Brazil vs Dominican Republic: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 1.4 per 100 live births in Brazil and 3.1 per 100 live births in Dominican Republic, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Dominican Republic, by 1.6 per 100 live births, or 2.15 times that in Brazil.

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

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What the numbers say

Dominican Republic has been higher since 1996, when it overtook Brazil.
In 2024, Brazil ranked 101 and Dominican Republic ranked 57 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

Year	Brazil	Dominican Republic	World
2024	1.4	3.1	3.7
2023	1.4	3.2	3.8
2022	1.5	3.2	4
2021	1.5	3.3	4
2020	1.5	3.4	3.9
2019	1.5	3.4	4
2018	1.5	3.5	4
2017	1.5	3.5	4.1
2016	1.7	3.5	4.2
2015	1.6	3.5	4.3
2014	1.6	3.5	4.4
2013	1.7	3.5	4.5
2012	1.7	3.5	4.7
2011	1.8	3.5	5
2010	1.9	3.5	5.1
2009	2	3.5	5.3
2008	2.1	3.5	5.5
2007	2.2	3.5	5.7
2006	2.3	3.6	6
2005	2.5	3.6	6.2
2004	2.6	3.6	6.6
2003	2.8	3.7	6.8
2002	3	3.8	7.1
2001	3.2	3.9	7.4
2000	3.4	4	7.7
1999	3.7	4.1	7.9
1998	3.9	4.2	8.3
1997	4.2	4.4	8.4
1996	4.5	4.6	8.6
1995	4.8	4.8	8.8
1994	5.1	5	8.9
1993	5.4	5.2	9.1
1992	5.7	5.4	9.2
1991	6	5.7	9.3
1990	6.3	5.9	9.4
1989	6.6	6.2	9.5
1988	6.8	6.4	10
1987	7.1	6.7	9.9
1986	7.4	6.9	10.3
1985	7.7	7.2	10.6
1984	8	7.5	10.9
1983	8.3	7.8	11.1
1982	8.7	8.1	11.2
1981	9.2	8.4	11.6
1980	9.6	8.7	11.9
1979	10	9	11.9
1978	10.4	9.4	12.3
1977	10.8	9.7	12.6
1976	11.2	10.1	12.8
1975	11.5	10.5	13.1
1974	11.9	10.9	13.3
1973	12.2	11.3	13.5
1972	12.6	11.7	13.7
1971	12.9	12.1	13.9
1970	13.2	12.4	14.2
1969	13.5	12.7	14.6
1968	13.8	13	15
1967	14.2	13.3	15.3
1966	14.5	13.6	15.1
1965	14.9	13.9	15.1
1964	15.2	14.1	15.7
1963	15.6	14.3	16.2
1962	16	14.5	17
1961	16.5	14.7	18.8
1960	17	14.8	20.2
1959	17.5	14.9	19.9
1958	18	14.9	19.7
1957	18.5	14.9	20.5
1956	19	14.9	21.3
1955	19.5	14.8	22.3
1954	20	14.8	22.8
1953	20.5	14.7	23.3
1952	21	14.6	23.9
1951	21.5	14.6	24.3
1950	21.9	14.5	24.7
1949	22.3	–	24.9
1948	22.7	–	24.9
1947	23	–	25.5
1946	23.3	–	25.8
1945	23.6	–	26.7
1944	23.8	–	27.4
1943	23.9	–	27.7
1942	23.9	–	27.9
1941	24	–	27.8
1940	23.9	–	27.9
1939	23.8	–	28
1938	23.7	–	28.7
1937	23.5	–	28.8
1936	23.3	–	29.1
1935	23.1	–	29.5
1934	22.9	–	30.7
1933	22.7	–	30.5
1932	22.5	–	30.7
1931	22.3	–	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.

How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time