Ecuador vs Peru
Ecuador vs Peru: Child mortality
Child mortality in 2024: 1.3 per 100 live births in Ecuador and 1.3 per 100 live births in Peru, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 both had 1.3 per 100 live births.
deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME
What the numbers say
- 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 | Peru | 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 | 1.9 | 4.7 |
| 2011 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 5 |
| 2010 | 1.9 | 2 | 5.1 |
| 2009 | 2 | 2.1 | 5.3 |
| 2008 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 5.5 |
| 2007 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 5.7 |
| 2006 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 6 |
| 2005 | 2.4 | 2.7 | 6.2 |
| 2004 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 6.6 |
| 2003 | 2.6 | 3 | 6.8 |
| 2002 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 7.1 |
| 2001 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 7.4 |
| 2000 | 3 | 3.8 | 7.7 |
| 1999 | 3.1 | 4.2 | 7.9 |
| 1998 | 3.3 | 4.5 | 8.3 |
| 1997 | 3.6 | 4.9 | 8.4 |
| 1996 | 3.8 | 5.4 | 8.6 |
| 1995 | 4.1 | 5.8 | 8.8 |
| 1994 | 4.3 | 6.3 | 8.9 |
| 1993 | 4.6 | 6.7 | 9.1 |
| 1992 | 4.8 | 7.2 | 9.2 |
| 1991 | 5.1 | 7.6 | 9.3 |
| 1990 | 5.4 | 8.1 | 9.4 |
| 1989 | 5.7 | 8.5 | 9.5 |
| 1988 | 5.9 | 9 | 10 |
| 1987 | 6.2 | 9.5 | 9.9 |
| 1986 | 6.6 | 10 | 10.3 |
| 1985 | 6.9 | 10.6 | 10.6 |
| 1984 | 7.3 | 11.1 | 10.9 |
| 1983 | 7.8 | 11.6 | 11.1 |
| 1982 | 8.2 | 12 | 11.2 |
| 1981 | 8.7 | 12.4 | 11.6 |
| 1980 | 9.1 | 12.7 | 11.9 |
| 1979 | 9.5 | 13 | 11.9 |
| 1978 | 10 | 13.3 | 12.3 |
| 1977 | 10.4 | 13.6 | 12.6 |
| 1976 | 10.9 | 14 | 12.8 |
| 1975 | 11.5 | 14.4 | 13.1 |
| 1974 | 12 | 14.8 | 13.3 |
| 1973 | 12.5 | 15.3 | 13.5 |
| 1972 | 12.9 | 15.8 | 13.7 |
| 1971 | 13.3 | 16.2 | 13.9 |
| 1970 | 13.7 | 20 | 14.2 |
| 1969 | 14 | 17.3 | 14.6 |
| 1968 | 14.3 | 17.8 | 15 |
| 1967 | 14.5 | 18.4 | 15.3 |
| 1966 | 14.9 | 19 | 15.1 |
| 1965 | 15.2 | 19.7 | 15.1 |
| 1964 | 15.6 | 20.4 | 15.7 |
| 1963 | 16.1 | 21.1 | 16.2 |
| 1962 | 16.6 | 21.8 | 17 |
| 1961 | 17.1 | 22.5 | 18.8 |
| 1960 | 17.6 | 23.1 | 20.2 |
| 1959 | 18.2 | 23.8 | 19.9 |
| 1958 | 18.8 | 24.4 | 19.7 |
| 1957 | 19.5 | 25.2 | 20.5 |
| 1956 | 20.2 | 26.1 | 21.3 |
| 1955 | 20.8 | 27.2 | 22.3 |
| 1954 | – | 28.4 | 22.8 |
| 1953 | – | 29.7 | 23.3 |
| 1952 | – | 31 | 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 Peru
Health
- Life expectancyEcuador: 77.4 years in 2023Peru: 77.7 years in 2023
- Infant mortalityEcuador: 9.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023Peru: 11.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterEcuador: 67.1% in 2022Peru: 52% in 2022
- DepressionEcuador: 2.98% in 2017Peru: 2.28% in 2017
- Suicide rateEcuador: 9.2 per 100,000 people in 2017Peru: 3.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationEcuador: 18 million people in 2023Peru: 33.9 million people in 2023
- Population growthEcuador: 0.87% a year in 2023Peru: 1.12% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateEcuador: 1.82 births per woman in 2023Peru: 1.98 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationEcuador: 63.4% in 2025Peru: 85.6% in 2025
- Median ageEcuador: 28.4 years in 2023Peru: 29.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overEcuador: 8.1% in 2023Peru: 9% in 2023
- Net migration rateEcuador: -1.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Peru: 0.7 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingEcuador: 2.1% of GDP in 2025Peru: 0.81% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsEcuador: $2.71B in 2025Peru: $2.43B in 2025
- Military spending per personEcuador: $150 in 2025Peru: $75 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingEcuador: 5.7% of government spending in 2025Peru: 3.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelEcuador: 42,000 people in 2020Peru: 158,000 people in 2020
- National powerEcuador: 0.15% of world capability in 2022Peru: 0.28% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersEcuador: 0.54% of the labour force in 2020Peru: 0.94% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsEcuador: 30 million TIV in 2025Peru: 90 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsEcuador: 2 million TIV in 2018Peru: 5 million TIV in 2004