Costa Rica vs Sao Tome and Principe: Mortality rate, infant
Costa Rica
9.1 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Sao Tome and Principe
9.2 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Costa Rica rank
118th
Sao Tome and Principe rank
117th
Mortality rate, infant over time
- Costa Rica
- Sao Tome and Principe
How they compare
Sao Tome and Principe currently reports 9.2 per 1,000 live births against 9.1 per 1,000 live births in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.1 per 1,000 live births.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 60 shared years of data; in 1965 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 118th and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 117th of 197 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 1 and Sao Tome and Principe in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Sao Tome and Principe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 65.64 per 1,000 live births | 53.18 per 1,000 live births | 12.46 per 1,000 live births | Costa Rica |
| 1970s | 40.27 per 1,000 live births | 51.92 per 1,000 live births | 11.65 per 1,000 live births | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 1980s | 18.23 per 1,000 live births | 59.73 per 1,000 live births | 41.5 per 1,000 live births | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 1990s | 12.91 per 1,000 live births | 62.47 per 1,000 live births | 49.56 per 1,000 live births | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 2000s | 9.98 per 1,000 live births | 37 per 1,000 live births | 27.02 per 1,000 live births | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 2010s | 8.14 per 1,000 live births | 16.42 per 1,000 live births | 8.28 per 1,000 live births | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 2020s | 8.58 per 1,000 live births | 9.94 per 1,000 live births | 1.36 per 1,000 live births | Sao Tome and Principe |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Costa Rica or Sao Tome and Principe?
- Sao Tome and Principe, at 9.2 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 Sao Tome and Principe?
- 0.1 per 1,000 live births, with Sao Tome and Principe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Sao Tome and Principe?
- 60 years are reported by both, from 1965 to 2024.
- How do Costa Rica and Sao Tome and Principe rank globally for mortality rate, infant?
- Costa Rica ranks 118th and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 117th 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.