Guatemala vs Honduras: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 2.1 per 100 live births in Guatemala and 1.5 per 100 live births in Honduras, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Guatemala, by 0.5 per 100 live births, or 1.37 times that in Honduras.

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

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What the numbers say

Guatemala has been higher since 1999, when it overtook Honduras.
In 2024, Guatemala ranked 74 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	Guatemala	Honduras	World
2024	2.1	1.5	3.7
2023	2.1	1.6	3.8
2022	2.2	1.6	4
2021	2.3	1.7	4
2020	2.4	1.7	3.9
2019	2.4	1.8	4
2018	2.5	1.8	4
2017	2.6	1.9	4.1
2016	2.7	2	4.2
2015	2.8	2	4.3
2014	2.9	2.1	4.4
2013	3	2.2	4.5
2012	3.2	2.3	4.7
2011	3.3	2.4	5
2010	3.5	2.4	5.1
2009	3.6	2.5	5.3
2008	3.8	2.6	5.5
2007	3.9	2.7	5.7
2006	4.1	2.9	6
2005	4.2	3	6.2
2004	4.4	3.1	6.6
2003	4.6	3.3	6.8
2002	4.8	3.4	7.1
2001	5	3.6	7.4
2000	5.2	3.7	7.7
1999	5.4	3.9	7.9
1998	5.6	6.6	8.3
1997	5.9	4.3	8.4
1996	6.1	4.5	8.6
1995	6.4	4.6	8.8
1994	6.7	4.9	8.9
1993	7	5.1	9.1
1992	7.3	5.3	9.2
1991	7.6	5.6	9.3
1990	8	5.8	9.4
1989	8.4	6.1	9.5
1988	8.8	6.4	10
1987	9.1	6.8	9.9
1986	9.6	7.1	10.3
1985	10	7.5	10.6
1984	10.4	7.8	10.9
1983	10.8	8.2	11.1
1982	13.6	8.6	11.2
1981	11.7	9.1	11.6
1980	12.2	9.5	11.9
1979	12.6	10	11.9
1978	13.1	10.4	12.3
1977	13.6	10.9	12.6
1976	16.5	11.4	12.8
1975	14.5	11.9	13.1
1974	15	15	13.3
1973	15.5	13	13.5
1972	16	13.5	13.7
1971	16.5	14	13.9
1970	17.1	14.6	14.2
1969	17.6	15.2	14.6
1968	18.1	15.7	15
1967	18.6	16.3	15.3
1966	19.1	16.9	15.1
1965	19.5	17.5	15.1
1964	20	18.1	15.7
1963	20.5	18.7	16.2
1962	21	19.3	17
1961	21.5	20	18.8
1960	22.1	20.6	20.2
1959	22.6	21.3	19.9
1958	23.2	22.1	19.7
1957	23.8	22.8	20.5
1956	–	23.6	21.3
1955	–	–	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

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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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