Ecuador vs Mexico: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 1.3 per 100 live births in Ecuador and 1.3 per 100 live births in Mexico, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Mexico, by 0 per 100 live births, or 1.02 times that in Ecuador.

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

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What the numbers say

Mexico has been higher since 2011, when it overtook Ecuador.
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	Mexico	World
2024	1.3	1.3	3.7
2023	1.3	1.3	3.8
2022	1.3	1.4	4
2021	1.3	1.4	4
2020	1.4	1.5	3.9
2019	1.4	1.5	4
2018	1.4	1.5	4
2017	1.4	1.6	4.1
2016	1.5	1.6	4.2
2015	1.5	1.7	4.3
2014	1.6	1.7	4.4
2013	1.7	1.8	4.5
2012	1.7	1.8	4.7
2011	1.8	1.8	5
2010	1.9	1.9	5.1
2009	2	2	5.3
2008	2.1	2	5.5
2007	2.2	2.1	5.7
2006	2.3	2.1	6
2005	2.4	2.2	6.2
2004	2.5	2.3	6.6
2003	2.6	2.4	6.8
2002	2.7	2.5	7.1
2001	2.8	2.6	7.4
2000	3	2.7	7.7
1999	3.1	2.9	7.9
1998	3.3	3	8.3
1997	3.6	3.2	8.4
1996	3.8	3.3	8.6
1995	4.1	3.5	8.8
1994	4.3	3.7	8.9
1993	4.6	3.9	9.1
1992	4.8	4.1	9.2
1991	5.1	4.3	9.3
1990	5.4	4.5	9.4
1989	5.7	4.7	9.5
1988	5.9	4.9	10
1987	6.2	5.2	9.9
1986	6.6	5.4	10.3
1985	6.9	5.7	10.6
1984	7.3	6	10.9
1983	7.8	6.2	11.1
1982	8.2	6.5	11.2
1981	8.7	6.9	11.6
1980	9.1	7.2	11.9
1979	9.5	7.5	11.9
1978	10	7.9	12.3
1977	10.4	8.2	12.6
1976	10.9	8.5	12.8
1975	11.5	8.9	13.1
1974	12	9.2	13.3
1973	12.5	9.6	13.5
1972	12.9	9.9	13.7
1971	13.3	10.3	13.9
1970	13.7	10.7	14.2
1969	14	11.1	14.6
1968	14.3	11.5	15
1967	14.5	11.9	15.3
1966	14.9	12.3	15.1
1965	15.2	12.7	15.1
1964	15.6	13.2	15.7
1963	16.1	13.7	16.2
1962	16.6	14.2	17
1961	17.1	14.8	18.8
1960	17.6	15.5	20.2
1959	18.2	16.2	19.9
1958	18.8	17	19.7
1957	19.5	17.8	20.5
1956	20.2	18.7	21.3
1955	20.8	19.7	22.3
1954	–	20.8	22.8
1953	–	21.9	23.3
1952	–	23.1	23.9
1951	–	24.3	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

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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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