Colombia vs Ecuador

Colombia vs Ecuador: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 1.2 per 100 live births in Colombia and 1.3 per 100 live births in Ecuador, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Ecuador, by 0.1 per 100 live births, or 1.12 times that in Colombia.

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

Colombia vs Ecuador: Child mortalityChild mortality in 2024: 1.2 per 100 live births in Colombia and 1.3 per 100 live births in Ecuador, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Ecuador, by 0.1 per 100 live births, or 1.12 times that in Colombia.
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What the numbers say

  • Ecuador has been higher since 2018, when it overtook Colombia.
  • 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

YearColombiaEcuadorWorld
20241.21.33.7
20231.21.33.8
20221.21.34
20211.31.34
20201.31.43.9
20191.41.44
20181.41.44
20171.51.44.1
20161.51.54.2
20151.61.54.3
20141.61.64.4
20131.71.74.5
20121.71.74.7
20111.81.85
20101.81.95.1
20091.925.3
200822.15.5
200722.25.7
20062.12.36
20052.12.46.2
20042.22.56.6
20032.32.66.8
20022.42.77.1
20012.42.87.4
20002.537.7
19992.63.17.9
19982.73.38.3
19972.83.68.4
19962.93.88.6
199534.18.8
19943.14.38.9
19933.24.69.1
19923.34.89.2
19913.55.19.3
19903.65.49.4
19893.75.79.5
19883.95.910
198746.29.9
19864.26.610.3
19854.96.910.6
19844.67.310.9
19834.97.811.1
19825.28.211.2
19815.58.711.6
19805.99.111.9
19796.29.511.9
19786.61012.3
1977710.412.6
19767.410.912.8
19757.911.513.1
19748.31213.3
19738.712.513.5
1972912.913.7
19719.413.313.9
19709.813.714.2
196910.11414.6
196810.514.315
196710.814.515.3
196611.214.915.1
196511.615.215.1
196411.915.615.7
196312.316.116.2
196212.716.617
196113.117.118.8
196013.617.620.2
195914.118.219.9
195814.518.819.7
195715.119.520.5
195615.620.221.3
195516.120.822.3
195416.7–22.8
195317.2–23.3
195217.8–23.9
195118.7–24.3
195019.4–24.7
194921.3–24.9
194821.7–24.9
194722.4–25.5
194624.3–25.8
194524.4–26.7
194425.2–27.4
194325.5–27.7
194225–27.9
194124.3–27.8
194022.8–27.9
193926.4–28
193825.3–28.7
193724.3–28.8
193624.8–29.1
193525.3–29.5
193418.1–30.7
193323–30.5
1932––30.7
193119.6–31.4
193016–31.6
192919.2–32
192820.4–31.9
192723.2–31.9
192623.9–32.7
192519–32.4
192422.8–33.1
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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