Infant health: low birthweight in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Infant health: low birthweight was 8.8 Percentage of live births in 2023. ▲ Rising
Infant health: low birthweight in Costa Rica, 2000–2023
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of live births.
Analysis
The most recent figure for infant health: low birthweight in Costa Rica is 8.8 Percentage of live births, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of up 7.3% on the previous year and up 20.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, infant health: low birthweight in Costa Rica peaked at 8.8 Percentage of live births in 2023 and was at its lowest, 6.6 Percentage of live births, in 2000.
That places Costa Rica 9th out of 41 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Infant health: low birthweight in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | Percentage of live births | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 6.6 Percentage of live births | — |
| 2001 | 6.9 Percentage of live births | +4.5% |
| 2002 | 7 Percentage of live births | +1.4% |
| 2003 | 7 Percentage of live births | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 6.7 Percentage of live births | -4.3% |
| 2005 | 6.9 Percentage of live births | +3.0% |
| 2006 | 6.9 Percentage of live births | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 7 Percentage of live births | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 7 Percentage of live births | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 6.9 Percentage of live births | -1.4% |
| 2010 | 7.3 Percentage of live births | +5.8% |
| 2011 | 7.2 Percentage of live births | -1.4% |
| 2012 | 7.3 Percentage of live births | +1.4% |
| 2013 | 7.3 Percentage of live births | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 7.3 Percentage of live births | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 7.2 Percentage of live births | -1.4% |
| 2016 | 7.3 Percentage of live births | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 7.5 Percentage of live births | +2.7% |
| 2018 | 7.2 Percentage of live births | -4.0% |
| 2019 | 7.5 Percentage of live births | +4.2% |
| 2020 | 7.1 Percentage of live births | -5.3% |
| 2021 | 8 Percentage of live births | +12.7% |
| 2022 | 8.2 Percentage of live births | +2.5% |
| 2023 | 8.8 Percentage of live births | +7.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 6.89 Percentage of live births | 6.6 Percentage of live births | 7 Percentage of live births | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.31 Percentage of live births | 7.2 Percentage of live births | 7.5 Percentage of live births | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.03 Percentage of live births | 7.1 Percentage of live births | 8.8 Percentage of live births | 4 |
Countries ranked near Costa Rica
- 6 Greece 9.8 Percentage of live births compare
- 6 Japan 9.8 Percentage of live births compare
- 6 Latvia 4.2 Percentage of live births compare
- 7 Estonia 4.1 Percentage of live births compare
- 8 Bulgaria 9.4 Percentage of live births compare
- 10 Brazil 8.7 Percentage of live births compare
- 11 United States of America 8.5 Percentage of live births compare
- 12 Portugal 8.3 Percentage of live births compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is infant health: low birthweight in Costa Rica?
- Infant health: low birthweight in Costa Rica was 8.8 Percentage of live births in 2023, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest infant health: low birthweight recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 8.8 Percentage of live births in 2023.
- What is the lowest infant health: low birthweight recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.6 Percentage of live births in 2000.
- How does Costa Rica rank for infant health: low birthweight?
- Costa Rica ranks 9th out of 41 countries with data for 2023.
- Is infant health: low birthweight rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Infant health: low birthweight. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
This dataset presents time series on the number of live births weighing less than 2500 grams as a percentage of the total number of live births. Please refer to the Sources and Methods for detailed country-specific information.