Brazil vs Peru

Brazil vs Peru: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 1.4 per 100 live births in Brazil and 1.3 per 100 live births in Peru, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Brazil, by 0.1 per 100 live births, or 1.1 times that in Peru.

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

Brazil vs Peru: Child mortalityChild mortality in 2024: 1.4 per 100 live births in Brazil and 1.3 per 100 live births in Peru, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Brazil, by 0.1 per 100 live births, or 1.1 times that in Peru.
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What the numbers say

  • Brazil has been higher since 2019, when it overtook Peru.
  • 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

YearBrazilPeruWorld
20241.41.33.7
20231.41.33.8
20221.51.44
20211.51.44
20201.51.53.9
20191.51.54
20181.51.54
20171.51.64.1
20161.71.64.2
20151.61.74.3
20141.61.74.4
20131.71.84.5
20121.71.94.7
20111.81.95
20101.925.1
200922.15.3
20082.12.25.5
20072.22.45.7
20062.32.56
20052.52.76.2
20042.62.86.6
20032.836.8
200233.37.1
20013.23.57.4
20003.43.87.7
19993.74.27.9
19983.94.58.3
19974.24.98.4
19964.55.48.6
19954.85.88.8
19945.16.38.9
19935.46.79.1
19925.77.29.2
199167.69.3
19906.38.19.4
19896.68.59.5
19886.8910
19877.19.59.9
19867.41010.3
19857.710.610.6
1984811.110.9
19838.311.611.1
19828.71211.2
19819.212.411.6
19809.612.711.9
1979101311.9
197810.413.312.3
197710.813.612.6
197611.21412.8
197511.514.413.1
197411.914.813.3
197312.215.313.5
197212.615.813.7
197112.916.213.9
197013.22014.2
196913.517.314.6
196813.817.815
196714.218.415.3
196614.51915.1
196514.919.715.1
196415.220.415.7
196315.621.116.2
19621621.817
196116.522.518.8
19601723.120.2
195917.523.819.9
19581824.419.7
195718.525.220.5
19561926.121.3
195519.527.222.3
19542028.422.8
195320.529.723.3
1952213123.9
195121.5–24.3
195021.9–24.7
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

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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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