Bolivia vs Paraguay: Child mortality rate
Bolivia
1.57 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Paraguay
1.63 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Bolivia rank
95th
Paraguay rank
92nd
Child mortality rate over time
- Bolivia
- Paraguay
How they compare
Paraguay currently reports 1.63 deaths per 100 live births against 1.57 deaths per 100 live births in Bolivia, a difference of 0.06 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Bolivia ahead.
Bolivia ranks 95th and Paraguay ranks 92nd of 200 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Bolivia averaged higher in 6 and Paraguay in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bolivia | Paraguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 25.87 deaths per 100 live births | 8.04 deaths per 100 live births | 17.83 deaths per 100 live births | Bolivia |
| 1970s | 19.73 deaths per 100 live births | 7.32 deaths per 100 live births | 12.4 deaths per 100 live births | Bolivia |
| 1980s | 14.46 deaths per 100 live births | 5.61 deaths per 100 live births | 8.85 deaths per 100 live births | Bolivia |
| 1990s | 9.65 deaths per 100 live births | 3.94 deaths per 100 live births | 5.7 deaths per 100 live births | Bolivia |
| 2000s | 5.36 deaths per 100 live births | 3.01 deaths per 100 live births | 2.35 deaths per 100 live births | Bolivia |
| 2010s | 2.8 deaths per 100 live births | 2.24 deaths per 100 live births | 0.562 deaths per 100 live births | Bolivia |
| 2020s | 1.74 deaths per 100 live births | 1.75 deaths per 100 live births | 0.008 deaths per 100 live births | Paraguay |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality rate, Bolivia or Paraguay?
- Paraguay, at 1.63 deaths per 100 live births against 1.57 deaths per 100 live births in Bolivia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality rate between Bolivia and Paraguay?
- 0.06 deaths per 100 live births, with Paraguay ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bolivia and Paraguay?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Bolivia and Paraguay rank globally for child mortality rate?
- Bolivia ranks 95th and Paraguay ranks 92nd 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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About this data
The long-run estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.