What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Guatemala and Palau?

1.4 per 1,000 live births, with Palau ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Guatemala and Palau?

60 years are reported by both, from 1965 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.

Guatemala vs Palau: Mortality rate, infant

Guatemala

17.2 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Palau

18.6 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Guatemala rank

73rd

Palau rank

71st

Mortality rate, infant over time

Guatemala
Palau

How they compare

Palau currently reports 18.6 per 1,000 live births against 17.2 per 1,000 live births in Guatemala, a difference of 1.4 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Palau's figure about 1.1 times Guatemala's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 60 shared years of data; in 1965 it was Guatemala ahead.

Guatemala ranks 73rd and Palau ranks 71st of 197 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Guatemala averaged higher in 6 and Palau in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Guatemala	Palau	Difference	Ahead
1960s	133.02 per 1,000 live births	75.56 per 1,000 live births	57.46 per 1,000 live births	Guatemala
1970s	108.47 per 1,000 live births	53.14 per 1,000 live births	55.33 per 1,000 live births	Guatemala
1980s	76.89 per 1,000 live births	33.85 per 1,000 live births	43.04 per 1,000 live births	Guatemala
1990s	50.77 per 1,000 live births	26.89 per 1,000 live births	23.88 per 1,000 live births	Guatemala
2000s	34.68 per 1,000 live births	19.3 per 1,000 live births	15.38 per 1,000 live births	Guatemala
2010s	23.79 per 1,000 live births	18.08 per 1,000 live births	5.71 per 1,000 live births	Guatemala
2020s	18.32 per 1,000 live births	19.28 per 1,000 live births	0.96 per 1,000 live births	Palau

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Guatemala or Palau?: Palau, at 18.6 per 1,000 live births against 17.2 per 1,000 live births in Guatemala as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Guatemala and Palau?: 1.4 per 1,000 live births, with Palau ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Guatemala and Palau?: 60 years are reported by both, from 1965 to 2024.
How do Guatemala and Palau rank globally for mortality rate, infant?: Guatemala ranks 73rd and Palau ranks 71st 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: 03 September 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.