Brazil vs Seychelles: Child mortality rate
Brazil
1.42 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Seychelles
1.4 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Brazil rank
101st
Seychelles rank
102nd
Child mortality rate over time
- Brazil
- Seychelles
How they compare
Brazil currently reports 1.42 deaths per 100 live births against 1.4 deaths per 100 live births in Seychelles, a difference of 0.02 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 82 shared years of data; in 1943 it was Brazil ahead.
Brazil ranks 101st and Seychelles ranks 102nd of 200 countries.
Brazil has averaged higher in every one of the 9 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | Seychelles | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 23.21 deaths per 100 live births | 11.83 deaths per 100 live births | 11.38 deaths per 100 live births | Brazil |
| 1950s | 19.74 deaths per 100 live births | 11.11 deaths per 100 live births | 8.63 deaths per 100 live births | Brazil |
| 1960s | 15.12 deaths per 100 live births | 9.48 deaths per 100 live births | 5.64 deaths per 100 live births | Brazil |
| 1970s | 11.67 deaths per 100 live births | 5.38 deaths per 100 live births | 6.29 deaths per 100 live births | Brazil |
| 1980s | 7.92 deaths per 100 live births | 2.2 deaths per 100 live births | 5.72 deaths per 100 live births | Brazil |
| 1990s | 4.95 deaths per 100 live births | 1.47 deaths per 100 live births | 3.48 deaths per 100 live births | Brazil |
| 2000s | 2.61 deaths per 100 live births | 1.38 deaths per 100 live births | 1.22 deaths per 100 live births | Brazil |
| 2010s | 1.65 deaths per 100 live births | 1.45 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2 deaths per 100 live births | Brazil |
| 2020s | 1.46 deaths per 100 live births | 1.45 deaths per 100 live births | 0.01 deaths per 100 live births | Brazil |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality rate, Brazil or Seychelles?
- Brazil, at 1.42 deaths per 100 live births against 1.4 deaths per 100 live births in Seychelles as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality rate between Brazil and Seychelles?
- 0.02 deaths per 100 live births, with Brazil ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Seychelles?
- 82 years are reported by both, from 1943 to 2024.
- How do Brazil and Seychelles rank globally for child mortality rate?
- Brazil ranks 101st and Seychelles ranks 102nd 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
Long-run estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.