What is the difference in child mortality rate between Belize and Peru?

0.02 deaths per 100 live births, with Peru ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Belize and Peru?

58 years are reported by both, from 1967 to 2024.

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. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Belize vs Peru: Child mortality rate

Belize

1.27 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Peru

1.29 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Belize rank

111th

Peru rank

108th

Child mortality rate over time

Belize
Peru

How they compare

Peru currently reports 1.29 deaths per 100 live births against 1.27 deaths per 100 live births in Belize, a difference of 0.02 deaths per 100 live births.

Across all 58 years both countries report, Peru has been ahead every year.

Belize ranks 111th and Peru ranks 108th of 200 countries.

Peru has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Belize	Peru	Difference	Ahead
1960s	10.99 deaths per 100 live births	17.8 deaths per 100 live births	6.81 deaths per 100 live births	Peru
1970s	8.35 deaths per 100 live births	15.04 deaths per 100 live births	6.7 deaths per 100 live births	Peru
1980s	5.41 deaths per 100 live births	10.74 deaths per 100 live births	5.33 deaths per 100 live births	Peru
1990s	3.14 deaths per 100 live births	6.07 deaths per 100 live births	2.93 deaths per 100 live births	Peru
2000s	2.15 deaths per 100 live births	2.84 deaths per 100 live births	0.685 deaths per 100 live births	Peru
2010s	1.6 deaths per 100 live births	1.72 deaths per 100 live births	0.111 deaths per 100 live births	Peru
2020s	1.29 deaths per 100 live births	1.37 deaths per 100 live births	0.08 deaths per 100 live births	Peru

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher child mortality rate, Belize or Peru?: Peru, at 1.29 deaths per 100 live births against 1.27 deaths per 100 live births in Belize as of 2024.
What is the difference in child mortality rate between Belize and Peru?: 0.02 deaths per 100 live births, with Peru ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Belize and Peru?: 58 years are reported by both, from 1967 to 2024.
How do Belize and Peru rank globally for child mortality rate?: Belize ranks 111th and Peru ranks 108th 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. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Child mortality rate
Unit: deaths per 100 live births
Source: Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 200 places, 16,161 data points, 1751–2024
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

Long-run estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.