What is the difference in stillbirth rate between Barbados and Costa Rica?

0.0167 deaths per 100 births, with Costa Rica ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Costa Rica?

24 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Stillbirth rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Barbados vs Costa Rica: Stillbirth rate

Barbados

0.433 deaths per 100 births

in 2023

Costa Rica

0.4497 deaths per 100 births

in 2023

Barbados rank

144th

Costa Rica rank

141st

Stillbirth rate over time

Barbados
Costa Rica

How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 0.4497 deaths per 100 births against 0.433 deaths per 100 births in Barbados, a difference of 0.0167 deaths per 100 births.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 24 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Barbados ahead.

Barbados ranks 144th and Costa Rica ranks 141st of 196 countries.

Barbados has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Barbados	Costa Rica	Difference	Ahead
2000s	0.6008 deaths per 100 births	0.5034 deaths per 100 births	0.0974 deaths per 100 births	Barbados
2010s	0.5049 deaths per 100 births	0.4644 deaths per 100 births	0.0405 deaths per 100 births	Barbados
2020s	0.4415 deaths per 100 births	0.434 deaths per 100 births	0.0075 deaths per 100 births	Barbados

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher stillbirth rate, Barbados or Costa Rica?: Costa Rica, at 0.4497 deaths per 100 births against 0.433 deaths per 100 births in Barbados as of 2023.
What is the difference in stillbirth rate between Barbados and Costa Rica?: 0.0167 deaths per 100 births, with Costa Rica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Costa Rica?: 24 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2023.
How do Barbados and Costa Rica rank globally for stillbirth rate?: Barbados ranks 144th and Costa Rica ranks 141st of 196 countries.
Where does this data come from?: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Stillbirth rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator: Stillbirth rate
Unit: deaths per 100 births
Source: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 199 places, 4,776 data points, 2000–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The estimated number of stillbirths, per 100 total births.