Costa Rica vs El Salvador: Mortality rate, infant
Costa Rica
9.1 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
El Salvador
8.8 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Costa Rica rank
118th
El Salvador rank
120th
Mortality rate, infant over time
- Costa Rica
- El Salvador
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 9.1 per 1,000 live births against 8.8 per 1,000 live births in El Salvador, a difference of 0.3 per 1,000 live births.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was El Salvador ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 118th and El Salvador ranks 120th of 197 countries.
El Salvador has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | El Salvador | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 67.62 per 1,000 live births | 127.26 per 1,000 live births | 59.64 per 1,000 live births | El Salvador |
| 1970s | 40.27 per 1,000 live births | 101.66 per 1,000 live births | 61.39 per 1,000 live births | El Salvador |
| 1980s | 18.23 per 1,000 live births | 65.63 per 1,000 live births | 47.4 per 1,000 live births | El Salvador |
| 1990s | 12.91 per 1,000 live births | 37.11 per 1,000 live births | 24.2 per 1,000 live births | El Salvador |
| 2000s | 9.98 per 1,000 live births | 20.91 per 1,000 live births | 10.93 per 1,000 live births | El Salvador |
| 2010s | 8.14 per 1,000 live births | 12.94 per 1,000 live births | 4.8 per 1,000 live births | El Salvador |
| 2020s | 8.58 per 1,000 live births | 9.5 per 1,000 live births | 0.92 per 1,000 live births | El Salvador |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Costa Rica or El Salvador?
- Costa Rica, at 9.1 per 1,000 live births against 8.8 per 1,000 live births in El Salvador as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Costa Rica and El Salvador?
- 0.3 per 1,000 live births, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and El Salvador?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Costa Rica and El Salvador rank globally for mortality rate, infant?
- Costa Rica ranks 118th and El Salvador ranks 120th 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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About this data
Infant mortality rate is the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.