Brazil vs Honduras: Child mortality rate
Brazil
1.42 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Honduras
1.5 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Brazil rank
101st
Honduras rank
99th
Child mortality rate over time
- Brazil
- Honduras
How they compare
Honduras currently reports 1.5 deaths per 100 live births against 1.42 deaths per 100 live births in Brazil, a difference of 0.08 deaths per 100 live births.
That makes Honduras's figure about 1.1 times Brazil's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 69 shared years of data; in 1956 it was Honduras ahead.
Brazil ranks 101st and Honduras ranks 99th of 200 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Brazil averaged higher in 1 and Honduras in 7.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | Honduras | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 18.23 deaths per 100 live births | 22.45 deaths per 100 live births | 4.22 deaths per 100 live births | Honduras |
| 1960s | 15.12 deaths per 100 live births | 17.84 deaths per 100 live births | 2.71 deaths per 100 live births | Honduras |
| 1970s | 11.67 deaths per 100 live births | 12.47 deaths per 100 live births | 0.797 deaths per 100 live births | Honduras |
| 1980s | 7.92 deaths per 100 live births | 7.71 deaths per 100 live births | 0.212 deaths per 100 live births | Brazil |
| 1990s | 4.95 deaths per 100 live births | 5.04 deaths per 100 live births | 0.091 deaths per 100 live births | Honduras |
| 2000s | 2.61 deaths per 100 live births | 3.08 deaths per 100 live births | 0.475 deaths per 100 live births | Honduras |
| 2010s | 1.65 deaths per 100 live births | 2.08 deaths per 100 live births | 0.432 deaths per 100 live births | Honduras |
| 2020s | 1.46 deaths per 100 live births | 1.6 deaths per 100 live births | 0.146 deaths per 100 live births | Honduras |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality rate, Brazil or Honduras?
- Honduras, at 1.5 deaths per 100 live births against 1.42 deaths per 100 live births in Brazil as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality rate between Brazil and Honduras?
- 0.08 deaths per 100 live births, with Honduras ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Honduras?
- 69 years are reported by both, from 1956 to 2024.
- How do Brazil and Honduras rank globally for child mortality rate?
- Brazil ranks 101st and Honduras ranks 99th 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.