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Under-five mortality rate — Mexico

Under-five mortality rate in Mexico in 2024 — 13.1 per 1,000. Ranked 92 in the world out of 196. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 91.5%.

2024 13.1 per 1,000 −2.24% vs 2023
World rank 92of 196
Period maximum 154.7 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 13.1 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Under-five mortality rate — Mexico, 1960–202405010015020019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 154.7 per 1,0001962: 142.3 per 1,0001964: 131.8 per 1,0001966: 122.8 per 1,0001968: 114.6 per 1,0001970: 106.9 per 1,0001972: 99.4 per 1,0001974: 92.1 per 1,0001976: 85.2 per 1,0001978: 78.5 per 1,0001980: 71.8 per 1,0001982: 65.4 per 1,0001984: 59.5 per 1,0001986: 54.3 per 1,0001988: 49.4 per 1,0001990: 44.9 per 1,0001992: 40.7 per 1,0001994: 36.9 per 1,0001996: 33.4 per 1,0001998: 30.2 per 1,0002000: 27.4 per 1,0002002: 25 per 1,0002004: 23 per 1,0002006: 21.3 per 1,0002008: 20 per 1,0002010: 18.9 per 1,0002012: 17.9 per 1,0002014: 17 per 1,0002016: 16.2 per 1,0002018: 15.4 per 1,0002020: 14.6 per 1,0002022: 13.8 per 1,0002024: 13.1 per 1,000
Change over the period: −141.6 (−91.53%) Average annual rate: -3.78 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Mexico 13.1 per 1,000
World 37.4 per 1,000
Latin America & Caribbean 15.4 per 1,000
Central America computed 13.8 per 1,000
Upper-middle-income countries computed 10.4 per 1,000
Under-five mortality rate — Mexico, by year Mexico All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 13.1 −0.3 −2.24%
2023 13.4 −0.4 −2.9%
2022 13.8 −0.4 −2.82%
2021 14.2 −0.4 −2.74%
2020 14.6 −0.4 −2.67%
2019 15 −0.4 −2.6%
2018 15.4 −0.4 −2.53%
2017 15.8 −0.4 −2.47%
2016 16.2 −0.4 −2.41%
2015 16.6 −0.4 −2.35%
2014 17 −0.5 −2.86%
2013 17.5 −0.4 −2.23%
2012 17.9 −0.5 −2.72%
2011 18.4 −0.5 −2.65%
2010 18.9 −0.6 −3.08%
2009 19.5 −0.5 −2.5%
2008 20 −0.7 −3.38%
2007 20.7 −0.6 −2.82%
2006 21.3 −0.8 −3.62%
2005 22.1 −0.9 −3.91%
2004 23 −0.9 −3.77%
2003 23.9 −1.1 −4.4%
2002 25 −1.2 −4.58%
2001 26.2 −1.2 −4.38%
2000 27.4 −1.4 −4.86%
1999 28.8 −1.4 −4.64%
1998 30.2 −1.6 −5.03%
1997 31.8 −1.6 −4.79%
1996 33.4 −1.7 −4.84%
1995 35.1 −1.8 −4.88%
1994 36.9 −1.8 −4.65%
1993 38.7 −2 −4.91%
1992 40.7 −2 −4.68%
1991 42.7 −2.2 −4.9%
1990 44.9 −2.2 −4.67%
1989 47.1 −2.3 −4.66%
1988 49.4 −2.4 −4.63%
1987 51.8 −2.5 −4.6%
1986 54.3 −2.6 −4.57%
1985 56.9 −2.6 −4.37%
1984 59.5 −2.9 −4.65%
1983 62.4 −3 −4.59%
1982 65.4 −3.1 −4.53%
1981 68.5 −3.3 −4.6%
1980 71.8 −3.3 −4.39%
1979 75.1 −3.4 −4.33%
1978 78.5 −3.3 −4.03%
1977 81.8 −3.4 −3.99%
1976 85.2 −3.4 −3.84%
1975 88.6 −3.5 −3.8%
1974 92.1 −3.6 −3.76%
1973 95.7 −3.7 −3.72%
1972 99.4 −3.7 −3.59%
1971 103.1 −3.8 −3.55%
1970 106.9 −3.8 −3.43%
1969 110.7 −3.9 −3.4%
1968 114.6 −4 −3.37%
1967 118.6 −4.2 −3.42%
1966 122.8 −4.4 −3.46%
1965 127.2 −4.6 −3.49%
1964 131.8 −5 −3.65%
1963 136.8 −5.5 −3.87%
1962 142.3 −5.8 −3.92%
1961 148.1 −6.6 −4.27%
1960 154.7 — —

Central America, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

SV El Salvador 10 CR Costa Rica 10.4 NI Nicaragua 11.2 BZ Belize 12.7 MX Mexico 13.1 HN Honduras 15 PA Panama 15.3 GT Guatemala 20.5
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About the indicator

The probability of dying before the age of five, expressed as the number of deaths per 1,000 live births. The main target indicator of UN Sustainable Development Goal 3.2 — to bring it down to 25 per 1,000 by 2030. The gap between countries remains more than twentyfold, while over the past thirty years the world value has more than halved.

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

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