Honduras vs Mexico
Honduras vs Mexico: Child mortality
Child mortality in 2024: 1.5 per 100 live births in Honduras and 1.3 per 100 live births in Mexico, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Honduras, by 0.2 per 100 live births, or 1.15 times that in Mexico.
deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME
What the numbers say
- Honduras has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1956.
- In 2024, Honduras ranked 99 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 | Honduras | Mexico | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 3.7 |
| 2023 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 3.8 |
| 2022 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 4 |
| 2021 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 4 |
| 2020 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 3.9 |
| 2019 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 4 |
| 2018 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 4 |
| 2017 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 4.1 |
| 2016 | 2 | 1.6 | 4.2 |
| 2015 | 2 | 1.7 | 4.3 |
| 2014 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 4.4 |
| 2013 | 2.2 | 1.8 | 4.5 |
| 2012 | 2.3 | 1.8 | 4.7 |
| 2011 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 5 |
| 2010 | 2.4 | 1.9 | 5.1 |
| 2009 | 2.5 | 2 | 5.3 |
| 2008 | 2.6 | 2 | 5.5 |
| 2007 | 2.7 | 2.1 | 5.7 |
| 2006 | 2.9 | 2.1 | 6 |
| 2005 | 3 | 2.2 | 6.2 |
| 2004 | 3.1 | 2.3 | 6.6 |
| 2003 | 3.3 | 2.4 | 6.8 |
| 2002 | 3.4 | 2.5 | 7.1 |
| 2001 | 3.6 | 2.6 | 7.4 |
| 2000 | 3.7 | 2.7 | 7.7 |
| 1999 | 3.9 | 2.9 | 7.9 |
| 1998 | 6.6 | 3 | 8.3 |
| 1997 | 4.3 | 3.2 | 8.4 |
| 1996 | 4.5 | 3.3 | 8.6 |
| 1995 | 4.6 | 3.5 | 8.8 |
| 1994 | 4.9 | 3.7 | 8.9 |
| 1993 | 5.1 | 3.9 | 9.1 |
| 1992 | 5.3 | 4.1 | 9.2 |
| 1991 | 5.6 | 4.3 | 9.3 |
| 1990 | 5.8 | 4.5 | 9.4 |
| 1989 | 6.1 | 4.7 | 9.5 |
| 1988 | 6.4 | 4.9 | 10 |
| 1987 | 6.8 | 5.2 | 9.9 |
| 1986 | 7.1 | 5.4 | 10.3 |
| 1985 | 7.5 | 5.7 | 10.6 |
| 1984 | 7.8 | 6 | 10.9 |
| 1983 | 8.2 | 6.2 | 11.1 |
| 1982 | 8.6 | 6.5 | 11.2 |
| 1981 | 9.1 | 6.9 | 11.6 |
| 1980 | 9.5 | 7.2 | 11.9 |
| 1979 | 10 | 7.5 | 11.9 |
| 1978 | 10.4 | 7.9 | 12.3 |
| 1977 | 10.9 | 8.2 | 12.6 |
| 1976 | 11.4 | 8.5 | 12.8 |
| 1975 | 11.9 | 8.9 | 13.1 |
| 1974 | 15 | 9.2 | 13.3 |
| 1973 | 13 | 9.6 | 13.5 |
| 1972 | 13.5 | 9.9 | 13.7 |
| 1971 | 14 | 10.3 | 13.9 |
| 1970 | 14.6 | 10.7 | 14.2 |
| 1969 | 15.2 | 11.1 | 14.6 |
| 1968 | 15.7 | 11.5 | 15 |
| 1967 | 16.3 | 11.9 | 15.3 |
| 1966 | 16.9 | 12.3 | 15.1 |
| 1965 | 17.5 | 12.7 | 15.1 |
| 1964 | 18.1 | 13.2 | 15.7 |
| 1963 | 18.7 | 13.7 | 16.2 |
| 1962 | 19.3 | 14.2 | 17 |
| 1961 | 20 | 14.8 | 18.8 |
| 1960 | 20.6 | 15.5 | 20.2 |
| 1959 | 21.3 | 16.2 | 19.9 |
| 1958 | 22.1 | 17 | 19.7 |
| 1957 | 22.8 | 17.8 | 20.5 |
| 1956 | 23.6 | 18.7 | 21.3 |
| 1955 | – | 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 |
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
Honduras vs Mexico
Health
- Life expectancyHonduras: 72.9 years in 2023Mexico: 75.1 years in 2023
- Infant mortalityHonduras: 13 per 1,000 live births in 2023Mexico: 10.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterHonduras: 65.2% in 2022Mexico: 43% in 2022
- DepressionHonduras: 2.75% in 2017Mexico: 2.79% in 2017
- Suicide rateHonduras: 4.4 per 100,000 people in 2017Mexico: 5.9 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationHonduras: 10.6 million people in 2023Mexico: 130 million people in 2023
- Population growthHonduras: 1.7% a year in 2023Mexico: 0.88% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateHonduras: 2.5 births per woman in 2023Mexico: 1.91 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationHonduras: 59.3% in 2025Mexico: 80% in 2025
- Median ageHonduras: 23.6 years in 2023Mexico: 28.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overHonduras: 4.3% in 2023Mexico: 8% in 2023
- Net migration rateHonduras: -0.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Mexico: -0.8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingHonduras: 1.46% of GDP in 2025Mexico: 0.74% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsHonduras: $582M in 2025Mexico: $13.8B in 2025
- Military spending per personHonduras: $53 in 2025Mexico: $104 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingHonduras: 5.7% of government spending in 2025Mexico: 2.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelHonduras: 23,000 people in 2020Mexico: 341,000 people in 2020
- National powerHonduras: 0.06% of world capability in 2022Mexico: 1.14% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersHonduras: 0.56% of the labour force in 2020Mexico: 0.64% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsHonduras: 7 million TIV in 2024Mexico: 9 million TIV in 2025