Cape Verde vs Nicaragua: Child mortality rate vs. GDP per capita
Cape Verde
1.11 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Nicaragua
1.12 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Cape Verde rank
119th
Nicaragua rank
118th
Child mortality rate vs. GDP per capita 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 6 times across 70 shared years of data; in 1955 it was Nicaragua ahead.
Cape Verde ranks 119th and Nicaragua ranks 118th of 200 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Cape Verde averaged higher in 1 and Nicaragua in 7.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cape Verde | Nicaragua | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 18.07 deaths per 100 live births | 19.62 deaths per 100 live births | 1.55 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 | 5.28 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 | 0.26 deaths per 100 live births | Nicaragua |
| 2000s | 2.96 deaths per 100 live births | 3.05 deaths per 100 live births | 0.092 deaths per 100 live births | Nicaragua |
| 2010s | 2.02 deaths per 100 live births | 1.81 deaths per 100 live births | 0.213 deaths per 100 live births | Cape Verde |
| 2020s | 1.22 deaths per 100 live births | 1.35 deaths per 100 live births | 0.138 deaths per 100 live births | Nicaragua |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality rate vs. gdp per capita, 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 rate vs. gdp per capita 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?
- 70 years are reported by both, from 1955 to 2024.
- How do Cape Verde and Nicaragua rank globally for child mortality rate vs. gdp per capita?
- Cape Verde ranks 119th and Nicaragua ranks 118th of 200 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 rate vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Long-run estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.