Peru vs Venezuela

Peru vs Venezuela: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 1.3 per 100 live births in Peru 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 1.88 times that in Peru.

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

Peru vs Venezuela: Child mortalityChild mortality in 2024: 1.3 per 100 live births in Peru 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 1.88 times that in Peru.
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What the numbers say

  • Venezuela has been higher since 2013, when it overtook Peru.
  • 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

YearPeruVenezuelaWorld
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
20121.91.84.7
20111.91.75
201021.75.1
20092.11.75.3
20082.21.75.5
20072.41.75.7
20062.51.86
20052.71.96.2
20042.81.96.6
2003326.8
20023.327.1
20013.52.17.4
20003.82.27.7
19994.22.27.9
19984.52.38.3
19974.92.58.4
19965.42.68.6
19955.82.68.8
19946.32.78.9
19936.72.79.1
19927.22.89.2
19917.62.99.3
19908.139.4
19898.53.19.5
198893.210
19879.53.49.9
1986103.510.3
198510.63.610.6
198411.13.810.9
198311.63.911.1
1982124.111.2
198112.44.211.6
198012.74.411.9
1979134.611.9
197813.34.812.3
197713.6512.6
1976145.212.8
197514.45.413.1
197414.85.613.3
197315.35.813.5
197215.85.913.7
197116.26.113.9
1970206.314.2
196917.36.514.6
196817.86.615
196718.46.815.3
1966196.915.1
196519.7715.1
196420.47.215.7
196321.17.316.2
196221.87.517
196122.57.818.8
196023.1820.2
195923.88.319.9
195824.48.719.7
195725.2920.5
195626.19.521.3
195527.29.922.3
195428.410.322.8
195329.710.823.3
19523111.323.9
1951–11.924.3
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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