Colombia vs Nicaragua: Mortality rate, infant, female

Colombia
9.3 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Nicaragua
8.4 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Colombia rank
113th
Nicaragua rank
116th

Mortality rate, infant, female over time

  • Colombia
  • Nicaragua
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How they compare

Colombia currently reports 9.3 per 1,000 live births against 8.4 per 1,000 live births in Nicaragua, a difference of 0.9 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Colombia's figure about 1.1 times Nicaragua's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Nicaragua ahead.

Colombia ranks 113th and Nicaragua ranks 116th of 197 countries.

Nicaragua has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Colombia Nicaragua Difference Ahead
1960s 78.2 per 1,000 live births 118.34 per 1,000 live births 40.14 per 1,000 live births Nicaragua
1970s 55.13 per 1,000 live births 101.08 per 1,000 live births 45.95 per 1,000 live births Nicaragua
1980s 33.09 per 1,000 live births 61.58 per 1,000 live births 28.49 per 1,000 live births Nicaragua
1990s 22.61 per 1,000 live births 40.15 per 1,000 live births 17.54 per 1,000 live births Nicaragua
2000s 16.8 per 1,000 live births 23.09 per 1,000 live births 6.29 per 1,000 live births Nicaragua
2010s 12.54 per 1,000 live births 13.96 per 1,000 live births 1.42 per 1,000 live births Nicaragua
2020s 9.9 per 1,000 live births 10.44 per 1,000 live births 0.54 per 1,000 live births Nicaragua

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, female, Colombia or Nicaragua?
Colombia, at 9.3 per 1,000 live births against 8.4 per 1,000 live births in Nicaragua as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant, female between Colombia and Nicaragua?
0.9 per 1,000 live births, with Colombia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Colombia and Nicaragua?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Colombia and Nicaragua rank globally for mortality rate, infant, female?
Colombia ranks 113th and Nicaragua ranks 116th of 197 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births)
Unit
per 1,000 live births
Source
UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
244 places, 13,515 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

Infant mortality rate, female is the number of female infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 female live births in a given year.