Costa Rica vs Nicaragua: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 1 per 100 live births in Costa Rica and 1.1 per 100 live births in Nicaragua, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Nicaragua, by 0.1 per 100 live births, or 1.08 times that in Costa Rica.

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deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME

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What the numbers say

Nicaragua has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1955.
In 2024, Costa Rica ranked 120 and Nicaragua ranked 118 of 200 countries, counting from the highest.
The world as a whole: 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024.

Every year

deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME

Year	Costa Rica	Nicaragua	World
2024	1	1.1	3.7
2023	1	1.4	3.8
2022	1	1.4	4
2021	1	1.4	4
2020	0.9	1.4	3.9
2019	0.9	1.4	4
2018	0.9	1.5	4
2017	0.9	1.5	4.1
2016	0.9	1.6	4.2
2015	0.9	1.7	4.3
2014	0.9	1.8	4.4
2013	1	1.9	4.5
2012	1	2.1	4.7
2011	1	2.2	5
2010	1.1	2.3	5.1
2009	1.1	2.5	5.3
2008	1.1	2.6	5.5
2007	1.1	2.7	5.7
2006	1.1	2.8	6
2005	1.1	3	6.2
2004	1.2	3.1	6.6
2003	1.2	3.2	6.8
2002	1.2	3.4	7.1
2001	1.3	3.5	7.4
2000	1.3	3.7	7.7
1999	1.4	3.9	7.9
1998	1.4	4.9	8.3
1997	1.5	4.5	8.4
1996	1.5	4.8	8.6
1995	1.5	5.1	8.8
1994	1.5	5.4	8.9
1993	1.5	5.8	9.1
1992	1.6	6.1	9.2
1991	1.6	6.5	9.3
1990	1.7	6.9	9.4
1989	1.8	7.2	9.5
1988	1.9	7.4	10
1987	2	7.6	9.9
1986	2.1	7.8	10.3
1985	2.2	8.1	10.6
1984	2.3	8.4	10.9
1983	2.3	8.8	11.1
1982	2.3	9.4	11.2
1981	2.3	10.1	11.6
1980	2.4	10.8	11.9
1979	2.7	11.7	11.9
1978	3	12.6	12.3
1977	3.4	13.5	12.6
1976	3.9	14.4	12.8
1975	4.5	15.2	13.1
1974	5.2	15.9	13.3
1973	5.8	16.4	13.5
1972	6.5	19.3	13.7
1971	7	17.1	13.9
1970	7.5	17.4	14.2
1969	7.9	17.6	14.6
1968	8.2	17.9	15
1967	8.5	18.1	15.3
1966	8.8	18.3	15.1
1965	9	18.5	15.1
1964	9.2	18.6	15.7
1963	9.2	18.8	16.2
1962	9.3	18.9	17
1961	9.4	19	18.8
1960	9.6	19.2	20.2
1959	10.1	19.3	19.9
1958	10.6	19.5	19.7
1957	11.2	19.6	20.5
1956	11.7	19.8	21.3
1955	12.1	19.9	22.3
1954	12.5	–	22.8
1953	12.7	–	23.3
1952	12.9	–	23.9
1951	13	–	24.3
1950	13.1	–	24.7
1949	13.2	–	24.9
1948	–	–	24.9
1947	–	–	25.5
1946	–	–	25.8
1945	–	–	26.7
1944	–	–	27.4
1943	–	–	27.7
1942	–	–	27.9
1941	–	–	27.8
1940	–	–	27.9
1939	–	–	28
1938	–	–	28.7
1937	–	–	28.8
1936	–	–	29.1
1935	–	–	29.5
1934	–	–	30.7
1933	–	–	30.5
1932	–	–	30.7
1931	–	–	31.4
1930	–	–	31.6
1929	–	–	32
1928	–	–	31.9
1927	–	–	31.9
1926	–	–	32.7
1925	–	–	32.4
1924	–	–	33.1
1923	–	–	33.1
1922	–	–	33.2
1921	–	–	34.2
1920	–	–	34.4
1919	–	–	35.7
1918	–	–	37.6
1917	–	–	35.3
1916	–	–	35.1
1915	–	–	35.3
1914	–	–	35.4
1913	–	–	35.1
1912	–	–	35.5
1911	–	–	36
1910	–	–	36.4
1909	–	–	36.6
1908	–	–	37.2
1907	–	–	37.4
1906	–	–	38.1
1905	–	–	38.8
1904	–	–	38.9
1903	–	–	39.5
1902	–	–	40.1
1901	–	–	40.8
1900	–	–	40.9
1899	–	–	40.8
1898	–	–	41.2
1897	–	–	41
1896	–	–	41.1
1895	–	–	41.3
1894	–	–	41.2
1893	–	–	41.2
1892	–	–	41.7
1891	–	–	41.3
1890	–	–	41.5
1889	–	–	41.2
1888	–	–	41
1887	–	–	41.1
1886	–	–	41.1
1885	–	–	41.2
1884	–	–	41.1
1883	–	–	41.4
1882	–	–	41.5
1881	–	–	41.1
1880	–	–	41.6
1879	–	–	41.1
1878	–	–	41.6
1877	–	–	41.2
1876	–	–	41.4
1875	–	–	41.5
1874	–	–	41.7
1873	–	–	41.8
1872	–	–	42.1
1871	–	–	42.2
1870	–	–	41.9
1869	–	–	42.1
1868	–	–	42.4
1867	–	–	42
1866	–	–	42.1
1865	–	–	42.3
1864	–	–	42.2
1863	–	–	42.5
1862	–	–	42.6
1861	–	–	42.9
1860	–	–	42.9
1859	–	–	43.7
1858	–	–	43.8
1857	–	–	44.2
1856	–	–	44.2
1855	–	–	44
1854	–	–	43.7
1853	–	–	43.2
1852	–	–	42.9
1851	–	–	42.4
1850	–	–	42
1849	–	–	42.3
1848	–	–	42.3
1847	–	–	42.2
1846	–	–	42.4
1845	–	–	42
1844	–	–	42.1
1843	–	–	42.1
1842	–	–	42.2
1841	–	–	42.1
1840	–	–	42.1
1839	–	–	42.1
1838	–	–	42.2
1837	–	–	42.2
1836	–	–	42.2
1835	–	–	42.2
1834	–	–	42.3
1833	–	–	42.2
1832	–	–	42.2
1831	–	–	42.2
1830	–	–	42.2
1829	–	–	42.1
1828	–	–	42.1
1827	–	–	42.1
1826	–	–	42.1
1825	–	–	42.1
1824	–	–	42.1
1823	–	–	42.1
1822	–	–	42.1
1821	–	–	42.1
1820	–	–	42.1
1819	–	–	42.2
1818	–	–	42.2
1817	–	–	42.2
1816	–	–	42.2
1815	–	–	42.2
1814	–	–	42.3
1813	–	–	42.3
1812	–	–	42.4
1811	–	–	42.4
1810	–	–	42.5
1809	–	–	42.5
1808	–	–	42.5
1807	–	–	42.5
1806	–	–	42.6
1805	–	–	42.6
1804	–	–	42.6
1803	–	–	42.6
1802	–	–	42.7
1801	–	–	42.7
1800	–	–	42.8

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The share of children who die before their fifth birthday.
Source: Gapminder (2015) and UN IGME (2025), via Our World in Data.
Ranks count the 200 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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