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

0.0339 Deaths per 1000 live births, with Costa Rica ahead.

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

45 years are reported by both, from 1979 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Neonatal mortality rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Albania vs Costa Rica: Neonatal mortality rate

Albania

0.6859 Deaths per 1000 live births

in 2023

Costa Rica

0.7198 Deaths per 1000 live births

in 2023

Albania rank

116th

Costa Rica rank

112th

Neonatal mortality rate over time

Albania
Costa Rica

How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 0.7198 Deaths per 1000 live births against 0.6859 Deaths per 1000 live births in Albania, a difference of 0.0339 Deaths per 1000 live births.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 45 shared years of data; in 1979 it was Albania ahead.

Albania ranks 116th and Costa Rica ranks 112th of 199 countries.

Albania has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Albania	Costa Rica	Difference	Ahead
1970s	2.27 Deaths per 1000 live births	1.22 Deaths per 1000 live births	1.05 Deaths per 1000 live births	Albania
1980s	1.63 Deaths per 1000 live births	1.06 Deaths per 1000 live births	0.5701 Deaths per 1000 live births	Albania
1990s	1.24 Deaths per 1000 live births	0.848 Deaths per 1000 live births	0.3942 Deaths per 1000 live births	Albania
2000s	1.03 Deaths per 1000 live births	0.7114 Deaths per 1000 live births	0.3189 Deaths per 1000 live births	Albania
2010s	0.639 Deaths per 1000 live births	0.6297 Deaths per 1000 live births	0.0093 Deaths per 1000 live births	Albania
2020s	0.7034 Deaths per 1000 live births	0.6794 Deaths per 1000 live births	0.024 Deaths per 1000 live births	Albania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher neonatal mortality rate, Albania or Costa Rica?: Costa Rica, at 0.7198 Deaths per 1000 live births against 0.6859 Deaths per 1000 live births in Albania as of 2023.
What is the difference in neonatal mortality rate between Albania and Costa Rica?: 0.0339 Deaths per 1000 live births, with Costa Rica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Albania and Costa Rica?: 45 years are reported by both, from 1979 to 2023.
How do Albania and Costa Rica rank globally for neonatal mortality rate?: Albania ranks 116th and Costa Rica ranks 112th of 199 countries.
Where does this data come from?: World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Neonatal mortality rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Neonatal mortality rate
Unit: Deaths per 1000 live births
Source: World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 199 places, 10,174 data points, 1951–2023
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

The share of newborns who die before reaching 28 days of age.