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

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

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

65 years are reported by both, from 1960 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.

Cape Verde vs Peru: Mortality rate, infant

Cape Verde

10.6 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Peru

11 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Cape Verde rank

111th

Peru rank

108th

Mortality rate, infant over time

Cape Verde
Peru

How they compare

Peru currently reports 11 per 1,000 live births against 10.6 per 1,000 live births in Cape Verde, a difference of 0.4 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Peru ahead.

Cape Verde ranks 111th and Peru ranks 108th of 197 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Cape Verde averaged higher in 2 and Peru in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Cape Verde	Peru	Difference	Ahead
1960s	102.33 per 1,000 live births	135.69 per 1,000 live births	33.36 per 1,000 live births	Peru
1970s	69.14 per 1,000 live births	102.97 per 1,000 live births	33.83 per 1,000 live births	Peru
1980s	51.37 per 1,000 live births	77.29 per 1,000 live births	25.92 per 1,000 live births	Peru
1990s	39.68 per 1,000 live births	46.1 per 1,000 live births	6.42 per 1,000 live births	Peru
2000s	25.11 per 1,000 live births	22.66 per 1,000 live births	2.45 per 1,000 live births	Cape Verde
2010s	18.45 per 1,000 live births	14.2 per 1,000 live births	4.25 per 1,000 live births	Cape Verde
2020s	11.52 per 1,000 live births	11.6 per 1,000 live births	0.08 per 1,000 live births	Peru

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Cape Verde or Peru?: Peru, at 11 per 1,000 live births against 10.6 per 1,000 live births in Cape Verde as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Cape Verde and Peru?: 0.4 per 1,000 live births, with Peru ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cape Verde and Peru?: 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Cape Verde and Peru rank globally for mortality rate, infant?: Cape Verde ranks 111th 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.