What is the difference in number of child deaths, per capita between Costa Rica and Malaysia?

0 deaths per person, with Costa Rica ahead.

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

65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

Statizoid (derived), published as Number of child deaths, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Costa Rica vs Malaysia: Number of child deaths, per capita

Costa Rica

0.0001 deaths per person

in 2024

Malaysia

0.0001 deaths per person

in 2024

Costa Rica rank

131st

Malaysia rank

132nd

Number of child deaths, per capita over time

Costa Rica
Malaysia

How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 0.0001 deaths per person against 0.0001 deaths per person in Malaysia, a difference of 0 deaths per person.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Costa Rica ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 131st and Malaysia ranks 132nd of 195 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 6 and Malaysia in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Costa Rica	Malaysia	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.0035 deaths per person	0.0028 deaths per person	0.0007 deaths per person	Costa Rica
1970s	0.0015 deaths per person	0.0014 deaths per person	0.0001 deaths per person	Costa Rica
1980s	0.0006 deaths per person	0.0007 deaths per person	0 deaths per person	Malaysia
1990s	0.0004 deaths per person	0.0003 deaths per person	0 deaths per person	Costa Rica
2000s	0.0002 deaths per person	0.0002 deaths per person	0 deaths per person	Costa Rica
2010s	0.0001 deaths per person	0.0001 deaths per person	0 deaths per person	Costa Rica
2020s	0.0001 deaths per person	0.0001 deaths per person	0 deaths per person	Costa Rica

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of child deaths, per capita, Costa Rica or Malaysia?: Costa Rica, at 0.0001 deaths per person against 0.0001 deaths per person in Malaysia as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of child deaths, per capita between Costa Rica and Malaysia?: 0 deaths per person, with Costa Rica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Malaysia?: 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Costa Rica and Malaysia rank globally for number of child deaths, per capita?: Costa Rica ranks 131st and Malaysia ranks 132nd of 195 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Statizoid (derived), published as Number of child deaths, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of child deaths, per capita
Unit: deaths per person
Source: Statizoid (derived)
Licence: Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage: 195 places, 11,379 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 12 September 2026

Number of child deaths divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.