Dominican Republic vs Mexico: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 3.1 per 100 live births in Dominican Republic and 1.3 per 100 live births in Mexico, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Dominican Republic, by 1.8 per 100 live births, or 2.34 times that in Mexico.

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

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What the numbers say

Dominican Republic has been higher since 1962, when it overtook Mexico.
In 2024, Dominican Republic ranked 57 and Mexico ranked 107 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	Dominican Republic	Mexico	World
2024	3.1	1.3	3.7
2023	3.2	1.3	3.8
2022	3.2	1.4	4
2021	3.3	1.4	4
2020	3.4	1.5	3.9
2019	3.4	1.5	4
2018	3.5	1.5	4
2017	3.5	1.6	4.1
2016	3.5	1.6	4.2
2015	3.5	1.7	4.3
2014	3.5	1.7	4.4
2013	3.5	1.8	4.5
2012	3.5	1.8	4.7
2011	3.5	1.8	5
2010	3.5	1.9	5.1
2009	3.5	2	5.3
2008	3.5	2	5.5
2007	3.5	2.1	5.7
2006	3.6	2.1	6
2005	3.6	2.2	6.2
2004	3.6	2.3	6.6
2003	3.7	2.4	6.8
2002	3.8	2.5	7.1
2001	3.9	2.6	7.4
2000	4	2.7	7.7
1999	4.1	2.9	7.9
1998	4.2	3	8.3
1997	4.4	3.2	8.4
1996	4.6	3.3	8.6
1995	4.8	3.5	8.8
1994	5	3.7	8.9
1993	5.2	3.9	9.1
1992	5.4	4.1	9.2
1991	5.7	4.3	9.3
1990	5.9	4.5	9.4
1989	6.2	4.7	9.5
1988	6.4	4.9	10
1987	6.7	5.2	9.9
1986	6.9	5.4	10.3
1985	7.2	5.7	10.6
1984	7.5	6	10.9
1983	7.8	6.2	11.1
1982	8.1	6.5	11.2
1981	8.4	6.9	11.6
1980	8.7	7.2	11.9
1979	9	7.5	11.9
1978	9.4	7.9	12.3
1977	9.7	8.2	12.6
1976	10.1	8.5	12.8
1975	10.5	8.9	13.1
1974	10.9	9.2	13.3
1973	11.3	9.6	13.5
1972	11.7	9.9	13.7
1971	12.1	10.3	13.9
1970	12.4	10.7	14.2
1969	12.7	11.1	14.6
1968	13	11.5	15
1967	13.3	11.9	15.3
1966	13.6	12.3	15.1
1965	13.9	12.7	15.1
1964	14.1	13.2	15.7
1963	14.3	13.7	16.2
1962	14.5	14.2	17
1961	14.7	14.8	18.8
1960	14.8	15.5	20.2
1959	14.9	16.2	19.9
1958	14.9	17	19.7
1957	14.9	17.8	20.5
1956	14.9	18.7	21.3
1955	14.8	19.7	22.3
1954	14.8	20.8	22.8
1953	14.7	21.9	23.3
1952	14.6	23.1	23.9
1951	14.6	24.3	24.3
1950	14.5	–	24.7
1949	–	–	24.9
1948	–	–	24.9
1947	–	–	25.5
1946	–	–	25.8
1945	–	–	26.7
1944	–	–	27.4
1943	–	–	27.7
1942	–	–	27.9
1941	–	–	27.8
1940	–	–	27.9
1939	–	–	28
1938	–	–	28.7
1937	–	–	28.8
1936	–	–	29.1
1935	–	–	29.5
1934	–	–	30.7
1933	–	–	30.5
1932	–	–	30.7
1931	–	–	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.

How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time