Mexico vs Venezuela

Mexico vs Venezuela: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 1.3 per 100 live births in Mexico and 2.4 per 100 live births in Venezuela, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Venezuela, by 1.1 per 100 live births, or 1.85 times that in Mexico.

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

Mexico vs Venezuela: Child mortalityChild mortality in 2024: 1.3 per 100 live births in Mexico and 2.4 per 100 live births in Venezuela, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Venezuela, by 1.1 per 100 live births, or 1.85 times that in Mexico.
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What the numbers say

  • Venezuela has been higher since 2013, when it overtook Mexico.
  • In 2024, Mexico ranked 107 and Venezuela ranked 67 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

YearMexicoVenezuelaWorld
20241.32.43.7
20231.32.43.8
20221.42.44
20211.42.44
20201.52.43.9
20191.52.44
20181.52.44
20171.62.44.1
20161.62.44.2
20151.71.94.3
20141.71.84.4
20131.81.84.5
20121.81.84.7
20111.81.75
20101.91.75.1
200921.75.3
200821.75.5
20072.11.75.7
20062.11.86
20052.21.96.2
20042.31.96.6
20032.426.8
20022.527.1
20012.62.17.4
20002.72.27.7
19992.92.27.9
199832.38.3
19973.22.58.4
19963.32.68.6
19953.52.68.8
19943.72.78.9
19933.92.79.1
19924.12.89.2
19914.32.99.3
19904.539.4
19894.73.19.5
19884.93.210
19875.23.49.9
19865.43.510.3
19855.73.610.6
198463.810.9
19836.23.911.1
19826.54.111.2
19816.94.211.6
19807.24.411.9
19797.54.611.9
19787.94.812.3
19778.2512.6
19768.55.212.8
19758.95.413.1
19749.25.613.3
19739.65.813.5
19729.95.913.7
197110.36.113.9
197010.76.314.2
196911.16.514.6
196811.56.615
196711.96.815.3
196612.36.915.1
196512.7715.1
196413.27.215.7
196313.77.316.2
196214.27.517
196114.87.818.8
196015.5820.2
195916.28.319.9
1958178.719.7
195717.8920.5
195618.79.521.3
195519.79.922.3
195420.810.322.8
195321.910.823.3
195223.111.323.9
195124.311.924.3
1950–10.724.7
1949–13.324.9
1948–14.624.9
1947–14.925.5
1946–15.325.8
1945–14.726.7
1944–18.127.4
1943–16.627.7
1942–17.727.9
1941–18.827.8
1940–1927.9
1939–20.928
1938–22.228.7
1937–21.528.8
1936–21.329.1
1935–21.929.5
1934–25.730.7
1933–26.430.5
1932––30.7
1931–25.331.4
1930–24.331.6
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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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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