Brazil vs Seychelles: Child mortality
Brazil
1.42 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Seychelles
1.4 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Brazil rank
102nd
Seychelles rank
103rd
Child mortality over time
- Brazil
- Seychelles
How they compare
Brazil currently reports 1.42 deaths per 100 live births against 1.4 deaths per 100 live births in Seychelles, a difference of 0.02 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 225 shared years of data; in 1800 it was Seychelles ahead.
Brazil ranks 102nd and Seychelles ranks 103rd of 203 countries.
Across the 23 decades both report, Brazil averaged higher in 22 and Seychelles in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | Seychelles | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1800s | 41.74 deaths per 100 live births | 42.94 deaths per 100 live births | 1.2 deaths per 100 live births | Seychelles |
| 1810s | 41.74 deaths per 100 live births | 39.3 deaths per 100 live births | 2.44 deaths per 100 live births | Brazil |
| 1820s | 41.74 deaths per 100 live births | 35.97 deaths per 100 live births | 5.77 deaths per 100 live births | Brazil |
| 1830s | 41.74 deaths per 100 live births | 32.93 deaths per 100 live births | 8.82 deaths per 100 live births | Brazil |
| 1840s | 41.74 deaths per 100 live births | 30.14 deaths per 100 live births | 11.61 deaths per 100 live births | Brazil |
| 1850s | 41.74 deaths per 100 live births | 27.58 deaths per 100 live births | 14.16 deaths per 100 live births | Brazil |
| 1860s | 41.74 deaths per 100 live births | 25.25 deaths per 100 live births | 16.5 deaths per 100 live births | Brazil |
| 1870s | 41.74 deaths per 100 live births | 23.11 deaths per 100 live births | 18.64 deaths per 100 live births | Brazil |
| 1880s | 41.74 deaths per 100 live births | 21.15 deaths per 100 live births | 20.59 deaths per 100 live births | Brazil |
| 1890s | 41.73 deaths per 100 live births | 19.36 deaths per 100 live births | 22.37 deaths per 100 live births | Brazil |
| 1900s | 41.41 deaths per 100 live births | 17.72 deaths per 100 live births | 23.7 deaths per 100 live births | Brazil |
| 1910s | 40.57 deaths per 100 live births | 16.22 deaths per 100 live births | 24.35 deaths per 100 live births | Brazil |
| 1920s | 39.59 deaths per 100 live births | 14.84 deaths per 100 live births | 24.75 deaths per 100 live births | Brazil |
| 1930s | 24.68 deaths per 100 live births | 13.55 deaths per 100 live births | 11.13 deaths per 100 live births | Brazil |
| 1940s | 23.43 deaths per 100 live births | 12.1 deaths per 100 live births | 11.33 deaths per 100 live births | Brazil |
| 1950s | 19.74 deaths per 100 live births | 11.11 deaths per 100 live births | 8.63 deaths per 100 live births | Brazil |
| 1960s | 15.12 deaths per 100 live births | 9.48 deaths per 100 live births | 5.65 deaths per 100 live births | Brazil |
| 1970s | 11.67 deaths per 100 live births | 5.38 deaths per 100 live births | 6.29 deaths per 100 live births | Brazil |
| 1980s | 7.92 deaths per 100 live births | 2.2 deaths per 100 live births | 5.72 deaths per 100 live births | Brazil |
| 1990s | 4.95 deaths per 100 live births | 1.47 deaths per 100 live births | 3.48 deaths per 100 live births | Brazil |
| 2000s | 2.61 deaths per 100 live births | 1.38 deaths per 100 live births | 1.22 deaths per 100 live births | Brazil |
| 2010s | 1.65 deaths per 100 live births | 1.45 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2019 deaths per 100 live births | Brazil |
| 2020s | 1.46 deaths per 100 live births | 1.45 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0104 deaths per 100 live births | Brazil |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality, Brazil or Seychelles?
- Brazil, at 1.42 deaths per 100 live births against 1.4 deaths per 100 live births in Seychelles as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality between Brazil and Seychelles?
- 0.02 deaths per 100 live births, with Brazil ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Seychelles?
- 225 years are reported by both, from 1800 to 2024.
- How do Brazil and Seychelles rank globally for child mortality?
- Brazil ranks 102nd and Seychelles ranks 103rd of 203 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Child mortality. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.