Chile vs Sri Lanka: Child mortality by sex
Chile
0.7264 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Sri Lanka
0.6471 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Chile rank
144th
Sri Lanka rank
147th
Child mortality by sex over time
- Chile
- Sri Lanka
How they compare
Chile currently reports 0.7264 deaths per 100 live births against 0.6471 deaths per 100 live births in Sri Lanka, a difference of 0.0793 deaths per 100 live births.
That makes Chile's figure about 1.1 times Sri Lanka's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 71 shared years of data; in 1954 it was Chile ahead.
Chile ranks 144th and Sri Lanka ranks 147th of 199 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Chile averaged higher in 4 and Sri Lanka in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Chile | Sri Lanka | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 15.91 deaths per 100 live births | 11.52 deaths per 100 live births | 4.39 deaths per 100 live births | Chile |
| 1960s | 12.61 deaths per 100 live births | 8.39 deaths per 100 live births | 4.21 deaths per 100 live births | Chile |
| 1970s | 6.82 deaths per 100 live births | 6.58 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2423 deaths per 100 live births | Chile |
| 1980s | 2.7 deaths per 100 live births | 3.55 deaths per 100 live births | 0.8494 deaths per 100 live births | Sri Lanka |
| 1990s | 1.56 deaths per 100 live births | 2.22 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6526 deaths per 100 live births | Sri Lanka |
| 2000s | 1.03 deaths per 100 live births | 1.77 deaths per 100 live births | 0.7391 deaths per 100 live births | Sri Lanka |
| 2010s | 0.8599 deaths per 100 live births | 1 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1445 deaths per 100 live births | Sri Lanka |
| 2020s | 0.7297 deaths per 100 live births | 0.7035 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0263 deaths per 100 live births | Chile |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality by sex, Chile or Sri Lanka?
- Chile, at 0.7264 deaths per 100 live births against 0.6471 deaths per 100 live births in Sri Lanka as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality by sex between Chile and Sri Lanka?
- 0.0793 deaths per 100 live births, with Chile ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Chile and Sri Lanka?
- 71 years are reported by both, from 1954 to 2024.
- How do Chile and Sri Lanka rank globally for child mortality by sex?
- Chile ranks 144th and Sri Lanka ranks 147th of 199 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Child mortality by sex. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Estimated number of deaths of male children aged under five years, per 100 live births .