Bolivia vs Guatemala: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 1.6 per 100 live births in Bolivia and 2.1 per 100 live births in Guatemala, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Guatemala, by 0.5 per 100 live births, or 1.31 times that in Bolivia.

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

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What the numbers say

Guatemala has been higher since 2013, when it overtook Bolivia.
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	Bolivia	Guatemala	World
2024	1.6	2.1	3.7
2023	1.6	2.1	3.8
2022	1.7	2.2	4
2021	1.8	2.3	4
2020	1.9	2.4	3.9
2019	2.1	2.4	4
2018	2.2	2.5	4
2017	2.3	2.6	4.1
2016	2.5	2.7	4.2
2015	2.7	2.8	4.3
2014	2.8	2.9	4.4
2013	3	3	4.5
2012	3.2	3.2	4.7
2011	3.4	3.3	5
2010	3.7	3.5	5.1
2009	3.9	3.6	5.3
2008	4.2	3.8	5.5
2007	4.5	3.9	5.7
2006	4.8	4.1	6
2005	5.1	4.2	6.2
2004	5.5	4.4	6.6
2003	5.8	4.6	6.8
2002	6.2	4.8	7.1
2001	6.6	5	7.4
2000	7.1	5.2	7.7
1999	7.5	5.4	7.9
1998	8	5.6	8.3
1997	8.5	5.9	8.4
1996	8.9	6.1	8.6
1995	9.4	6.4	8.8
1994	9.9	6.7	8.9
1993	10.4	7	9.1
1992	10.8	7.3	9.2
1991	11.3	7.6	9.3
1990	11.8	8	9.4
1989	12.3	8.4	9.5
1988	12.8	8.8	10
1987	13.3	9.1	9.9
1986	13.8	9.6	10.3
1985	14.3	10	10.6
1984	14.7	10.4	10.9
1983	15.2	10.8	11.1
1982	15.6	13.6	11.2
1981	16.1	11.7	11.6
1980	16.5	12.2	11.9
1979	17	12.6	11.9
1978	17.6	13.1	12.3
1977	18.1	13.6	12.6
1976	18.7	16.5	12.8
1975	19.4	14.5	13.1
1974	20	15	13.3
1973	20.7	15.5	13.5
1972	21.3	16	13.7
1971	21.9	16.5	13.9
1970	22.5	17.1	14.2
1969	23.2	17.6	14.6
1968	23.8	18.1	15
1967	24.4	18.6	15.3
1966	25	19.1	15.1
1965	25.6	19.5	15.1
1964	26.2	20	15.7
1963	26.8	20.5	16.2
1962	27.4	21	17
1961	28	21.5	18.8
1960	28.5	22.1	20.2
1959	–	22.6	19.9
1958	–	23.2	19.7
1957	–	23.8	20.5
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

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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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