Jordan vs Peru: Child mortality
Jordan
1.29 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Peru
1.29 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Jordan rank
109th
Peru rank
110th
Child mortality over time
- Jordan
- Peru
How they compare
Jordan currently reports 1.29 deaths per 100 live births against 1.29 deaths per 100 live births in Peru, a difference of 0 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 225 shared years of data; in 1800 it was Jordan ahead.
Jordan ranks 109th and Peru ranks 110th of 203 countries.
Across the 23 decades both report, Jordan averaged higher in 16 and Peru in 7.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Jordan | Peru | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1800s | 42.13 deaths per 100 live births | 37.16 deaths per 100 live births | 4.97 deaths per 100 live births | Jordan |
| 1810s | 42.13 deaths per 100 live births | 37.16 deaths per 100 live births | 4.97 deaths per 100 live births | Jordan |
| 1820s | 42.13 deaths per 100 live births | 37.16 deaths per 100 live births | 4.97 deaths per 100 live births | Jordan |
| 1830s | 42.13 deaths per 100 live births | 37.16 deaths per 100 live births | 4.97 deaths per 100 live births | Jordan |
| 1840s | 42.13 deaths per 100 live births | 37.16 deaths per 100 live births | 4.97 deaths per 100 live births | Jordan |
| 1850s | 42.13 deaths per 100 live births | 37.16 deaths per 100 live births | 4.97 deaths per 100 live births | Jordan |
| 1860s | 42.13 deaths per 100 live births | 37.16 deaths per 100 live births | 4.97 deaths per 100 live births | Jordan |
| 1870s | 42.13 deaths per 100 live births | 37.16 deaths per 100 live births | 4.97 deaths per 100 live births | Jordan |
| 1880s | 42.13 deaths per 100 live births | 37.16 deaths per 100 live births | 4.97 deaths per 100 live births | Jordan |
| 1890s | 42.12 deaths per 100 live births | 37.15 deaths per 100 live births | 4.97 deaths per 100 live births | Jordan |
| 1900s | 41.8 deaths per 100 live births | 36.87 deaths per 100 live births | 4.93 deaths per 100 live births | Jordan |
| 1910s | 40.95 deaths per 100 live births | 36.11 deaths per 100 live births | 4.83 deaths per 100 live births | Jordan |
| 1920s | 39.96 deaths per 100 live births | 35.24 deaths per 100 live births | 4.72 deaths per 100 live births | Jordan |
| 1930s | 37.96 deaths per 100 live births | 34.3 deaths per 100 live births | 3.66 deaths per 100 live births | Jordan |
| 1940s | 32.26 deaths per 100 live births | 31.84 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4185 deaths per 100 live births | Jordan |
| 1950s | 21.66 deaths per 100 live births | 27.73 deaths per 100 live births | 6.08 deaths per 100 live births | Peru |
| 1960s | 12.19 deaths per 100 live births | 20.08 deaths per 100 live births | 7.89 deaths per 100 live births | Peru |
| 1970s | 7.27 deaths per 100 live births | 15.04 deaths per 100 live births | 7.77 deaths per 100 live births | Peru |
| 1980s | 4.53 deaths per 100 live births | 10.74 deaths per 100 live births | 6.21 deaths per 100 live births | Peru |
| 1990s | 3.08 deaths per 100 live births | 6.07 deaths per 100 live births | 2.99 deaths per 100 live births | Peru |
| 2000s | 2.25 deaths per 100 live births | 2.84 deaths per 100 live births | 0.5906 deaths per 100 live births | Peru |
| 2010s | 1.68 deaths per 100 live births | 1.72 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0344 deaths per 100 live births | Peru |
| 2020s | 1.37 deaths per 100 live births | 1.37 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0014 deaths per 100 live births | Jordan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality, Jordan or Peru?
- Jordan, at 1.29 deaths per 100 live births against 1.29 deaths per 100 live births in Peru as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality between Jordan and Peru?
- 0 deaths per 100 live births, with Jordan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Jordan and Peru?
- 225 years are reported by both, from 1800 to 2024.
- How do Jordan and Peru rank globally for child mortality?
- Jordan ranks 109th and Peru ranks 110th 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.