Brazil vs Honduras: Infant mortality rate
Brazil
1.23 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Honduras
1.28 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Brazil rank
100th
Honduras rank
98th
Infant mortality rate over time
- Brazil
- Honduras
How they compare
Honduras currently reports 1.28 deaths per 100 live births against 1.23 deaths per 100 live births in Brazil, a difference of 0.05 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 69 shared years of data; in 1956 it was Honduras ahead.
Brazil ranks 100th and Honduras ranks 98th of 199 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Brazil averaged higher in 3 and Honduras in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | Honduras | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 13.55 deaths per 100 live births | 15.2 deaths per 100 live births | 1.64 deaths per 100 live births | Honduras |
| 1960s | 11.48 deaths per 100 live births | 12.53 deaths per 100 live births | 1.05 deaths per 100 live births | Honduras |
| 1970s | 9.17 deaths per 100 live births | 9.04 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1291 deaths per 100 live births | Brazil |
| 1980s | 6.43 deaths per 100 live births | 5.81 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6227 deaths per 100 live births | Brazil |
| 1990s | 4.13 deaths per 100 live births | 3.82 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3113 deaths per 100 live births | Brazil |
| 2000s | 2.22 deaths per 100 live births | 2.48 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2632 deaths per 100 live births | Honduras |
| 2010s | 1.42 deaths per 100 live births | 1.74 deaths per 100 live births | 0.317 deaths per 100 live births | Honduras |
| 2020s | 1.25 deaths per 100 live births | 1.36 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1045 deaths per 100 live births | Honduras |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher infant mortality rate, Brazil or Honduras?
- Honduras, at 1.28 deaths per 100 live births against 1.23 deaths per 100 live births in Brazil as of 2024.
- What is the difference in infant mortality rate between Brazil and Honduras?
- 0.05 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 infant mortality rate?
- Brazil ranks 100th and Honduras ranks 98th of 199 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Infant 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 estimated number of deaths of children aged under one year, per 100 live births .