Costa Rica vs Nicaragua: Mortality rate, infant
Costa Rica
9.1 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Nicaragua
9.4 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Costa Rica rank
118th
Nicaragua rank
116th
Mortality rate, infant over time
- Costa Rica
- Nicaragua
How they compare
Nicaragua currently reports 9.4 per 1,000 live births against 9.1 per 1,000 live births in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.3 per 1,000 live births.
Across all 65 years both countries report, Nicaragua has been ahead every year.
Costa Rica ranks 118th and Nicaragua ranks 116th of 197 countries.
Nicaragua has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Nicaragua | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 67.62 per 1,000 live births | 129.74 per 1,000 live births | 62.12 per 1,000 live births | Nicaragua |
| 1970s | 40.27 per 1,000 live births | 111.31 per 1,000 live births | 71.04 per 1,000 live births | Nicaragua |
| 1980s | 18.23 per 1,000 live births | 68.32 per 1,000 live births | 50.09 per 1,000 live births | Nicaragua |
| 1990s | 12.91 per 1,000 live births | 44.93 per 1,000 live births | 32.02 per 1,000 live births | Nicaragua |
| 2000s | 9.98 per 1,000 live births | 26.15 per 1,000 live births | 16.17 per 1,000 live births | Nicaragua |
| 2010s | 8.14 per 1,000 live births | 15.82 per 1,000 live births | 7.68 per 1,000 live births | Nicaragua |
| 2020s | 8.58 per 1,000 live births | 11.8 per 1,000 live births | 3.22 per 1,000 live births | Nicaragua |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Costa Rica or Nicaragua?
- Nicaragua, at 9.4 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 Costa Rica and Nicaragua?
- 0.3 per 1,000 live births, with Nicaragua ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Nicaragua?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Costa Rica and Nicaragua rank globally for mortality rate, infant?
- Costa Rica ranks 118th and Nicaragua ranks 116th 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.