Belize vs Guatemala

Belize vs Guatemala: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 1.3 per 100 live births in Belize and 2.1 per 100 live births in Guatemala, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Guatemala, by 0.8 per 100 live births, or 1.61 times that in Belize.

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

Belize vs Guatemala: Child mortalityChild mortality in 2024: 1.3 per 100 live births in Belize and 2.1 per 100 live births in Guatemala, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Guatemala, by 0.8 per 100 live births, or 1.61 times that in Belize.
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What the numbers say

  • Guatemala has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1967.
  • In 2024, Belize ranked 111 and Guatemala ranked 74 of 200 countries, counting from the highest.
  • 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

YearBelizeGuatemalaWorld
20241.32.13.7
20231.32.13.8
20221.32.24
20211.32.34
20201.32.43.9
20191.42.44
20181.42.54
20171.42.64.1
20161.52.74.2
20151.62.84.3
20141.62.94.4
20131.734.5
20121.83.24.7
20111.83.35
20101.93.55.1
20091.93.65.3
200823.85.5
200723.95.7
20062.14.16
20052.14.26.2
20042.24.46.6
20032.24.66.8
20022.34.87.1
20012.457.4
20002.55.27.7
19992.55.47.9
19982.65.68.3
19972.85.98.4
19962.96.18.6
199536.48.8
19943.16.78.9
19933.379.1
19923.57.39.2
19913.77.69.3
19903.989.4
19894.28.49.5
19884.58.810
19874.79.19.9
198659.610.3
19855.31010.6
19845.610.410.9
19835.810.811.1
19826.113.611.2
19816.411.711.6
19806.612.211.9
19796.912.611.9
19787.213.112.3
19777.513.612.6
19767.816.512.8
19758.114.513.1
19748.41513.3
19738.815.513.5
19729.21613.7
19719.616.513.9
19701017.114.2
196910.517.614.6
19681118.115
196711.518.615.3
1966–19.115.1
1965–19.515.1
1964–2015.7
1963–20.516.2
1962–2117
1961–21.518.8
1960–22.120.2
1959–22.619.9
1958–23.219.7
1957–23.820.5
1956––21.3
1955––22.3
1954––22.8
1953––23.3
1952––23.9
1951––24.3
1950––24.7
1949––24.9
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

Each country on its own

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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