What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Mexico and Viet Nam?

0.1 per 1,000 live births, with Mexico ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Mexico and Viet Nam?

61 years are reported by both, from 1964 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.

Mexico vs Viet Nam: Mortality rate, infant

Mexico

12.1 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Viet Nam

12 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Mexico rank

101st

Viet Nam rank

102nd

Mortality rate, infant over time

Mexico
Viet Nam

How they compare

Mexico currently reports 12.1 per 1,000 live births against 12 per 1,000 live births in Viet Nam, a difference of 0.1 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 61 shared years of data; in 1964 it was Mexico ahead.

Mexico ranks 101st and Viet Nam ranks 102nd of 197 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Mexico averaged higher in 5 and Viet Nam in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Mexico	Viet Nam	Difference	Ahead
1960s	89.63 per 1,000 live births	64 per 1,000 live births	25.63 per 1,000 live births	Mexico
1970s	71.7 per 1,000 live births	58.65 per 1,000 live births	13.05 per 1,000 live births	Mexico
1980s	48.92 per 1,000 live births	44.25 per 1,000 live births	4.67 per 1,000 live births	Mexico
1990s	31.26 per 1,000 live births	29.88 per 1,000 live births	1.38 per 1,000 live births	Mexico
2000s	20.21 per 1,000 live births	19.06 per 1,000 live births	1.15 per 1,000 live births	Mexico
2010s	15.28 per 1,000 live births	15.52 per 1,000 live births	0.24 per 1,000 live births	Viet Nam
2020s	12.76 per 1,000 live births	12.86 per 1,000 live births	0.1 per 1,000 live births	Viet Nam

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Mexico or Viet Nam?: Mexico, at 12.1 per 1,000 live births against 12 per 1,000 live births in Viet Nam as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Mexico and Viet Nam?: 0.1 per 1,000 live births, with Mexico ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mexico and Viet Nam?: 61 years are reported by both, from 1964 to 2024.
How do Mexico and Viet Nam rank globally for mortality rate, infant?: Mexico ranks 101st and Viet Nam ranks 102nd 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.