Which has higher number of infant deaths, Costa Rica or Republic of Korea?

Republic of Korea, at 556 against 468 in Costa Rica as of 2024.

What is the difference in number of infant deaths between Costa Rica and Republic of Korea?

88, with Republic of Korea ahead.

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

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

Where does this data come from?

UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Number of infant deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Costa Rica vs Republic of Korea: Number of infant deaths

Costa Rica

468

in 2024

Republic of Korea

556

in 2024

Costa Rica rank

121st

Republic of Korea rank

118th

Number of infant deaths over time

Costa Rica
Republic of Korea

How they compare

Republic of Korea currently reports 556 against 468 in Costa Rica, a difference of 88.

That makes Republic of Korea's figure about 1.2 times Costa Rica's.

Across all 65 years both countries report, Republic of Korea has been ahead every year.

Costa Rica ranks 121st and Republic of Korea ranks 118th of 197 countries.

Republic of Korea has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Costa Rica	Republic of Korea	Difference	Ahead
1960s	4,143	63,380	59,237	Republic of Korea
1970s	2,465	32,041	29,576	Republic of Korea
1980s	1,444	15,443	13,998	Republic of Korea
1990s	1,047	5,963	4,916	Republic of Korea
2000s	745.6	2,242	1,496	Republic of Korea
2010s	569	1,199	630	Republic of Korea
2020s	466	624.2	158.2	Republic of Korea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of infant deaths, Costa Rica or Republic of Korea?: Republic of Korea, at 556 against 468 in Costa Rica as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of infant deaths between Costa Rica and Republic of Korea?: 88, with Republic of Korea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Republic of Korea?: 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Costa Rica and Republic of Korea rank globally for number of infant deaths?: Costa Rica ranks 121st and Republic of Korea 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 Number of infant deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of infant deaths
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 244 places, 13,444 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 03 September 2026

Number of infants dying before reaching one year of age.