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Costa Rica - Infant Mortality Rate 1980

Name: Costa Rica Infant Mortality Rate 1980
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Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births · World Bank

20.5 −1.6 from 1979 Global rank: 38th

Costa Rica's infant mortality rate was 20.5 in 1980, decreased +1.6 from 22.1 in 1979. This was the 38th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1980▾

Infant Mortality Rate by Country - 1980
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Finland	7.2	-5.3%
2nd	Sweden	7.2	-2.7%
3rd	Japan	7.4	-5.1%
4th	Iceland	7.9	-6.0%
5th	Norway	8.1	-3.6%
6th	Denmark	8.2	-3.5%
7th	Switzerland	8.4	-3.4%
8th	Netherlands	8.8	-2.2%
9th	France	10.1	-3.8%
10th	Canada	10.3	-6.4%
11th	Australia	10.8	-4.4%
12th	Luxembourg	11.3	-3.4%
13th	Ireland	11.9	-8.5%
14th	Singapore	11.9	-1.7%
15th	United Kingdom	12.1	-4.7%
16th	Belgium	12.2	-3.9%
17th	Spain	12.4	-8.1%
18th	Germany	12.6	-6.7%
19th	United States	12.6	-3.8%
20th	New Zealand	12.8	-3.0%
21st	Antigua and Barbuda	13.0	-6.5%
22nd	Austria	13.9	-4.8%
23rd	Italy	14.2	-6.0%
24th	Czechia	14.6	-5.8%
25th	Malta	15.0	-3.8%
26th	Latvia	15.3	0.7%
27th	Israel	15.5	-5.5%
28th	Lithuania	16.0	-3.6%
29th	Belarus	16.7	-2.3%
30th	Brunei Darussalam	16.7	-7.7%
31st	Greece	17.4	-6.5%
32nd	Estonia	17.6	-
33rd	Cuba	18.2	-5.2%
34th	Dominica	19.2	-5.0%
35th	Bulgaria	19.6	-4.9%
36th	Cyprus	19.7	-10.0%
37th	Slovak Republic	19.7	-3.9%
38th	Costa Rica	20.5	-7.2%
39th	Poland	21.1	-2.8%
40th	Hungary	21.4	-6.1%
41st	Russian Federation	21.6	-0.9%
42nd	Seychelles	22.1	-8.7%
43rd	Portugal	22.7	-7.7%
44th	Malaysia	23.0	-6.5%
45th	Barbados	23.7	-5.2%
46th	Tonga	24.1	-3.6%
47th	Ukraine	24.3	-2.0%
48th	Bahamas, The	24.9	-1.6%
49th	St. Lucia	25.2	-6.0%
50th	United Arab Emirates	26.2	-10.0%
51st	Chile	28.0	-11.1%
52nd	Grenada	28.0	-3.1%
53rd	British Virgin Islands	28.0	-2.4%
54th	Korea	28.2	-5.4%
55th	Turks and Caicos Islands	28.3	-6.6%
56th	Romania	28.5	-3.4%
57th	Bahrain	28.7	-6.5%
58th	Qatar	30.0	-4.8%
59th	Kuwait	30.4	-7.9%
60th	Mauritius	32.2	-5.0%
61st	Jamaica	32.7	-3.0%
62nd	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	33.0	-3.8%
63rd	Sri Lanka	33.2	-7.0%
64th	Samoa	33.2	-4.3%
65th	Panama	33.6	-2.6%
66th	Fiji	33.8	-5.1%
67th	Uruguay	35.5	-10.1%
68th	Argentina	36.4	-8.3%
69th	Trinidad and Tobago	36.8	-2.6%
70th	Palau	39.0	-4.2%
71st	Solomon Islands	39.4	-4.6%
72nd	Moldova	41.3	-2.6%
73rd	St. Kitts and Nevis	41.7	-4.4%
74th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	41.9	-8.9%
75th	Colombia	46.0	-5.5%
76th	Jordan	46.3	-4.1%
77th	Georgia	47.5	-3.7%
78th	Viet Nam	47.9	-1.6%
79th	Syrian Arab Republic	48.3	-4.9%
80th	China	48.8	-4.7%
81st	Marshall Islands	49.0	-1.4%
82nd	Thailand	49.6	-4.4%
83rd	Belize	50.4	-3.6%
84th	Micronesia, Federated States of	50.4	-1.8%
85th	Vanuatu	51.6	-5.5%
86th	Philippines	52.0	-0.8%
87th	Paraguay	52.7	-2.6%
88th	Tuvalu	52.8	-3.8%
89th	Libya	53.0	-4.8%
90th	São Tomé and Principe	53.6	0.9%
91st	Lebanon	53.9	-2.9%
92nd	Cabo Verde	55.2	-1.8%
93rd	Albania	56.1	-8.5%
94th	Iraq	57.3	-3.4%
95th	Mexico	58.2	-4.0%
