Colombia vs Honduras
Colombia vs Honduras: Child mortality
Child mortality in 2024: 1.2 per 100 live births in Colombia and 1.5 per 100 live births in Honduras, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Honduras, by 0.4 per 100 live births, or 1.3 times that in Colombia.
deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME
What the numbers say
- Honduras has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1956.
- In 2024, Colombia ranked 115 and Honduras ranked 99 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 | Colombia | Honduras | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 3.7 |
| 2023 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 3.8 |
| 2022 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 4 |
| 2021 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 4 |
| 2020 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 3.9 |
| 2019 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 4 |
| 2018 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 4 |
| 2017 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 4.1 |
| 2016 | 1.5 | 2 | 4.2 |
| 2015 | 1.6 | 2 | 4.3 |
| 2014 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 4.4 |
| 2013 | 1.7 | 2.2 | 4.5 |
| 2012 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 4.7 |
| 2011 | 1.8 | 2.4 | 5 |
| 2010 | 1.8 | 2.4 | 5.1 |
| 2009 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 5.3 |
| 2008 | 2 | 2.6 | 5.5 |
| 2007 | 2 | 2.7 | 5.7 |
| 2006 | 2.1 | 2.9 | 6 |
| 2005 | 2.1 | 3 | 6.2 |
| 2004 | 2.2 | 3.1 | 6.6 |
| 2003 | 2.3 | 3.3 | 6.8 |
| 2002 | 2.4 | 3.4 | 7.1 |
| 2001 | 2.4 | 3.6 | 7.4 |
| 2000 | 2.5 | 3.7 | 7.7 |
| 1999 | 2.6 | 3.9 | 7.9 |
| 1998 | 2.7 | 6.6 | 8.3 |
| 1997 | 2.8 | 4.3 | 8.4 |
| 1996 | 2.9 | 4.5 | 8.6 |
| 1995 | 3 | 4.6 | 8.8 |
| 1994 | 3.1 | 4.9 | 8.9 |
| 1993 | 3.2 | 5.1 | 9.1 |
| 1992 | 3.3 | 5.3 | 9.2 |
| 1991 | 3.5 | 5.6 | 9.3 |
| 1990 | 3.6 | 5.8 | 9.4 |
| 1989 | 3.7 | 6.1 | 9.5 |
| 1988 | 3.9 | 6.4 | 10 |
| 1987 | 4 | 6.8 | 9.9 |
| 1986 | 4.2 | 7.1 | 10.3 |
| 1985 | 4.9 | 7.5 | 10.6 |
| 1984 | 4.6 | 7.8 | 10.9 |
| 1983 | 4.9 | 8.2 | 11.1 |
| 1982 | 5.2 | 8.6 | 11.2 |
| 1981 | 5.5 | 9.1 | 11.6 |
| 1980 | 5.9 | 9.5 | 11.9 |
| 1979 | 6.2 | 10 | 11.9 |
| 1978 | 6.6 | 10.4 | 12.3 |
| 1977 | 7 | 10.9 | 12.6 |
| 1976 | 7.4 | 11.4 | 12.8 |
| 1975 | 7.9 | 11.9 | 13.1 |
| 1974 | 8.3 | 15 | 13.3 |
| 1973 | 8.7 | 13 | 13.5 |
| 1972 | 9 | 13.5 | 13.7 |
| 1971 | 9.4 | 14 | 13.9 |
| 1970 | 9.8 | 14.6 | 14.2 |
| 1969 | 10.1 | 15.2 | 14.6 |
| 1968 | 10.5 | 15.7 | 15 |
| 1967 | 10.8 | 16.3 | 15.3 |
| 1966 | 11.2 | 16.9 | 15.1 |
| 1965 | 11.6 | 17.5 | 15.1 |
| 1964 | 11.9 | 18.1 | 15.7 |
| 1963 | 12.3 | 18.7 | 16.2 |
| 1962 | 12.7 | 19.3 | 17 |
| 1961 | 13.1 | 20 | 18.8 |
| 1960 | 13.6 | 20.6 | 20.2 |
| 1959 | 14.1 | 21.3 | 19.9 |
| 1958 | 14.5 | 22.1 | 19.7 |
| 1957 | 15.1 | 22.8 | 20.5 |
| 1956 | 15.6 | 23.6 | 21.3 |
| 1955 | 16.1 | – | 22.3 |
| 1954 | 16.7 | – | 22.8 |
| 1953 | 17.2 | – | 23.3 |
| 1952 | 17.8 | – | 23.9 |
| 1951 | 18.7 | – | 24.3 |
| 1950 | 19.4 | – | 24.7 |
| 1949 | 21.3 | – | 24.9 |
| 1948 | 21.7 | – | 24.9 |
| 1947 | 22.4 | – | 25.5 |
| 1946 | 24.3 | – | 25.8 |
| 1945 | 24.4 | – | 26.7 |
| 1944 | 25.2 | – | 27.4 |
| 1943 | 25.5 | – | 27.7 |
| 1942 | 25 | – | 27.9 |
| 1941 | 24.3 | – | 27.8 |
| 1940 | 22.8 | – | 27.9 |
| 1939 | 26.4 | – | 28 |
| 1938 | 25.3 | – | 28.7 |
| 1937 | 24.3 | – | 28.8 |
| 1936 | 24.8 | – | 29.1 |
| 1935 | 25.3 | – | 29.5 |
| 1934 | 18.1 | – | 30.7 |
| 1933 | 23 | – | 30.5 |
| 1932 | – | – | 30.7 |
| 1931 | 19.6 | – | 31.4 |
| 1930 | 16 | – | 31.6 |
| 1929 | 19.2 | – | 32 |
| 1928 | 20.4 | – | 31.9 |
| 1927 | 23.2 | – | 31.9 |
| 1926 | 23.9 | – | 32.7 |
| 1925 | 19 | – | 32.4 |
| 1924 | 22.8 | – | 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 |
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
Colombia vs Honduras
Health
- Life expectancyColombia: 77.7 years in 2023Honduras: 72.9 years in 2023
- Infant mortalityColombia: 9.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Honduras: 13 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterColombia: 73.9% in 2022Honduras: 65.2% in 2022
- DepressionColombia: 2.2% in 2017Honduras: 2.75% in 2017
- Suicide rateColombia: 5.5 per 100,000 people in 2017Honduras: 4.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationColombia: 52.3 million people in 2023Honduras: 10.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthColombia: 1.1% a year in 2023Honduras: 1.7% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateColombia: 1.65 births per woman in 2023Honduras: 2.5 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationColombia: 78.8% in 2025Honduras: 59.3% in 2025
- Median ageColombia: 31.6 years in 2023Honduras: 23.6 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overColombia: 9.4% in 2023Honduras: 4.3% in 2023
- Net migration rateColombia: 3 per 1,000 people in 2023Honduras: -0.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingColombia: 3.2% of GDP in 2025Honduras: 1.46% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsColombia: $13.7B in 2025Honduras: $582M in 2025
- Military spending per personColombia: $273 in 2025Honduras: $53 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingColombia: 9.3% of government spending in 2025Honduras: 5.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelColombia: 428,000 people in 2020Honduras: 23,000 people in 2020
- National powerColombia: 0.57% of world capability in 2022Honduras: 0.06% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersColombia: 1.7% of the labour force in 2020Honduras: 0.56% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsColombia: 22 million TIV in 2025Honduras: 7 million TIV in 2024