Under-five mortality rate in Latin America and Caribbean
The under-five mortality rate in Latin America and Caribbean was 15.4 per 1,000 live births in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1990.
Latin America and Caribbean is a group: World Bank region. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
Latin America and Caribbean, 2024
15.4
Change from 2023
−0.3per 1,000 live births
World, 2024
37.4 per 1,000 live births
Under-five mortality rate in Latin America and Caribbean 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.
| Period | Latin America and Caribbean | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 15.4 per 1,000 live births | 37.4 per 1,000 live births |
| 2023 | 15.7 per 1,000 live births | 38.3 per 1,000 live births |
| 2022 | 16.0 per 1,000 live births | 40.0 per 1,000 live births |
| 2021 | 16.4 per 1,000 live births | 39.6 per 1,000 live births |
| 2020 | 16.7 per 1,000 live births | 39.2 per 1,000 live births |
| 2019 | 17.0 per 1,000 live births | 39.6 per 1,000 live births |
| 2018 | 17.4 per 1,000 live births | 40.0 per 1,000 live births |
| 2017 | 17.8 per 1,000 live births | 40.9 per 1,000 live births |
| 2016 | 18.5 per 1,000 live births | 41.7 per 1,000 live births |
| 2015 | 18.3 per 1,000 live births | 42.9 per 1,000 live births |
| 2014 | 18.7 per 1,000 live births | 43.9 per 1,000 live births |
| 2013 | 19.2 per 1,000 live births | 45.1 per 1,000 live births |
| 2012 | 19.8 per 1,000 live births | 46.7 per 1,000 live births |
| 2011 | 20.4 per 1,000 live births | 49.5 per 1,000 live births |
| 2010 | 22.7 per 1,000 live births | 50.6 per 1,000 live births |
| 2009 | 21.8 per 1,000 live births | 52.9 per 1,000 live births |
| 2008 | 22.7 per 1,000 live births | 54.7 per 1,000 live births |
| 2007 | 23.6 per 1,000 live births | 57.0 per 1,000 live births |
| 2006 | 24.6 per 1,000 live births | 59.6 per 1,000 live births |
| 2005 | 25.6 per 1,000 live births | 62.3 per 1,000 live births |
| 2004 | 26.8 per 1,000 live births | 65.8 per 1,000 live births |
| 2003 | 28.1 per 1,000 live births | 68.3 per 1,000 live births |
| 2002 | 29.5 per 1,000 live births | 71.3 per 1,000 live births |
| 2001 | 31.0 per 1,000 live births | 74.3 per 1,000 live births |
| 2000 | 32.7 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 −0.3 from 15.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 18.7 per 1,000 live births, the figure has changed by −3.3.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 37.4 per 1,000 live births.
More for Latin America and Caribbean
All statistics for Latin America and Caribbean
Infant mortality rate
13.3 per 1,000 live births
2024 · World Bank
Maternal mortality ratio
77 per 100,000 live births
2023 · World Bank
Life expectancy at birth
75.8 years
2024 · World Bank
Life expectancy at birth, women
78.7 years
2024 · World Bank
Life expectancy at birth, men
72.9 years
2024 · World Bank
Health spending share of GDP
7.9%
2023 · World Bank