Colombia vs Ecuador: Mortality rate, infant
Colombia
10.5 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Ecuador
10.9 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Colombia rank
112th
Ecuador rank
109th
Mortality rate, infant over time
- Colombia
- Ecuador
How they compare
Ecuador currently reports 10.9 per 1,000 live births against 10.5 per 1,000 live births in Colombia, a difference of 0.4 per 1,000 live births.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Ecuador ahead.
Colombia ranks 112th and Ecuador ranks 109th of 197 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Colombia averaged higher in 1 and Ecuador in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Colombia | Ecuador | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 85.73 per 1,000 live births | 115.66 per 1,000 live births | 29.93 per 1,000 live births | Ecuador |
| 1970s | 61.57 per 1,000 live births | 88.81 per 1,000 live births | 27.24 per 1,000 live births | Ecuador |
| 1980s | 37.53 per 1,000 live births | 56.58 per 1,000 live births | 19.05 per 1,000 live births | Ecuador |
| 1990s | 25.82 per 1,000 live births | 33.83 per 1,000 live births | 8.01 per 1,000 live births | Ecuador |
| 2000s | 19.06 per 1,000 live births | 20.06 per 1,000 live births | 1 per 1,000 live births | Ecuador |
| 2010s | 14.17 per 1,000 live births | 13.45 per 1,000 live births | 0.72 per 1,000 live births | Colombia |
| 2020s | 11.18 per 1,000 live births | 11.2 per 1,000 live births | 0.02 per 1,000 live births | Ecuador |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Colombia or Ecuador?
- Ecuador, at 10.9 per 1,000 live births against 10.5 per 1,000 live births in Colombia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Colombia and Ecuador?
- 0.4 per 1,000 live births, with Ecuador ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Colombia and Ecuador?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Colombia and Ecuador rank globally for mortality rate, infant?
- Colombia ranks 112th and Ecuador ranks 109th 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.