Brunei vs Costa Rica: Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births)
Brunei
9.9 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Costa Rica
10.4 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Brunei rank
121st
Costa Rica rank
118th
Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births) over time
- Brunei
- Costa Rica
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 10.4 per 1,000 live births against 9.9 per 1,000 live births in Brunei, a difference of 0.5 per 1,000 live births.
That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.1 times Brunei's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Brunei ranks 121st and Costa Rica ranks 118th of 197 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Brunei averaged higher in 2 and Costa Rica in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brunei | Costa Rica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 67.26 per 1,000 live births | 88.97 per 1,000 live births | 21.71 per 1,000 live births | Costa Rica |
| 1970s | 36.59 per 1,000 live births | 49.4 per 1,000 live births | 12.81 per 1,000 live births | Costa Rica |
| 1980s | 16.95 per 1,000 live births | 21.58 per 1,000 live births | 4.63 per 1,000 live births | Costa Rica |
| 1990s | 12.24 per 1,000 live births | 15.1 per 1,000 live births | 2.86 per 1,000 live births | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 9.73 per 1,000 live births | 11.64 per 1,000 live births | 1.91 per 1,000 live births | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 10.43 per 1,000 live births | 9.41 per 1,000 live births | 1.02 per 1,000 live births | Brunei |
| 2020s | 10.18 per 1,000 live births | 9.86 per 1,000 live births | 0.32 per 1,000 live births | Brunei |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, Brunei or Costa Rica?
- Costa Rica, at 10.4 per 1,000 live births against 9.9 per 1,000 live births in Brunei as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between Brunei and Costa Rica?
- 0.5 per 1,000 live births, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brunei and Costa Rica?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Brunei and Costa Rica rank globally for mortality rate, under-5?
- Brunei ranks 121st and Costa Rica ranks 118th 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 (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 is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.