What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Bhutan and Costa Rica?

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

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

36 years are reported by both, from 1989 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, neonatal (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Bhutan vs Costa Rica: Mortality rate, neonatal

Bhutan

7.3 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Costa Rica

7.3 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Bhutan rank

105th

Costa Rica rank

105th

Mortality rate, neonatal over time

Bhutan
Costa Rica

How they compare

Bhutan currently reports 7.3 per 1,000 live births against 7.3 per 1,000 live births in Costa Rica, a difference of 0 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 36 shared years of data; in 1989 it was Bhutan ahead.

Bhutan ranks 105th and Costa Rica ranks 105th of 197 countries.

Bhutan has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bhutan	Costa Rica	Difference	Ahead
1980s	43.3 per 1,000 live births	9.2 per 1,000 live births	34.1 per 1,000 live births	Bhutan
1990s	37.29 per 1,000 live births	8.49 per 1,000 live births	28.8 per 1,000 live births	Bhutan
2000s	26.21 per 1,000 live births	7.12 per 1,000 live births	19.09 per 1,000 live births	Bhutan
2010s	15 per 1,000 live births	6.31 per 1,000 live births	8.69 per 1,000 live births	Bhutan
2020s	8.18 per 1,000 live births	6.82 per 1,000 live births	1.36 per 1,000 live births	Bhutan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, neonatal, Bhutan or Costa Rica?: Bhutan, at 7.3 per 1,000 live births against 7.3 per 1,000 live births in Costa Rica as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Bhutan and Costa Rica?: 0 per 1,000 live births, with Bhutan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bhutan and Costa Rica?: 36 years are reported by both, from 1989 to 2024.
How do Bhutan and Costa Rica rank globally for mortality rate, neonatal?: Bhutan ranks 105th and Costa Rica ranks 105th 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, neonatal (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, neonatal (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, 11,751 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 03 September 2026

Neonatal mortality rate is the number of neonates dying before reaching 28 days of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.