What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Barbados and Costa Rica?

0 per 1,000 live births, with Barbados ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Costa Rica?

65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Barbados vs Costa Rica: Mortality rate, infant

Barbados

9.1 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Costa Rica

9.1 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Barbados rank

118th

Costa Rica rank

118th

Mortality rate, infant over time

Barbados
Costa Rica

How they compare

Barbados currently reports 9.1 per 1,000 live births against 9.1 per 1,000 live births in Costa Rica, a difference of 0 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 118th 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	54.35 per 1,000 live births	67.62 per 1,000 live births	13.27 per 1,000 live births	Costa Rica
1970s	32.74 per 1,000 live births	40.27 per 1,000 live births	7.53 per 1,000 live births	Costa Rica
1980s	19.93 per 1,000 live births	18.23 per 1,000 live births	1.7 per 1,000 live births	Barbados
1990s	13.97 per 1,000 live births	12.91 per 1,000 live births	1.06 per 1,000 live births	Barbados
2000s	13.23 per 1,000 live births	9.98 per 1,000 live births	3.25 per 1,000 live births	Barbados
2010s	11.77 per 1,000 live births	8.14 per 1,000 live births	3.63 per 1,000 live births	Barbados
2020s	9.64 per 1,000 live births	8.58 per 1,000 live births	1.06 per 1,000 live births	Barbados

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Barbados or Costa Rica?: Barbados, at 9.1 per 1,000 live births against 9.1 per 1,000 live births in Costa Rica as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Barbados and Costa Rica?: 0 per 1,000 live births, with Barbados 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?: Barbados ranks 118th 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 (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births)
Unit: per 1,000 live births
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 244 places, 13,515 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 03 September 2026

Infant mortality rate is the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.