Bolivia vs Paraguay: Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) (Mortality UN)
Bolivia
14.2 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Paraguay
14.5 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Bolivia rank
90th
Paraguay rank
88th
Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) (Mortality UN) over time
- Bolivia
- Paraguay
How they compare
Paraguay currently reports 14.5 per 1,000 live births against 14.2 per 1,000 live births in Bolivia, a difference of 0.3 per 1,000 live births.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Bolivia ahead.
Bolivia ranks 90th and Paraguay ranks 88th of 197 countries.
Bolivia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bolivia | Paraguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 173.43 per 1,000 live births | 62.35 per 1,000 live births | 111.08 per 1,000 live births | Bolivia |
| 1970s | 138.1 per 1,000 live births | 58.37 per 1,000 live births | 79.73 per 1,000 live births | Bolivia |
| 1980s | 105.6 per 1,000 live births | 45.85 per 1,000 live births | 59.75 per 1,000 live births | Bolivia |
| 1990s | 74.95 per 1,000 live births | 33.09 per 1,000 live births | 41.86 per 1,000 live births | Bolivia |
| 2000s | 44.46 per 1,000 live births | 26 per 1,000 live births | 18.46 per 1,000 live births | Bolivia |
| 2010s | 24.49 per 1,000 live births | 19.69 per 1,000 live births | 4.8 per 1,000 live births | Bolivia |
| 2020s | 15.7 per 1,000 live births | 15.5 per 1,000 live births | 0.2 per 1,000 live births | Bolivia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Bolivia or Paraguay?
- Paraguay, at 14.5 per 1,000 live births against 14.2 per 1,000 live births in Bolivia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Bolivia and Paraguay?
- 0.3 per 1,000 live births, with Paraguay ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bolivia and Paraguay?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Bolivia and Paraguay rank globally for mortality rate, infant?
- Bolivia ranks 90th and Paraguay ranks 88th 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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About this data
Infant mortality rate is the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.