Costa Rica

Child mortality in Costa Rica

Child mortality in Costa Rica: 13.2 per 100 live births in 1949 and 1 per 100 live births in 2024, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates.

Latest, 2024
1 per 100 live births
Since 1949
−12.2 per 100 live births
Rank, 2024
120 of 200
counting from the highest
World, 2024
3.7 per 100 live births
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deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME

Child mortality in Costa RicaChild mortality in Costa Rica: 13.2 per 100 live births in 1949 and 1 per 100 live births in 2024, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. The highest was 13.2 per 100 live births in 1949, the lowest 0.9 per 100 live births in 2016.
Estimates, Gapminder and UN IGMEWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 13.2 per 100 live births in 1949, the lowest 0.9 per 100 live births in 2016.

Every year

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

YearCosta RicaWorld
202413.7
202313.8
202214
202114
20200.93.9
20190.94
20180.94
20170.94.1
20160.94.2
20150.94.3
20140.94.4
201314.5
201214.7
201115
20101.15.1
20091.15.3
20081.15.5
20071.15.7
20061.16
20051.16.2
20041.26.6
20031.26.8
20021.27.1
20011.37.4
20001.37.7
19991.47.9
19981.48.3
19971.58.4
19961.58.6
19951.58.8
19941.58.9
19931.59.1
19921.69.2
19911.69.3
19901.79.4
19891.89.5
19881.910
198729.9
19862.110.3
19852.210.6
19842.310.9
19832.311.1
19822.311.2
19812.311.6
19802.411.9
19792.711.9
1978312.3
19773.412.6
19763.912.8
19754.513.1
19745.213.3
19735.813.5
19726.513.7
1971713.9
19707.514.2
19697.914.6
19688.215
19678.515.3
19668.815.1
1965915.1
19649.215.7
19639.216.2
19629.317
19619.418.8
19609.620.2
195910.119.9
195810.619.7
195711.220.5
195611.721.3
195512.122.3
195412.522.8
195312.723.3
195212.923.9
19511324.3
195013.124.7
194913.224.9
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

Good to know

  • 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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