Argentina vs Belgium: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 1 per 100 live births in Argentina and 0.4 per 100 live births in Belgium, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Argentina, by 0.6 per 100 live births, or 2.57 times that in Belgium.

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

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What the numbers say

Argentina has been higher since 1946, when it overtook Belgium.
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	Argentina	Belgium	World
2024	1	0.4	3.7
2023	1	0.4	3.8
2022	1	0.4	4
2021	1	0.4	4
2020	1	0.4	3.9
2019	1.1	0.4	4
2018	1.1	0.4	4
2017	1.1	0.4	4.1
2016	1.1	0.4	4.2
2015	1.2	0.4	4.3
2014	1.2	0.4	4.4
2013	1.3	0.4	4.5
2012	1.3	0.4	4.7
2011	1.4	0.4	5
2010	1.4	0.5	5.1
2009	1.5	0.5	5.3
2008	1.5	0.5	5.5
2007	1.6	0.5	5.7
2006	1.6	0.5	6
2005	1.7	0.5	6.2
2004	1.7	0.5	6.6
2003	1.8	0.5	6.8
2002	1.8	0.6	7.1
2001	1.9	0.6	7.4
2000	1.9	0.6	7.7
1999	2	0.6	7.9
1998	2.1	0.6	8.3
1997	2.2	0.7	8.4
1996	2.3	0.7	8.6
1995	2.4	0.8	8.8
1994	2.5	0.8	8.9
1993	2.7	0.9	9.1
1992	2.8	0.9	9.2
1991	2.8	1	9.3
1990	2.9	1	9.4
1989	2.9	1	9.5
1988	2.9	1.1	10
1987	2.9	1.1	9.9
1986	3	1.1	10.3
1985	3.1	1.2	10.6
1984	3.2	1.2	10.9
1983	3.4	1.3	11.1
1982	3.7	1.3	11.2
1981	3.9	1.4	11.6
1980	4.3	1.5	11.9
1979	4.7	1.5	11.9
1978	5.1	1.6	12.3
1977	5.6	1.7	12.6
1976	6	1.8	12.8
1975	6.3	1.9	13.1
1974	6.6	2	13.3
1973	6.8	2.1	13.5
1972	7	2.2	13.7
1971	7.1	2.3	13.9
1970	7.2	2.4	14.2
1969	7.3	2.5	14.6
1968	5.8	2.6	15
1967	5.9	2.6	15.3
1966	5.9	2.7	15.1
1965	5.8	2.8	15.1
1964	5.8	2.9	15.7
1963	–	3	16.2
1962	–	3.1	17
1961	–	3.3	18.8
1960	–	3.4	20.2
1959	–	3.6	19.9
1958	8.3	3.8	19.7
1957	9.4	4	20.5
1956	7.7	4.3	21.3
1955	8.4	4.5	22.3
1954	8.1	4.8	22.8
1953	8.6	5.1	23.3
1952	8.9	5.4	23.9
1951	9.2	5.7	24.3
1950	9.4	6	24.7
1949	9.2	6.4	24.9
1948	9.5	6.8	24.9
1947	11	7.8	25.5
1946	10.4	9.4	25.8
1945	11.7	11.8	26.7
1944	11.5	10.2	27.4
1943	11.4	9.8	27.7
1942	12.4	10.4	27.9
1941	12.2	10.4	27.8
1940	13.1	10.7	27.9
1939	13.1	10	28
1938	15.5	10.2	28.7
1937	14	10.3	28.8
1936	14.4	10.5	29.1
1935	16	10.3	29.5
1934	14.4	10	30.7
1933	12.6	11.2	30.5
1932	14	11.5	30.7
1931	14.9	11	31.4
1930	14.9	12.9	31.6
1929	16.2	14	32
1928	17.3	12.1	31.9
1927	19.8	12.6	31.9
1926	18.5	13.2	32.7
1925	18.8	13	32.4
1924	17.9	12	33.1
1923	17.2	13	33.1
1922	17.2	14.6	33.2
1921	17.9	15.8	34.2
1920	20	16	34.4
1919	21.3	18.3	35.7
1918	22	21.3	37.6
1917	20.2	22.4	35.3
1916	19.4	17.9	35.1
1915	19.4	19.6	35.3
1914	19.6	20.5	35.4
1913	20.5	17.9	35.1
1912	23	17.7	35.5
1911	23.9	21.8	36
1910	–	19.4	36.4
1909	–	19.6	36.6
1908	–	20.7	37.2
1907	–	18.9	37.4
1906	–	21.1	38.1
1905	–	20.2	38.8
1904	–	21.2	38.9
1903	–	21.3	39.5
1902	–	20.8	40.1
1901	–	20.4	40.8
1900	–	23.5	40.9
1899	–	24	40.8
1898	–	22.4	41.2
1897	–	21.1	41
1896	–	21.7	41.1
1895	–	24.7	41.3
1894	–	22.6	41.2
1893	–	25.5	41.2
1892	–	26.2	41.7
1891	–	25.5	41.3
1890	–	25.6	41.5
1889	–	25.1	41.2
1888	–	24.8	41
1887	–	23.2	41.1
1886	–	26.6	41.1
1885	–	23	41.2
1884	–	24.9	41.1
1883	–	23.5	41.4
1882	–	23.4	41.5
1881	–	24.2	41.1
1880	–	27.5	41.6
1879	–	24.6	41.1
1878	–	24	41.6
1877	–	24	41.2
1876	–	25.1	41.4
1875	–	27.3	41.5
1874	–	24.4	41.7
1873	–	25.2	41.8
1872	–	29.4	42.1
1871	–	34.1	42.2
1870	–	27.5	41.9
1869	–	26.5	42.1
1868	–	27	42.4
1867	–	25.8	42
1866	–	32	42.1
1865	–	31.8	42.3
1864	–	28.9	42.2
1863	–	28	42.5
1862	–	25.9	42.6
1861	–	27.3	42.9
1860	–	22.4	42.9
1859	–	29.2	43.7
1858	–	27.9	43.8
1857	–	28.3	44.2
1856	–	27.9	44.2
1855	–	30.8	44
1854	–	28	43.7
1853	–	25.4	43.2
1852	–	25.8	42.9
1851	–	25.9	42.4
1850	–	24.4	42
1849	–	29.2	42.3
1848	–	27	42.3
1847	–	30.5	42.2
1846	–	29.4	42.4
1845	–	26.2	42
1844	–	25	42.1
1843	–	27.5	42.1
1842	–	29.3	42.2
1841	–	27.5	42.1
1840	–	29.6	42.1
1839	–	30.1	42.1
1838	–	30.9	42.2
1837	–	30.1	42.2
1836	–	28.1	42.2
1835	–	27.2	42.2
1834	–	31.2	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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