Guatemala vs Syria: Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) (Mortality UN)
Guatemala
17.2 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Syria
17.7 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Guatemala rank
73rd
Syria rank
72nd
Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) (Mortality UN) over time
- Guatemala
- Syria
How they compare
Syria currently reports 17.7 per 1,000 live births against 17.2 per 1,000 live births in Guatemala, a difference of 0.5 per 1,000 live births.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Guatemala ahead.
Guatemala ranks 73rd and Syria ranks 72nd of 197 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Guatemala averaged higher in 6 and Syria in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Guatemala | Syria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 141.15 per 1,000 live births | 93.41 per 1,000 live births | 47.74 per 1,000 live births | Guatemala |
| 1970s | 108.47 per 1,000 live births | 62.93 per 1,000 live births | 45.54 per 1,000 live births | Guatemala |
| 1980s | 76.89 per 1,000 live births | 40.57 per 1,000 live births | 36.32 per 1,000 live births | Guatemala |
| 1990s | 50.77 per 1,000 live births | 26.42 per 1,000 live births | 24.35 per 1,000 live births | Guatemala |
| 2000s | 34.68 per 1,000 live births | 18.62 per 1,000 live births | 16.06 per 1,000 live births | Guatemala |
| 2010s | 23.79 per 1,000 live births | 22.83 per 1,000 live births | 0.96 per 1,000 live births | Guatemala |
| 2020s | 18.32 per 1,000 live births | 18.94 per 1,000 live births | 0.62 per 1,000 live births | Syria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Guatemala or Syria?
- Syria, at 17.7 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 Syria?
- 0.5 per 1,000 live births, with Syria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Guatemala and Syria?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Guatemala and Syria rank globally for mortality rate, infant?
- Guatemala ranks 73rd and Syria ranks 72nd 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.