Honduras vs Nicaragua: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 1.5 per 100 live births in Honduras and 1.1 per 100 live births in Nicaragua, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Honduras, by 0.4 per 100 live births, or 1.34 times that in Nicaragua.

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

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What the numbers say

Honduras has been higher since 2005.
In 2024, Honduras ranked 99 and Nicaragua ranked 118 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	Nicaragua	World
2024	1.5	1.1	3.7
2023	1.6	1.4	3.8
2022	1.6	1.4	4
2021	1.7	1.4	4
2020	1.7	1.4	3.9
2019	1.8	1.4	4
2018	1.8	1.5	4
2017	1.9	1.5	4.1
2016	2	1.6	4.2
2015	2	1.7	4.3
2014	2.1	1.8	4.4
2013	2.2	1.9	4.5
2012	2.3	2.1	4.7
2011	2.4	2.2	5
2010	2.4	2.3	5.1
2009	2.5	2.5	5.3
2008	2.6	2.6	5.5
2007	2.7	2.7	5.7
2006	2.9	2.8	6
2005	3	3	6.2
2004	3.1	3.1	6.6
2003	3.3	3.2	6.8
2002	3.4	3.4	7.1
2001	3.6	3.5	7.4
2000	3.7	3.7	7.7
1999	3.9	3.9	7.9
1998	6.6	4.9	8.3
1997	4.3	4.5	8.4
1996	4.5	4.8	8.6
1995	4.6	5.1	8.8
1994	4.9	5.4	8.9
1993	5.1	5.8	9.1
1992	5.3	6.1	9.2
1991	5.6	6.5	9.3
1990	5.8	6.9	9.4
1989	6.1	7.2	9.5
1988	6.4	7.4	10
1987	6.8	7.6	9.9
1986	7.1	7.8	10.3
1985	7.5	8.1	10.6
1984	7.8	8.4	10.9
1983	8.2	8.8	11.1
1982	8.6	9.4	11.2
1981	9.1	10.1	11.6
1980	9.5	10.8	11.9
1979	10	11.7	11.9
1978	10.4	12.6	12.3
1977	10.9	13.5	12.6
1976	11.4	14.4	12.8
1975	11.9	15.2	13.1
1974	15	15.9	13.3
1973	13	16.4	13.5
1972	13.5	19.3	13.7
1971	14	17.1	13.9
1970	14.6	17.4	14.2
1969	15.2	17.6	14.6
1968	15.7	17.9	15
1967	16.3	18.1	15.3
1966	16.9	18.3	15.1
1965	17.5	18.5	15.1
1964	18.1	18.6	15.7
1963	18.7	18.8	16.2
1962	19.3	18.9	17
1961	20	19	18.8
1960	20.6	19.2	20.2
1959	21.3	19.3	19.9
1958	22.1	19.5	19.7
1957	22.8	19.6	20.5
1956	23.6	19.8	21.3
1955	–	19.9	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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