What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Belize and Peru?

0.2 per 1,000 live births, with Peru ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Belize and Peru?

58 years are reported by both, from 1967 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Belize vs Peru: Mortality rate, infant

Belize

10.8 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Peru

11 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Belize rank

110th

Peru rank

108th

Mortality rate, infant over time

Belize
Peru

How they compare

Peru currently reports 11 per 1,000 live births against 10.8 per 1,000 live births in Belize, a difference of 0.2 per 1,000 live births.

Across all 58 years both countries report, Peru has been ahead every year.

Belize ranks 110th and Peru ranks 108th of 197 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Belize	Peru	Difference	Ahead
1960s	80.83 per 1,000 live births	121.1 per 1,000 live births	40.27 per 1,000 live births	Peru
1970s	62.94 per 1,000 live births	102.97 per 1,000 live births	40.03 per 1,000 live births	Peru
1980s	42.11 per 1,000 live births	77.29 per 1,000 live births	35.18 per 1,000 live births	Peru
1990s	24.87 per 1,000 live births	46.1 per 1,000 live births	21.23 per 1,000 live births	Peru
2000s	17.47 per 1,000 live births	22.66 per 1,000 live births	5.19 per 1,000 live births	Peru
2010s	13.4 per 1,000 live births	14.2 per 1,000 live births	0.8 per 1,000 live births	Peru
2020s	10.94 per 1,000 live births	11.6 per 1,000 live births	0.66 per 1,000 live births	Peru

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Belize or Peru?: Peru, at 11 per 1,000 live births against 10.8 per 1,000 live births in Belize as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Belize and Peru?: 0.2 per 1,000 live births, with Peru ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Belize and Peru?: 58 years are reported by both, from 1967 to 2024.
How do Belize and Peru rank globally for mortality rate, infant?: Belize ranks 110th and Peru ranks 108th 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 (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Mortality rate, infant (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: 20 August 2026

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