96th	Guyana	59.0	-0.5%
97th	Botswana	60.3	-5.0%
98th	Tunisia	60.6	-6.0%
99th	Kazakhstan	61.6	-2.8%
100th	Congo, Republic of	63.3	-1.6%
101st	Dominican Republic	66.2	-3.1%
102nd	Kenya	68.5	-2.6%
103rd	Armenia	68.8	-4.0%
104th	West Bank and Gaza	69.1	-5.9%
105th	Ecuador	70.1	-4.4%
106th	Namibia	70.5	0.9%
107th	Honduras	70.6	-4.3%
108th	Gabon	71.9	-2.4%
109th	Zimbabwe	73.6	-0.4%
110th	Brazil	76.5	-4.1%
111th	Papua New Guinea	78.9	-2.6%
112th	Zambia	82.4	1.2%
113th	Nicaragua	82.8	-5.5%
114th	Eswatini	84.3	-3.8%
115th	Saudi Arabia	85.4	-6.7%
116th	Oman	85.6	-8.4%
117th	Indonesia	86.5	-2.3%
118th	Kyrgyz Republic	86.6	-3.3%
119th	South Africa	87.9	-5.6%
120th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	88.0	-7.0%
121st	El Salvador	88.3	4.9%
122nd	Peru	88.8	-1.6%
123rd	Guatemala	89.2	-3.4%
124th	Sudan	89.2	-0.2%
125th	Kiribati	89.4	-1.0%
126th	Ghana	89.6	-1.2%
127th	Eritrea	92.3	-0.6%
128th	Uzbekistan	94.1	-5.9%
129th	Madagascar	95.2	1.8%
130th	Mongolia	95.4	-
131st	Tajikistan	95.6	-0.5%
132nd	Senegal	96.7	-2.5%
133rd	Mauritania	97.5	-2.3%
134th	Morocco	98.9	-4.1%
135th	Togo	99.7	-2.0%
136th	Türkiye	102.5	-4.1%
137th	Lesotho	103.2	-4.3%
138th	Tanzania	103.9	0.1%
139th	Myanmar	104.2	-1.6%
140th	Djibouti	104.6	-1.5%
141st	Turkmenistan	106.3	-4.0%
142nd	Nigeria	106.8	-2.3%
143rd	Cameroon	107.1	-2.2%
144th	Algeria	107.7	-7.0%
145th	India	108.4	-3.0%
146th	Côte d'Ivoire	111.6	-2.8%
147th	Burundi	112.8	-3.2%
148th	Central African Republic	113.5	-1.0%
149th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	113.7	-1.3%
150th	Benin	115.2	-1.7%
151st	Rwanda	115.9	-5.9%
152nd	Egypt, Arab Republic of	118.4	-4.1%
153rd	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	119.0	-2.5%
154th	Maldives	120.8	-5.3%
155th	Cambodia	122.1	-11.2%
156th	Burkina Faso	123.8	-2.7%
157th	Gambia, The	125.2	-1.7%
158th	Comoros	126.7	-2.6%
159th	Uganda	126.9	1.4%
160th	Pakistan	127.1	-0.6%
161st	Angola	127.6	-
162nd	Haiti	130.1	-2.7%
163rd	Chad	130.1	-0.8%
164th	Malawi	131.7	-2.7%
165th	Bangladesh	132.7	-2.3%
166th	Lao PDR	133.2	-1.4%
167th	Niger	140.5	-1.2%
168th	Bhutan	141.2	-3.3%
169th	Sierra Leone	141.2	-0.6%
170th	Nepal	144.0	-2.7%
171st	Mozambique	150.8	0.4%
172nd	Yemen, Republic of	150.8	-5.2%
173rd	Mali	155.6	-2.4%
174th	South Sudan	157.2	-0.7%
175th	Liberia	157.4	-1.5%
176th	Guinea	160.2	-1.7%
177th	Afghanistan	188.8	-2.1%

FAQ

What was Costa Rica's infant mortality rate in 1980?▾

Costa Rica's infant mortality rate in 1980 was 20.5. This ranked 38th globally.

How did Costa Rica's infant mortality rate change in 1980?▾

Costa Rica's infant mortality rate decreased by 7.2% in 1980 compared to 1979.

Which country had the highest infant mortality rate in 1980?▾

Afghanistan had the highest infant mortality rate in 1980 at 188.8.

What is the infant mortality rate of Costa Rica in 1980?▾

The infant mortality rate of Costa Rica in 1980 was 20.5. This ranked 38th globally.

How does 1980 compare to 1979 for Costa Rica's infant mortality rate?▾

Costa Rica's infant mortality rate went from 22.1 in 1979 to 20.5 in 1980, a 7.2% decrease.

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