Infant mortality rate — all countries

Infant mortality rate — Guatemala

Infant mortality rate in Guatemala in 2024 — 17.2 per 1,000. Ranked 124 in the world out of 196. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 89%.

2024 17.2 per 1,000 −2.82% vs 2023
World rank 124of 196
Period maximum 155.7 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 17.2 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Infant mortality rate — Guatemala, 1960–202405010015020019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 155.7 per 1,0001962: 149.3 per 1,0001964: 142.9 per 1,0001966: 136.4 per 1,0001968: 129.7 per 1,0001970: 122.9 per 1,0001972: 115.9 per 1,0001974: 109 per 1,0001976: 112.1 per 1,0001978: 95.7 per 1,0001980: 89.4 per 1,0001982: 92.5 per 1,0001984: 77.2 per 1,0001986: 71.4 per 1,0001988: 65.8 per 1,0001990: 60.6 per 1,0001992: 55.7 per 1,0001994: 51.3 per 1,0001996: 47.4 per 1,0001998: 43.9 per 1,0002000: 40.7 per 1,0002002: 37.8 per 1,0002004: 35.1 per 1,0002006: 32.7 per 1,0002008: 30.3 per 1,0002010: 28 per 1,0002012: 26 per 1,0002014: 24 per 1,0002016: 22.3 per 1,0002018: 20.8 per 1,0002020: 19.5 per 1,0002022: 18.3 per 1,0002024: 17.2 per 1,000
Change over the period: −138.5 (−88.95%) Average annual rate: -3.38 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Guatemala

Guatemala 17.2 per 1,000
World 27.7 per 1,000
Latin America & Caribbean 13.3 per 1,000
Central America computed 12.3 per 1,000
Upper-middle-income countries computed 8.4 per 1,000
Infant mortality rate — Guatemala, by year Guatemala All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 17.2 −0.5 −2.82%
2023 17.7 −0.6 −3.28%
2022 18.3 −0.6 −3.17%
2021 18.9 −0.6 −3.08%
2020 19.5 −0.7 −3.47%
2019 20.2 −0.6 −2.88%
2018 20.8 −0.8 −3.7%
2017 21.6 −0.7 −3.14%
2016 22.3 −0.8 −3.46%
2015 23.1 −0.9 −3.75%
2014 24 −0.9 −3.61%
2013 24.9 −1.1 −4.23%
2012 26 −1 −3.7%
2011 27 −1 −3.57%
2010 28 −1.2 −4.11%
2009 29.2 −1.1 −3.63%
2008 30.3 −1.2 −3.81%
2007 31.5 −1.2 −3.67%
2006 32.7 −1.2 −3.54%
2005 33.9 −1.2 −3.42%
2004 35.1 −1.3 −3.57%
2003 36.4 −1.4 −3.7%
2002 37.8 −1.4 −3.57%
2001 39.2 −1.5 −3.69%
2000 40.7 −1.6 −3.78%
1999 42.3 −1.6 −3.64%
1998 43.9 −1.7 −3.73%
1997 45.6 −1.8 −3.8%
1996 47.4 −1.9 −3.85%
1995 49.3 −2 −3.9%
1994 51.3 −2.2 −4.11%
1993 53.5 −2.2 −3.95%
1992 55.7 −2.4 −4.13%
1991 58.1 −2.5 −4.13%
1990 60.6 −2.6 −4.11%
1989 63.2 −2.6 −3.95%
1988 65.8 −2.8 −4.08%
1987 68.6 −2.8 −3.92%
1986 71.4 −2.9 −3.9%
1985 74.3 −2.9 −3.76%
1984 77.2 −3 −3.74%
1983 80.2 −12.3 −13.3%
1982 92.5 +6.2 +7.18%
1981 86.3 −3.1 −3.47%
1980 89.4 −3.2 −3.46%
1979 92.6 −3.1 −3.24%
1978 95.7 −3.3 −3.33%
1977 99 −13.1 −11.69%
1976 112.1 +6.5 +6.16%
1975 105.6 −3.4 −3.12%
1974 109 −3.4 −3.02%
1973 112.4 −3.5 −3.02%
1972 115.9 −3.6 −3.01%
1971 119.5 −3.4 −2.77%
1970 122.9 −3.4 −2.69%
1969 126.3 −3.4 −2.62%
1968 129.7 −3.4 −2.55%
1967 133.1 −3.3 −2.42%
1966 136.4 −3.2 −2.29%
1965 139.6 −3.3 −2.31%
1964 142.9 −3.2 −2.19%
1963 146.1 −3.2 −2.14%
1962 149.3 −3.1 −2.03%
1961 152.4 −3.3 −2.12%
1960 155.7

Central America, 2024

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About the indicator

The number of children who died before the age of one per 1,000 live births in the same year. One of the most sensitive indicators of the quality of health care and of social conditions: it responds to the availability of obstetric care, vaccination, clean water and nutrition faster than life expectancy does. The estimates are prepared by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME).

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.