Bolivia vs Peru

Bolivia vs Peru: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 1.6 per 100 live births in Bolivia and 1.3 per 100 live births in Peru, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Bolivia, by 0.3 per 100 live births, or 1.22 times that in Peru.

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

Bolivia vs Peru: Child mortalityChild mortality in 2024: 1.6 per 100 live births in Bolivia and 1.3 per 100 live births in Peru, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Bolivia, by 0.3 per 100 live births, or 1.22 times that in Peru.
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What the numbers say

  • Bolivia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1960.
  • 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

YearBoliviaPeruWorld
20241.61.33.7
20231.61.33.8
20221.71.44
20211.81.44
20201.91.53.9
20192.11.54
20182.21.54
20172.31.64.1
20162.51.64.2
20152.71.74.3
20142.81.74.4
201331.84.5
20123.21.94.7
20113.41.95
20103.725.1
20093.92.15.3
20084.22.25.5
20074.52.45.7
20064.82.56
20055.12.76.2
20045.52.86.6
20035.836.8
20026.23.37.1
20016.63.57.4
20007.13.87.7
19997.54.27.9
199884.58.3
19978.54.98.4
19968.95.48.6
19959.45.88.8
19949.96.38.9
199310.46.79.1
199210.87.29.2
199111.37.69.3
199011.88.19.4
198912.38.59.5
198812.8910
198713.39.59.9
198613.81010.3
198514.310.610.6
198414.711.110.9
198315.211.611.1
198215.61211.2
198116.112.411.6
198016.512.711.9
1979171311.9
197817.613.312.3
197718.113.612.6
197618.71412.8
197519.414.413.1
19742014.813.3
197320.715.313.5
197221.315.813.7
197121.916.213.9
197022.52014.2
196923.217.314.6
196823.817.815
196724.418.415.3
1966251915.1
196525.619.715.1
196426.220.415.7
196326.821.116.2
196227.421.817
19612822.518.8
196028.523.120.2
1959–23.819.9
1958–24.419.7
1957–25.220.5
1956–26.121.3
1955–27.222.3
1954–28.422.8
1953–29.723.3
1952–3123.9
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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