Brazil vs Dominican Republic

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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Change since 1950, % · Gapminder and UN IGME

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Brazil vs Dominican Republic: Child mortalityChild 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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Latest figures

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

CountryLatest10 years beforeRank in 2024
Brazil1.4 20241.6101 of 200
Dominican Republic3.1 20243.557 of 200
World3.7 20244.4

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

YearBrazilDominican RepublicWorld
20241.43.13.7
20231.43.23.8
20221.53.24
20211.53.34
20201.53.43.9
20191.53.44
20181.53.54
20171.53.54.1
20161.73.54.2
20151.63.54.3
20141.63.54.4
20131.73.54.5
20121.73.54.7
20111.83.55
20101.93.55.1
200923.55.3
20082.13.55.5
20072.23.55.7
20062.33.66
20052.53.66.2
20042.63.66.6
20032.83.76.8
200233.87.1
20013.23.97.4
20003.447.7
19993.74.17.9
19983.94.28.3
19974.24.48.4
19964.54.68.6
19954.84.88.8
19945.158.9
19935.45.29.1
19925.75.49.2
199165.79.3
19906.35.99.4
19896.66.29.5
19886.86.410
19877.16.79.9
19867.46.910.3
19857.77.210.6
198487.510.9
19838.37.811.1
19828.78.111.2
19819.28.411.6
19809.68.711.9
197910911.9
197810.49.412.3
197710.89.712.6
197611.210.112.8
197511.510.513.1
197411.910.913.3
197312.211.313.5
197212.611.713.7
197112.912.113.9
197013.212.414.2
196913.512.714.6
196813.81315
196714.213.315.3
196614.513.615.1
196514.913.915.1
196415.214.115.7
196315.614.316.2
19621614.517
196116.514.718.8
19601714.820.2
195917.514.919.9
19581814.919.7
195718.514.920.5
19561914.921.3
195519.514.822.3
19542014.822.8
195320.514.723.3
19522114.623.9
195121.514.624.3
195021.914.524.7
194922.3–24.9
194822.7–24.9
194723–25.5
194623.3–25.8
194523.6–26.7
194423.8–27.4
194323.9–27.7
194223.9–27.9
194124–27.8
194023.9–27.9
193923.8–28
193823.7–28.7
193723.5–28.8
193623.3–29.1
193523.1–29.5
193422.9–30.7
193322.7–30.5
193222.5–30.7
193122.3–31.4
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