Barbados vs Costa Rica: Mortality rate, infant, male
Barbados
9.7 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Costa Rica
9.8 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Barbados rank
119th
Costa Rica rank
118th
Mortality rate, infant, male over time
- Barbados
- Costa Rica
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 9.8 per 1,000 live births against 9.7 per 1,000 live births in Barbados, a difference of 0.1 per 1,000 live births.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Barbados ranks 119th and Costa Rica ranks 118th of 197 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Barbados averaged higher in 5 and Costa Rica in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | Costa Rica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 59.07 per 1,000 live births | 73.43 per 1,000 live births | 14.36 per 1,000 live births | Costa Rica |
| 1970s | 35.96 per 1,000 live births | 44.49 per 1,000 live births | 8.53 per 1,000 live births | Costa Rica |
| 1980s | 21.83 per 1,000 live births | 20.54 per 1,000 live births | 1.29 per 1,000 live births | Barbados |
| 1990s | 15.07 per 1,000 live births | 14.33 per 1,000 live births | 0.74 per 1,000 live births | Barbados |
| 2000s | 14.15 per 1,000 live births | 10.96 per 1,000 live births | 3.19 per 1,000 live births | Barbados |
| 2010s | 12.62 per 1,000 live births | 8.71 per 1,000 live births | 3.91 per 1,000 live births | Barbados |
| 2020s | 10.38 per 1,000 live births | 9.2 per 1,000 live births | 1.18 per 1,000 live births | Barbados |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, infant, male, Barbados or Costa Rica?
- Costa Rica, at 9.8 per 1,000 live births against 9.7 per 1,000 live births in Barbados as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, infant, male between Barbados and Costa Rica?
- 0.1 per 1,000 live births, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Costa Rica?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Barbados and Costa Rica rank globally for mortality rate, infant, male?
- Barbados ranks 119th and Costa Rica ranks 118th of 197 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Mortality rate, infant, male (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Infant mortality rate, male is the number of male infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 male live births in a given year.