Chile vs Colombia: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 0.7 per 100 live births in Chile and 1.2 per 100 live births in Colombia, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Colombia, by 0.5 per 100 live births, or 1.69 times that in Chile.

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

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What the numbers say

Colombia has been higher since 1966, when it overtook Chile.
In 2024, Chile ranked 145 and Colombia ranked 115 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	Chile	Colombia	World
2024	0.7	1.2	3.7
2023	0.7	1.2	3.8
2022	0.7	1.2	4
2021	0.7	1.3	4
2020	0.7	1.3	3.9
2019	0.7	1.4	4
2018	0.7	1.4	4
2017	0.8	1.5	4.1
2016	0.8	1.5	4.2
2015	0.8	1.6	4.3
2014	0.8	1.6	4.4
2013	0.8	1.7	4.5
2012	0.8	1.7	4.7
2011	0.9	1.8	5
2010	0.9	1.8	5.1
2009	0.9	1.9	5.3
2008	0.9	2	5.5
2007	0.9	2	5.7
2006	0.9	2.1	6
2005	0.9	2.1	6.2
2004	0.9	2.2	6.6
2003	0.9	2.3	6.8
2002	1	2.4	7.1
2001	1	2.4	7.4
2000	1.1	2.5	7.7
1999	1.1	2.6	7.9
1998	1.2	2.7	8.3
1997	1.2	2.8	8.4
1996	1.3	2.9	8.6
1995	1.3	3	8.8
1994	1.4	3.1	8.9
1993	1.5	3.2	9.1
1992	1.6	3.3	9.2
1991	1.8	3.5	9.3
1990	1.9	3.6	9.4
1989	2	3.7	9.5
1988	2.2	3.9	10
1987	2.2	4	9.9
1986	2.2	4.2	10.3
1985	2.2	4.9	10.6
1984	2.3	4.6	10.9
1983	2.5	4.9	11.1
1982	2.7	5.2	11.2
1981	3	5.5	11.6
1980	3.3	5.9	11.9
1979	3.7	6.2	11.9
1978	4.2	6.6	12.3
1977	4.8	7	12.6
1976	5.7	7.4	12.8
1975	6.5	7.9	13.1
1974	7.1	8.3	13.3
1973	7.5	8.7	13.5
1972	7.7	9	13.7
1971	7.9	9.4	13.9
1970	8.1	9.8	14.2
1969	8.2	10.1	14.6
1968	8.6	10.5	15
1967	9.3	10.8	15.3
1966	10.4	11.2	15.1
1965	11.6	11.6	15.1
1964	12.7	11.9	15.7
1963	13.6	12.3	16.2
1962	14.3	12.7	17
1961	14.9	13.1	18.8
1960	15.3	13.6	20.2
1959	15.5	14.1	19.9
1958	15.4	14.5	19.7
1957	15.3	15.1	20.5
1956	15	15.6	21.3
1955	14.9	16.1	22.3
1954	15	16.7	22.8
1953	21.2	17.2	23.3
1952	22.1	17.8	23.9
1951	22.9	18.7	24.3
1950	23.8	19.4	24.7
1949	25.2	21.3	24.9
1948	23.7	21.7	24.9
1947	26.2	22.4	25.5
1946	26	24.3	25.8
1945	29.9	24.4	26.7
1944	29.4	25.2	27.4
1943	31.6	25.5	27.7
1942	31.7	25	27.9
1941	32.5	24.3	27.8
1940	35.3	22.8	27.9
1939	36.6	26.4	28
1938	38.4	25.3	28.7
1937	39.2	24.3	28.8
1936	40.9	24.8	29.1
1935	40.8	25.3	29.5
1934	42.6	18.1	30.7
1933	41.9	23	30.5
1932	38.2	–	30.7
1931	37.7	19.6	31.4
1930	38	16	31.6
1929	36.4	19.2	32
1928	34.5	20.4	31.9
1927	36.7	23.2	31.9
1926	40.8	23.9	32.7
1925	41.9	19	32.4
1924	43.2	22.8	33.1
1923	46	–	33.1
1922	39	–	33.2
1921	45.2	–	34.2
1920	42.7	–	34.4
1919	49.7	–	35.7
1918	41.4	–	37.6
1917	43.7	–	35.3
1916	39.2	–	35.1
1915	41.3	–	35.3
1914	41.4	–	35.4
1913	46.5	–	35.1
1912	46.6	–	35.5
1911	54.1	–	36
1910	43.4	–	36.4
1909	51.2	–	36.6
1908	51.6	–	37.2
1907	48.4	–	37.4
1906	53.1	–	38.1
1905	40.5	–	38.8
1904	46.5	–	38.9
1903	42.9	–	39.5
1902	43.9	–	40.1
1901	55.2	–	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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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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