Costa Rica vs El Salvador: Mortality rate, under-5, female
Costa Rica
9.5 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
El Salvador
9.1 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Costa Rica rank
118th
El Salvador rank
121st
Mortality rate, under-5, female over time
- Costa Rica
- El Salvador
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 9.5 per 1,000 live births against 9.1 per 1,000 live births in El Salvador, a difference of 0.4 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 121st 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 | 83.72 per 1,000 live births | 171.6 per 1,000 live births | 87.88 per 1,000 live births | El Salvador |
| 1970s | 44.75 per 1,000 live births | 127.86 per 1,000 live births | 83.11 per 1,000 live births | El Salvador |
| 1980s | 18.84 per 1,000 live births | 79.22 per 1,000 live births | 60.38 per 1,000 live births | El Salvador |
| 1990s | 13.37 per 1,000 live births | 41.87 per 1,000 live births | 28.5 per 1,000 live births | El Salvador |
| 2000s | 10.47 per 1,000 live births | 22.58 per 1,000 live births | 12.11 per 1,000 live births | El Salvador |
| 2010s | 8.65 per 1,000 live births | 13.5 per 1,000 live births | 4.85 per 1,000 live births | El Salvador |
| 2020s | 9.06 per 1,000 live births | 9.76 per 1,000 live births | 0.7 per 1,000 live births | El Salvador |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, female, Costa Rica or El Salvador?
- Costa Rica, at 9.5 per 1,000 live births against 9.1 per 1,000 live births in El Salvador as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, female between Costa Rica and El Salvador?
- 0.4 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, under-5, female?
- Costa Rica ranks 118th and El Salvador ranks 121st 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, under-5, female (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
Under-five mortality rate, female is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn female baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to female age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.