Infant mortality rate — all countries

Infant mortality rate — Central America

Infant mortality rate in Central America in 2024 — 12.3 per 1,000. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 89%.

2024 12.3 per 1,000 −3.02% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 112.4 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 12.3 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Infant mortality rate — Central America, 1960–202405010015019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 112.4 per 1,0001962: 106.8 per 1,0001964: 101.9 per 1,0001966: 97.3 per 1,0001968: 92.8 per 1,0001970: 88.1 per 1,0001972: 83.5 per 1,0001974: 78.4 per 1,0001976: 73.6 per 1,0001978: 67.4 per 1,0001980: 62.5 per 1,0001982: 57.7 per 1,0001984: 52.3 per 1,0001986: 48.1 per 1,0001988: 44.2 per 1,0001990: 40.4 per 1,0001992: 36.9 per 1,0001994: 33.7 per 1,0001996: 30.8 per 1,0001998: 28.6 per 1,0002000: 25.6 per 1,0002002: 23.5 per 1,0002004: 21.7 per 1,0002006: 20.3 per 1,0002008: 19.1 per 1,0002010: 18 per 1,0002012: 17 per 1,0002014: 16 per 1,0002016: 15.2 per 1,0002018: 14.4 per 1,0002020: 13.7 per 1,0002022: 13.1 per 1,0002024: 12.3 per 1,000
Change over the period: −100 (−89.01%) Average annual rate: -3.39 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Central America 12.3 per 1,000
World 27.7 per 1,000
Infant mortality rate — Central America, by year Central America All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 12.3 −0.4 −3.02%
2023 12.7 −0.4 −2.99%
2022 13.1 −0.3 −2.19%
2021 13.4 −0.3 −2.27%
2020 13.7 −0.3 −2.31%
2019 14.1 −0.3 −2.3%
2018 14.4 −0.4 −2.89%
2017 14.8 −0.4 −2.4%
2016 15.2 −0.4 −2.39%
2015 15.5 −0.5 −2.92%
2014 16 −0.5 −2.85%
2013 16.5 −0.5 −2.89%
2012 17 −0.5 −2.77%
2011 17.5 −0.5 −2.76%
2010 18 −0.5 −2.8%
2009 18.5 −0.6 −3.06%
2008 19.1 −0.6 −3.02%
2007 19.7 −0.6 −2.98%
2006 20.3 −0.7 −3.23%
2005 20.9 −0.8 −3.52%
2004 21.7 −0.9 −3.77%
2003 22.5 −0.9 −4.01%
2002 23.5 −1 −4.22%
2001 24.5 −1.1 −4.39%
2000 25.6 −1.2 −4.34%
1999 26.8 −1.8 −6.29%
1998 28.6 −0.7 −2.46%
1997 29.3 −1.4 −4.63%
1996 30.8 −1.4 −4.49%
1995 32.2 −1.5 −4.33%
1994 33.7 −1.6 −4.62%
1993 35.3 −1.6 −4.3%
1992 36.9 −1.8 −4.58%
1991 38.6 −1.8 −4.41%
1990 40.4 −1.8 −4.23%
1989 42.2 −1.9 −4.38%
1988 44.2 −1.9 −4.1%
1987 46 −2.1 −4.27%
1986 48.1 −2.1 −4.14%
1985 50.2 −2.1 −4.05%
1984 52.3 −2.3 −4.23%
1983 54.6 −3.1 −5.44%
1982 57.7 −1.8 −2.98%
1981 59.5 −3 −4.8%
1980 62.5 −2.3 −3.58%
1979 64.8 −2.6 −3.86%
1978 67.4 −2.7 −3.86%
1977 70.1 −3.4 −4.63%
1976 73.6 −1.9 −2.51%
1975 75.4 −2.9 −3.75%
1974 78.4 −2.3 −2.8%
1973 80.6 −2.8 −3.38%
1972 83.5 −2.2 −2.61%
1971 85.7 −2.4 −2.71%
1970 88.1 −2.4 −2.61%
1969 90.5 −2.3 −2.52%
1968 92.8 −2.2 −2.36%
1967 95 −2.3 −2.32%
1966 97.3 −2.3 −2.35%
1965 99.6 −2.3 −2.27%
1964 101.9 −2.3 −2.21%
1963 104.2 −2.6 −2.44%
1962 106.8 −2.6 −2.36%
1961 109.4 −2.9 −2.62%
1960 112.4

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.