Mexico vs United Kingdom: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 1.3 per 100 live births in Mexico and 0.5 per 100 live births in United Kingdom, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Mexico, by 0.8 per 100 live births, or 2.79 times that in United Kingdom.

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

MexicoUnited KingdomWorld

What the numbers say

Mexico has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1951.
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	Mexico	United Kingdom	World
2024	1.3	0.5	3.7
2023	1.3	0.5	3.8
2022	1.4	0.5	4
2021	1.4	0.4	4
2020	1.5	0.4	3.9
2019	1.5	0.4	4
2018	1.5	0.4	4
2017	1.6	0.4	4.1
2016	1.6	0.4	4.2
2015	1.7	0.5	4.3
2014	1.7	0.5	4.4
2013	1.8	0.5	4.5
2012	1.8	0.5	4.7
2011	1.8	0.5	5
2010	1.9	0.5	5.1
2009	2	0.5	5.3
2008	2	0.6	5.5
2007	2.1	0.6	5.7
2006	2.1	0.6	6
2005	2.2	0.6	6.2
2004	2.3	0.6	6.6
2003	2.4	0.6	6.8
2002	2.5	0.6	7.1
2001	2.6	0.6	7.4
2000	2.7	0.7	7.7
1999	2.9	0.7	7.9
1998	3	0.7	8.3
1997	3.2	0.7	8.4
1996	3.3	0.7	8.6
1995	3.5	0.7	8.8
1994	3.7	0.7	8.9
1993	3.9	0.8	9.1
1992	4.1	0.8	9.2
1991	4.3	0.9	9.3
1990	4.5	0.9	9.4
1989	4.7	1	9.5
1988	4.9	1	10
1987	5.2	1.1	9.9
1986	5.4	1.1	10.3
1985	5.7	1.1	10.6
1984	6	1.2	10.9
1983	6.2	1.2	11.1
1982	6.5	1.3	11.2
1981	6.9	1.3	11.6
1980	7.2	1.4	11.9
1979	7.5	1.5	11.9
1978	7.9	1.6	12.3
1977	8.2	1.6	12.6
1976	8.5	1.7	12.8
1975	8.9	1.8	13.1
1974	9.2	1.9	13.3
1973	9.6	1.9	13.5
1972	9.9	2	13.7
1971	10.3	2.1	13.9
1970	10.7	2.1	14.2
1969	11.1	2.1	14.6
1968	11.5	2.2	15
1967	11.9	2.2	15.3
1966	12.3	2.3	15.1
1965	12.7	2.3	15.1
1964	13.2	2.4	15.7
1963	13.7	2.5	16.2
1962	14.2	2.6	17
1961	14.8	2.6	18.8
1960	15.5	2.7	20.2
1959	16.2	2.7	19.9
1958	17	2.7	19.7
1957	17.8	2.8	20.5
1956	18.7	2.9	21.3
1955	19.7	3	22.3
1954	20.8	3.1	22.8
1953	21.9	3.2	23.3
1952	23.1	3.4	23.9
1951	24.3	3.5	24.3
1950	–	3.7	24.7
1949	–	3.8	24.9
1948	–	4	24.9
1947	–	5.4	25.5
1946	–	5.4	25.8
1945	–	5.5	26.7
1944	–	6	27.4
1943	–	6.5	27.7
1942	–	6.8	27.9
1941	–	8.1	27.8
1940	–	7.7	27.9
1939	–	6.6	28
1938	–	7.4	28.7
1937	–	8.1	28.8
1936	–	8.3	29.1
1935	–	8.1	29.5
1934	–	8.7	30.7
1933	–	8.8	30.5
1932	–	9.3	30.7
1931	–	9.5	31.4
1930	–	8.9	31.6
1929	–	11.4	32
1928	–	9.8	31.9
1927	–	10.4	31.9
1926	–	10.3	32.7
1925	–	11.3	32.4
1924	–	11.4	33.1
1923	–	10.2	33.1
1922	–	12	33.2
1921	–	11.4	34.2
1920	–	13.4	34.4
1919	–	13.5	35.7
1918	–	17.1	37.6
1917	–	13.7	35.3
1916	–	13.4	35.1
1915	–	16.6	35.3
1914	–	15.6	35.4
1913	–	15.8	35.1
1912	–	14.6	35.5
1911	–	18.9	36
1910	–	15.6	36.4
1909	–	16.3	36.6
1908	–	17.6	37.2
1907	–	17.6	37.4
1906	–	19	38.1
1905	–	18.6	38.8
1904	–	20.9	38.9
1903	–	19.1	39.5
1902	–	19.9	40.1
1901	–	21.6	40.8
1900	–	22.6	40.9
1899	–	23.2	40.8
1898	–	23.1	41.2
1897	–	22.6	41
1896	–	22.5	41.1
1895	–	23.7	41.3
1894	–	20.7	41.2
1893	–	23.6	41.2
1892	–	22.8	41.7
1891	–	23.3	41.3
1890	–	23.2	41.5
1889	–	22.8	41.2
1888	–	21.3	41
1887	–	22.7	41.1
1886	–	23.1	41.1
1885	–	21.9	41.2
1884	–	23.3	41.1
1883	–	22.2	41.4
1882	–	23.3	41.5
1881	–	21	41.1
1880	–	25.1	41.6
1879	–	22.8	41.1
1878	–	25.2	41.6
1877	–	22.5	41.2
1876	–	23.9	41.4
1875	–	25.2	41.5
1874	–	25.3	41.7
1873	–	23.5	41.8
1872	–	24.4	42.1
1871	–	25.8	42.2
1870	–	26.8	41.9
1869	–	26.3	42.1
1868	–	26.3	42.4
1867	–	24.8	42
1866	–	26.9	42.1
1865	–	26.7	42.3
1864	–	27.2	42.2
1863	–	28	42.5
1862	–	25.4	42.6
1861	–	25.9	42.9
1860	–	24.4	42.9
1859	–	27.4	43.7
1858	–	28.1	43.8
1857	–	26.3	44.2
1856	–	24.7	44.2
1855	–	26.1	44
1854	–	28.2	43.7
1853	–	26.4	43.2
1852	–	26.7	42.9
1851	–	26.2	42.4
1850	–	24.7	42
1849	–	28	42.3
1848	–	27.9	42.3
1847	–	28.2	42.2
1846	–	28.1	42.4
1845	–	24.8	42
1844	–	25.9	42.1
1843	–	25.8	42.1
1842	–	26.2	42.2
1841	–	25.1	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.

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Deaths in conflictsMexico: 14,210 deaths in 2022United Kingdom: 0 deaths in 2022