Infant mortality rate — all countries

Infant mortality rate — Latin America & Caribbean

Infant mortality rate in Latin America & Caribbean in 2024 — 13.3 per 1,000. Since 1967, the indicator has fallen by 86.3%.

2024 13.3 per 1,000 −2.21% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 97.3 per 1,0001967
Period minimum 13.3 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1967–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Infant mortality rate — Latin America & Caribbean, 1967–20240255075100196719731979198519911997200320092015202120241967: 97.3 per 1,0001968: 95 per 1,0001969: 90 per 1,0001970: 88.7 per 1,0001971: 86.1 per 1,0001972: 84.1 per 1,0001973: 81.8 per 1,0001974: 79.5 per 1,0001975: 77 per 1,0001976: 74.5 per 1,0001977: 71.6 per 1,0001978: 68.8 per 1,0001979: 66.1 per 1,0001980: 63.5 per 1,0001981: 60.8 per 1,0001982: 58.4 per 1,0001983: 55.8 per 1,0001984: 53.6 per 1,0001985: 51.6 per 1,0001986: 49.6 per 1,0001987: 47.8 per 1,0001988: 46.1 per 1,0001989: 44.4 per 1,0001990: 44.1 per 1,0001991: 42.3 per 1,0001992: 40.4 per 1,0001993: 38.6 per 1,0001994: 36.7 per 1,0001995: 35 per 1,0001996: 33.3 per 1,0001997: 31.6 per 1,0001998: 30.2 per 1,0001999: 28.5 per 1,0002000: 27.1 per 1,0002001: 25.8 per 1,0002002: 24.6 per 1,0002003: 23.5 per 1,0002004: 22.4 per 1,0002005: 21.5 per 1,0002006: 20.6 per 1,0002007: 19.8 per 1,0002008: 19.1 per 1,0002009: 18.5 per 1,0002010: 18.5 per 1,0002011: 17.3 per 1,0002012: 16.9 per 1,0002013: 16.4 per 1,0002014: 16 per 1,0002015: 15.6 per 1,0002016: 15.9 per 1,0002017: 15.3 per 1,0002018: 14.9 per 1,0002019: 14.6 per 1,0002020: 14.4 per 1,0002021: 14.1 per 1,0002022: 13.9 per 1,0002023: 13.6 per 1,0002024: 13.3 per 1,000
Change over the period: −84 (−86.33%) Average annual rate: -3.43 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Latin America & Caribbean

Latin America & Caribbean 13.3 per 1,000
World 27.7 per 1,000
Infant mortality rate — Latin America & Caribbean, by year Latin America & Caribbean All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 13.3 −0.3 −2.21%
2023 13.6 −0.3 −2.16%
2022 13.9 −0.2 −1.42%
2021 14.1 −0.3 −2.08%
2020 14.4 −0.2 −1.37%
2019 14.6 −0.3 −2.01%
2018 14.9 −0.4 −2.61%
2017 15.3 −0.6 −3.77%
2016 15.9 +0.3 +1.92%
2015 15.6 −0.4 −2.5%
2014 16 −0.4 −2.44%
2013 16.4 −0.5 −2.96%
2012 16.9 −0.4 −2.31%
2011 17.3 −1.2 −6.49%
2010 18.5 +0 +0%
2009 18.5 −0.6 −3.14%
2008 19.1 −0.7 −3.54%
2007 19.8 −0.8 −3.88%
2006 20.6 −0.9 −4.19%
2005 21.5 −0.9 −4.02%
2004 22.4 −1.1 −4.68%
2003 23.5 −1.1 −4.47%
2002 24.6 −1.2 −4.65%
2001 25.8 −1.3 −4.8%
2000 27.1 −1.4 −4.91%
1999 28.5 −1.7 −5.63%
1998 30.2 −1.4 −4.43%
1997 31.6 −1.7 −5.11%
1996 33.3 −1.7 −4.86%
1995 35 −1.7 −4.63%
1994 36.7 −1.9 −4.92%
1993 38.6 −1.8 −4.46%
1992 40.4 −1.9 −4.49%
1991 42.3 −1.8 −4.08%
1990 44.1 −0.3 −0.66%
1989 44.4 −1.7 −3.67%
1988 46.1 −1.7 −3.63%
1987 47.8 −1.8 −3.57%
1986 49.6 −2 −3.96%
1985 51.6 −1.9 −3.59%
1984 53.6 −2.2 −3.97%
1983 55.8 −2.6 −4.49%
1982 58.4 −2.4 −3.93%
1981 60.8 −2.7 −4.27%
1980 63.5 −2.6 −3.98%
1979 66.1 −2.7 −3.93%
1978 68.8 −2.8 −3.85%
1977 71.6 −2.9 −3.92%
1976 74.5 −2.4 −3.18%
1975 77 −2.6 −3.24%
1974 79.5 −2.2 −2.75%
1973 81.8 −2.3 −2.72%
1972 84.1 −2 −2.36%
1971 86.1 −2.6 −2.93%
1970 88.7 −1.3 −1.48%
1969 90 −5 −5.27%
1968 95 −2.3 −2.34%
1967 97.3

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.