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

Republic of Korea, at 243 against 210 in Costa Rica as of 2024.

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

33, 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?

Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org, published as Number of infant deaths, female. 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, female

Costa Rica

210

in 2024

Republic of Korea

243

in 2024

Costa Rica rank

121st

Republic of Korea rank

118th

Number of infant deaths, female over time

Costa Rica
Republic of Korea

How they compare

Republic of Korea currently reports 243 against 210 in Costa Rica, a difference of 33.

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	1,843	28,530	26,687	Republic of Korea
1970s	1,070	14,254	13,184	Republic of Korea
1980s	609.5	6,754	6,144	Republic of Korea
1990s	450.1	2,577	2,126	Republic of Korea
2000s	327.1	1,003	675.9	Republic of Korea
2010s	257.6	531.9	274.3	Republic of Korea
2020s	210.6	273.2	62.6	Republic of Korea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of infant deaths, female, Costa Rica or Republic of Korea?: Republic of Korea, at 243 against 210 in Costa Rica as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of infant deaths, female between Costa Rica and Republic of Korea?: 33, 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, female?: Costa Rica ranks 121st and Republic of Korea ranks 118th of 197 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org, published as Number of infant deaths, female. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of infant deaths, female
Source: Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 240 places, 13,304 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 03 September 2026

Number of female infants dying before reaching one year of age.