Costa Rica vs El Salvador: Mortality rate, under-5
Costa Rica
10.4 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
El Salvador
10 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Costa Rica rank
118th
El Salvador rank
120th
Mortality rate, under-5 over time
- Costa Rica
- El Salvador
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 10.4 per 1,000 live births against 10 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 120th 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 | 88.97 per 1,000 live births | 181.81 per 1,000 live births | 92.84 per 1,000 live births | El Salvador |
| 1970s | 49.4 per 1,000 live births | 136.69 per 1,000 live births | 87.29 per 1,000 live births | El Salvador |
| 1980s | 21.58 per 1,000 live births | 85.58 per 1,000 live births | 64 per 1,000 live births | El Salvador |
| 1990s | 15.1 per 1,000 live births | 46.08 per 1,000 live births | 30.98 per 1,000 live births | El Salvador |
| 2000s | 11.64 per 1,000 live births | 25.14 per 1,000 live births | 13.5 per 1,000 live births | El Salvador |
| 2010s | 9.41 per 1,000 live births | 15.07 per 1,000 live births | 5.66 per 1,000 live births | El Salvador |
| 2020s | 9.86 per 1,000 live births | 10.82 per 1,000 live births | 0.96 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, Costa Rica or El Salvador?
- Costa Rica, at 10.4 per 1,000 live births against 10 per 1,000 live births in El Salvador as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 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?
- Costa Rica ranks 118th and El Salvador ranks 120th 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.