Cape Verde vs Iran: Child mortality rate

Cape Verde
1.11 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Iran
1.13 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Cape Verde rank
119th
Iran rank
116th

Child mortality rate over time

  • Cape Verde
  • Iran
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How they compare

Iran currently reports 1.13 deaths per 100 live births against 1.11 deaths per 100 live births in Cape Verde, a difference of 0.02 deaths per 100 live births.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 59 shared years of data; in 1958 it was Iran ahead.

Cape Verde ranks 119th and Iran ranks 116th of 200 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Cape Verde averaged higher in 4 and Iran in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Cape Verde Iran Difference Ahead
1950s 17.75 deaths per 100 live births 33.9 deaths per 100 live births 16.15 deaths per 100 live births Iran
1960s 13.86 deaths per 100 live births 26.66 deaths per 100 live births 12.8 deaths per 100 live births Iran
1970s 10.06 deaths per 100 live births 16.12 deaths per 100 live births 6.06 deaths per 100 live births Iran
1980s 7.11 deaths per 100 live births 8.17 deaths per 100 live births 1.06 deaths per 100 live births Iran
1990s 5.13 deaths per 100 live births 4.76 deaths per 100 live births 0.374 deaths per 100 live births Cape Verde
2000s 2.96 deaths per 100 live births 2.78 deaths per 100 live births 0.18 deaths per 100 live births Cape Verde
2010s 2.02 deaths per 100 live births 1.6 deaths per 100 live births 0.421 deaths per 100 live births Cape Verde
2020s 1.22 deaths per 100 live births 1.21 deaths per 100 live births 0.002 deaths per 100 live births Cape Verde

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher child mortality rate, Cape Verde or Iran?
Iran, at 1.13 deaths per 100 live births against 1.11 deaths per 100 live births in Cape Verde as of 2024.
What is the difference in child mortality rate between Cape Verde and Iran?
0.02 deaths per 100 live births, with Iran ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cape Verde and Iran?
59 years are reported by both, from 1958 to 2024.
How do Cape Verde and Iran rank globally for child mortality rate?
Cape Verde ranks 119th and Iran ranks 116th 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
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Long-run estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.