What is the difference in number of child deaths between Costa Rica and Republic of Moldova?

3 deaths, with Costa Rica ahead.

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

49 years are reported by both, from 1976 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of child deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Costa Rica vs Republic of Moldova: Number of child deaths

Costa Rica

541 deaths

in 2024

Republic of Moldova

538 deaths

in 2024

Costa Rica rank

121st

Republic of Moldova rank

122nd

Number of child deaths over time

Costa Rica
Republic of Moldova

How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 541 deaths against 538 deaths in Republic of Moldova, a difference of 3 deaths.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 49 shared years of data; in 1976 it was Republic of Moldova ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 121st and Republic of Moldova ranks 122nd of 199 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Costa Rica	Republic of Moldova	Difference	Ahead
1970s	2,097 deaths	4,387 deaths	2,290 deaths	Republic of Moldova
1980s	1,695 deaths	3,865 deaths	2,170 deaths	Republic of Moldova
1990s	1,230 deaths	2,455 deaths	1,225 deaths	Republic of Moldova
2000s	871 deaths	1,136 deaths	265.4 deaths	Republic of Moldova
2010s	660.1 deaths	770.2 deaths	110.1 deaths	Republic of Moldova
2020s	544.6 deaths	558.6 deaths	14 deaths	Republic of Moldova

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of child deaths, Costa Rica or Republic of Moldova?: Costa Rica, at 541 deaths against 538 deaths in Republic of Moldova as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of child deaths between Costa Rica and Republic of Moldova?: 3 deaths, with Costa Rica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Republic of Moldova?: 49 years are reported by both, from 1976 to 2024.
How do Costa Rica and Republic of Moldova rank globally for number of child deaths?: Costa Rica ranks 121st and Republic of Moldova ranks 122nd of 199 countries.
Where does this data come from?: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of child deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of child deaths
Unit: deaths
Source: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 199 places, 11,992 data points, 1955–2024
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Estimated number of deaths of children aged under 5 .