Ecuador vs Guatemala
Ecuador vs Guatemala: Child mortality
Child mortality in 2024: 1.3 per 100 live births in Ecuador and 2.1 per 100 live births in Guatemala, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Guatemala, by 0.8 per 100 live births, or 1.59 times that in Ecuador.
deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME
What the numbers say
- Guatemala has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1957.
- 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 | Ecuador | Guatemala | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.3 | 2.1 | 3.7 |
| 2023 | 1.3 | 2.1 | 3.8 |
| 2022 | 1.3 | 2.2 | 4 |
| 2021 | 1.3 | 2.3 | 4 |
| 2020 | 1.4 | 2.4 | 3.9 |
| 2019 | 1.4 | 2.4 | 4 |
| 2018 | 1.4 | 2.5 | 4 |
| 2017 | 1.4 | 2.6 | 4.1 |
| 2016 | 1.5 | 2.7 | 4.2 |
| 2015 | 1.5 | 2.8 | 4.3 |
| 2014 | 1.6 | 2.9 | 4.4 |
| 2013 | 1.7 | 3 | 4.5 |
| 2012 | 1.7 | 3.2 | 4.7 |
| 2011 | 1.8 | 3.3 | 5 |
| 2010 | 1.9 | 3.5 | 5.1 |
| 2009 | 2 | 3.6 | 5.3 |
| 2008 | 2.1 | 3.8 | 5.5 |
| 2007 | 2.2 | 3.9 | 5.7 |
| 2006 | 2.3 | 4.1 | 6 |
| 2005 | 2.4 | 4.2 | 6.2 |
| 2004 | 2.5 | 4.4 | 6.6 |
| 2003 | 2.6 | 4.6 | 6.8 |
| 2002 | 2.7 | 4.8 | 7.1 |
| 2001 | 2.8 | 5 | 7.4 |
| 2000 | 3 | 5.2 | 7.7 |
| 1999 | 3.1 | 5.4 | 7.9 |
| 1998 | 3.3 | 5.6 | 8.3 |
| 1997 | 3.6 | 5.9 | 8.4 |
| 1996 | 3.8 | 6.1 | 8.6 |
| 1995 | 4.1 | 6.4 | 8.8 |
| 1994 | 4.3 | 6.7 | 8.9 |
| 1993 | 4.6 | 7 | 9.1 |
| 1992 | 4.8 | 7.3 | 9.2 |
| 1991 | 5.1 | 7.6 | 9.3 |
| 1990 | 5.4 | 8 | 9.4 |
| 1989 | 5.7 | 8.4 | 9.5 |
| 1988 | 5.9 | 8.8 | 10 |
| 1987 | 6.2 | 9.1 | 9.9 |
| 1986 | 6.6 | 9.6 | 10.3 |
| 1985 | 6.9 | 10 | 10.6 |
| 1984 | 7.3 | 10.4 | 10.9 |
| 1983 | 7.8 | 10.8 | 11.1 |
| 1982 | 8.2 | 13.6 | 11.2 |
| 1981 | 8.7 | 11.7 | 11.6 |
| 1980 | 9.1 | 12.2 | 11.9 |
| 1979 | 9.5 | 12.6 | 11.9 |
| 1978 | 10 | 13.1 | 12.3 |
| 1977 | 10.4 | 13.6 | 12.6 |
| 1976 | 10.9 | 16.5 | 12.8 |
| 1975 | 11.5 | 14.5 | 13.1 |
| 1974 | 12 | 15 | 13.3 |
| 1973 | 12.5 | 15.5 | 13.5 |
| 1972 | 12.9 | 16 | 13.7 |
| 1971 | 13.3 | 16.5 | 13.9 |
| 1970 | 13.7 | 17.1 | 14.2 |
| 1969 | 14 | 17.6 | 14.6 |
| 1968 | 14.3 | 18.1 | 15 |
| 1967 | 14.5 | 18.6 | 15.3 |
| 1966 | 14.9 | 19.1 | 15.1 |
| 1965 | 15.2 | 19.5 | 15.1 |
| 1964 | 15.6 | 20 | 15.7 |
| 1963 | 16.1 | 20.5 | 16.2 |
| 1962 | 16.6 | 21 | 17 |
| 1961 | 17.1 | 21.5 | 18.8 |
| 1960 | 17.6 | 22.1 | 20.2 |
| 1959 | 18.2 | 22.6 | 19.9 |
| 1958 | 18.8 | 23.2 | 19.7 |
| 1957 | 19.5 | 23.8 | 20.5 |
| 1956 | 20.2 | – | 21.3 |
| 1955 | 20.8 | – | 22.3 |
| 1954 | – | – | 22.8 |
| 1953 | – | – | 23.3 |
| 1952 | – | – | 23.9 |
| 1951 | – | – | 24.3 |
| 1950 | – | – | 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
Ecuador vs Guatemala
Health
- Life expectancyEcuador: 77.4 years in 2023Guatemala: 72.6 years in 2023
- Infant mortalityEcuador: 9.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023Guatemala: 17.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterEcuador: 67.1% in 2022Guatemala: 56.3% in 2022
- DepressionEcuador: 2.98% in 2017Guatemala: 3.22% in 2017
- Suicide rateEcuador: 9.2 per 100,000 people in 2017Guatemala: 5.9 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationEcuador: 18 million people in 2023Guatemala: 18.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthEcuador: 0.87% a year in 2023Guatemala: 1.55% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateEcuador: 1.82 births per woman in 2023Guatemala: 2.31 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationEcuador: 63.4% in 2025Guatemala: 56.3% in 2025
- Median ageEcuador: 28.4 years in 2023Guatemala: 22.6 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overEcuador: 8.1% in 2023Guatemala: 4.7% in 2023
- Net migration rateEcuador: -1.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Guatemala: -0.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingEcuador: 2.1% of GDP in 2025Guatemala: 0.52% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsEcuador: $2.71B in 2025Guatemala: $617M in 2025
- Military spending per personEcuador: $150 in 2025Guatemala: $34 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingEcuador: 5.7% of government spending in 2025Guatemala: 3.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelEcuador: 42,000 people in 2020Guatemala: 43,000 people in 2020
- National powerEcuador: 0.15% of world capability in 2022Guatemala: 0.09% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersEcuador: 0.54% of the labour force in 2020Guatemala: 0.64% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsEcuador: 30 million TIV in 2025Guatemala: 6 million TIV in 2023