Cape Verde vs Nicaragua: Child mortality
Cape Verde
1.11 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Nicaragua
1.12 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Cape Verde rank
120th
Nicaragua rank
119th
Child mortality over time
- Cape Verde
- Nicaragua
How they compare
Nicaragua currently reports 1.12 deaths per 100 live births against 1.11 deaths per 100 live births in Cape Verde, a difference of 0.01 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 225 shared years of data; in 1800 it was Nicaragua ahead.
Cape Verde ranks 120th and Nicaragua ranks 119th of 203 countries.
Across the 23 decades both report, Cape Verde averaged higher in 1 and Nicaragua in 22.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cape Verde | Nicaragua | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1800s | 39.47 deaths per 100 live births | 50.94 deaths per 100 live births | 11.47 deaths per 100 live births | Nicaragua |
| 1810s | 39.47 deaths per 100 live births | 50.94 deaths per 100 live births | 11.47 deaths per 100 live births | Nicaragua |
| 1820s | 39.47 deaths per 100 live births | 50.94 deaths per 100 live births | 11.47 deaths per 100 live births | Nicaragua |
| 1830s | 39.47 deaths per 100 live births | 50.94 deaths per 100 live births | 11.47 deaths per 100 live births | Nicaragua |
| 1840s | 39.47 deaths per 100 live births | 50.94 deaths per 100 live births | 11.47 deaths per 100 live births | Nicaragua |
| 1850s | 39.47 deaths per 100 live births | 50.94 deaths per 100 live births | 11.47 deaths per 100 live births | Nicaragua |
| 1860s | 39.47 deaths per 100 live births | 50.94 deaths per 100 live births | 11.47 deaths per 100 live births | Nicaragua |
| 1870s | 39.47 deaths per 100 live births | 50.94 deaths per 100 live births | 11.47 deaths per 100 live births | Nicaragua |
| 1880s | 39.47 deaths per 100 live births | 50.94 deaths per 100 live births | 11.47 deaths per 100 live births | Nicaragua |
| 1890s | 39.46 deaths per 100 live births | 50.92 deaths per 100 live births | 11.46 deaths per 100 live births | Nicaragua |
| 1900s | 39.16 deaths per 100 live births | 50.54 deaths per 100 live births | 11.38 deaths per 100 live births | Nicaragua |
| 1910s | 38.36 deaths per 100 live births | 49.68 deaths per 100 live births | 11.32 deaths per 100 live births | Nicaragua |
| 1920s | 37.43 deaths per 100 live births | 47.1 deaths per 100 live births | 9.67 deaths per 100 live births | Nicaragua |
| 1930s | 36.51 deaths per 100 live births | 38.2 deaths per 100 live births | 1.68 deaths per 100 live births | Nicaragua |
| 1940s | 26.91 deaths per 100 live births | 28.59 deaths per 100 live births | 1.69 deaths per 100 live births | Nicaragua |
| 1950s | 19.02 deaths per 100 live births | 20.66 deaths per 100 live births | 1.64 deaths per 100 live births | Nicaragua |
| 1960s | 15.42 deaths per 100 live births | 18.48 deaths per 100 live births | 3.06 deaths per 100 live births | Nicaragua |
| 1970s | 10.06 deaths per 100 live births | 15.35 deaths per 100 live births | 5.29 deaths per 100 live births | Nicaragua |
| 1980s | 7.11 deaths per 100 live births | 8.55 deaths per 100 live births | 1.44 deaths per 100 live births | Nicaragua |
| 1990s | 5.13 deaths per 100 live births | 5.39 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2625 deaths per 100 live births | Nicaragua |
| 2000s | 2.96 deaths per 100 live births | 3.05 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0903 deaths per 100 live births | Nicaragua |
| 2010s | 2.02 deaths per 100 live births | 1.81 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2129 deaths per 100 live births | Cape Verde |
| 2020s | 1.22 deaths per 100 live births | 1.35 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1373 deaths per 100 live births | Nicaragua |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality, Cape Verde or Nicaragua?
- Nicaragua, at 1.12 deaths per 100 live births against 1.11 deaths per 100 live births in Cape Verde as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality between Cape Verde and Nicaragua?
- 0.01 deaths per 100 live births, with Nicaragua ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cape Verde and Nicaragua?
- 225 years are reported by both, from 1800 to 2024.
- How do Cape Verde and Nicaragua rank globally for child mortality?
- Cape Verde ranks 120th and Nicaragua ranks 119th 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
Estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.