Brazil vs Suriname

Brazil vs Suriname: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 1.4 per 100 live births in Brazil and 1.6 per 100 live births in Suriname, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Suriname, by 0.2 per 100 live births, or 1.11 times that in Brazil.

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

Brazil vs Suriname: Child mortalityChild mortality in 2024: 1.4 per 100 live births in Brazil and 1.6 per 100 live births in Suriname, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Suriname, by 0.2 per 100 live births, or 1.11 times that in Brazil.
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What the numbers say

  • Suriname has been higher since 2004, when it overtook Brazil.
  • In 2024, Brazil ranked 101 and Suriname ranked 94 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

YearBrazilSurinameWorld
20241.41.63.7
20231.41.63.8
20221.51.74
20211.51.74
20201.51.83.9
20191.51.84
20181.51.94
20171.524.1
20161.724.2
20151.62.14.3
20141.62.14.4
20131.72.24.5
20121.72.24.7
20111.82.35
20101.92.35.1
200922.45.3
20082.12.45.5
20072.22.55.7
20062.32.66
20052.52.76.2
20042.62.76.6
20032.82.86.8
200232.97.1
20013.237.4
20003.43.17.7
19993.73.27.9
19983.93.38.3
19974.23.58.4
19964.53.68.6
19954.83.78.8
19945.13.98.9
19935.449.1
19925.74.29.2
199164.39.3
19906.34.59.4
19896.64.69.5
19886.84.810
19877.159.9
19867.45.110.3
19857.75.310.6
198485.510.9
19838.35.711.1
19828.77.211.2
19819.2–11.6
19809.6–11.9
197910–11.9
197810.4–12.3
197710.8–12.6
197611.2–12.8
197511.5–13.1
197411.9–13.3
197312.2–13.5
197212.6–13.7
197112.9–13.9
197013.2–14.2
196913.5–14.6
196813.8–15
196714.2–15.3
196614.5–15.1
196514.9–15.1
196415.2–15.7
196315.6–16.2
196216–17
196116.5–18.8
196017–20.2
195917.5–19.9
195818–19.7
195718.5–20.5
195619–21.3
195519.5–22.3
195420–22.8
195320.5–23.3
195221–23.9
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

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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