Brazil vs Suriname: Child mortality rate by household wealth
Brazil
1.4 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Suriname
1.57 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Brazil rank
82nd
Suriname rank
79th
Child mortality rate by household wealth over time
- Brazil
- Suriname
How they compare
Suriname currently reports 1.57 deaths per 100 live births against 1.4 deaths per 100 live births in Brazil, a difference of 0.17 deaths per 100 live births.
That makes Suriname's figure about 1.1 times Brazil's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Brazil ahead.
Brazil ranks 82nd and Suriname ranks 79th of 106 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Brazil averaged higher in 1 and Suriname in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | Suriname | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4.91 deaths per 100 live births | 3.84 deaths per 100 live births | 1.07 deaths per 100 live births | Brazil |
| 2000s | 2.55 deaths per 100 live births | 2.69 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1442 deaths per 100 live births | Suriname |
| 2010s | 1.62 deaths per 100 live births | 2.07 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4511 deaths per 100 live births | Suriname |
| 2020s | 1.43 deaths per 100 live births | 1.67 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2381 deaths per 100 live births | Suriname |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality rate by household wealth, Brazil or Suriname?
- Suriname, at 1.57 deaths per 100 live births against 1.4 deaths per 100 live births in Brazil as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality rate by household wealth between Brazil and Suriname?
- 0.17 deaths per 100 live births, with Suriname ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Suriname?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
- How do Brazil and Suriname rank globally for child mortality rate by household wealth?
- Brazil ranks 82nd and Suriname ranks 79th of 106 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) β processed by Our World in Data, published as Child mortality rate by household wealth. 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 children aged under five years, per 100 live births in the middle 20% of the population in terms of wealth.