Under-five mortality rate in Bolivia

The under-five mortality rate in Bolivia was 15.7 per 1,000 live births in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1960.

Measure: Under-five mortality rate Unit: Deaths per 1,000 live births Data: 1960 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Bolivia, 2024 15.7 Deaths per 1,000 live births
Change from 2023 −0.7per 1,000 live births 2023: 16.4 per 1,000 live births
World, 2024 37.4 per 1,000 live births Official aggregate
Position in 2024 94th of 196 See the full ranking

Under-five mortality rate in Bolivia over time

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Deaths per 1,000 live births. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Under-five mortality rate (deaths per 1,000 live births), 2000 to 2024
Period BoliviaWorld
2024 15.7 per 1,000 live births 37.4 per 1,000 live births
2023 16.4 per 1,000 live births 38.3 per 1,000 live births
2022 17.3 per 1,000 live births 40.0 per 1,000 live births
2021 18.2 per 1,000 live births 39.6 per 1,000 live births
2020 19.3 per 1,000 live births 39.2 per 1,000 live births
2019 20.6 per 1,000 live births 39.6 per 1,000 live births
2018 22.0 per 1,000 live births 40.0 per 1,000 live births
2017 23.4 per 1,000 live births 40.9 per 1,000 live births
2016 25.0 per 1,000 live births 41.7 per 1,000 live births
2015 26.7 per 1,000 live births 42.9 per 1,000 live births
2014 28.4 per 1,000 live births 43.9 per 1,000 live births
2013 30.3 per 1,000 live births 45.1 per 1,000 live births
2012 32.3 per 1,000 live births 46.7 per 1,000 live births
2011 34.4 per 1,000 live births 49.5 per 1,000 live births
2010 36.7 per 1,000 live births 50.6 per 1,000 live births
2009 39.1 per 1,000 live births 52.9 per 1,000 live births
2008 41.8 per 1,000 live births 54.7 per 1,000 live births
2007 44.7 per 1,000 live births 57.0 per 1,000 live births
2006 47.7 per 1,000 live births 59.6 per 1,000 live births
2005 51.0 per 1,000 live births 62.3 per 1,000 live births
2004 54.5 per 1,000 live births 65.8 per 1,000 live births
2003 58.2 per 1,000 live births 68.3 per 1,000 live births
2002 62.1 per 1,000 live births 71.3 per 1,000 live births
2001 66.3 per 1,000 live births 74.3 per 1,000 live births
2000 70.7 per 1,000 live births 76.7 per 1,000 live births

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.7 from 16.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 28.4 per 1,000 live births, the figure has changed by −12.7.
  • Among the 196 countries with data for 2024, Bolivia has the 94th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 37.4 per 1,000 live births.

Source and dates

Original producer
UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA)
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SH.DYN.MORT · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1960 to 2024 for Bolivia
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA)