's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 36 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Sri Lanka ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 54th and Sri Lanka ranks 51st of 111 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 3 and Sri Lanka in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica Sri Lanka Difference Ahead
1960s 7.65 8.86 1.2 Sri Lanka
1970s 1.82 2.8 0.9772 Sri Lanka
1980s 1 1.46 0.4571 Sri Lanka
1990s 0.5148 0.418 0.0967 Costa Rica
2000s 0.5052 0.2693 0.2359 Costa Rica
2010s 0.3356 0.1523 0.1833 Costa Rica

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher maternal mortality rate who mdb, Costa Rica or Sri Lanka?
Sri Lanka, at 0.1697 against 0.1486 in Costa Rica as of 2019.
What is the difference in maternal mortality rate who mdb between Costa Rica and Sri Lanka?
0.0211, with Sri Lanka ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Sri Lanka?
36 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2019.
How do Costa Rica and Sri Lanka rank globally for maternal mortality rate who mdb?
Costa Rica ranks 54th and Sri Lanka ranks 51st of 111 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Our World in Data, published as Maternal mortality rate who mdb. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Maternal mortality rate who mdb
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
111 places, 4,924 data points, 1950–2024
Last refreshed