What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Paraguay and Suriname?

0.3 per 1,000 live births, with Suriname ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Paraguay and Suriname?

42 years are reported by both, from 1983 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.

Paraguay vs Suriname: Mortality rate, infant

Paraguay

14.5 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Suriname

14.8 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Paraguay rank

88th

Suriname rank

85th

Mortality rate, infant over time

Paraguay
Suriname

How they compare

Suriname currently reports 14.8 per 1,000 live births against 14.5 per 1,000 live births in Paraguay, a difference of 0.3 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 42 shared years of data; in 1983 it was Paraguay ahead.

Paraguay ranks 88th and Suriname ranks 85th of 197 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Paraguay averaged higher in 4 and Suriname in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Paraguay	Suriname	Difference	Ahead
1980s	43.57 per 1,000 live births	41.2 per 1,000 live births	2.37 per 1,000 live births	Paraguay
1990s	33.09 per 1,000 live births	32.7 per 1,000 live births	0.39 per 1,000 live births	Paraguay
2000s	26 per 1,000 live births	24.23 per 1,000 live births	1.77 per 1,000 live births	Paraguay
2010s	19.69 per 1,000 live births	19.19 per 1,000 live births	0.5 per 1,000 live births	Paraguay
2020s	15.5 per 1,000 live births	15.68 per 1,000 live births	0.18 per 1,000 live births	Suriname

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Paraguay or Suriname?: Suriname, at 14.8 per 1,000 live births against 14.5 per 1,000 live births in Paraguay as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Paraguay and Suriname?: 0.3 per 1,000 live births, with Suriname ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Paraguay and Suriname?: 42 years are reported by both, from 1983 to 2024.
How do Paraguay and Suriname rank globally for mortality rate, infant?: Paraguay ranks 88th and Suriname ranks 85th 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.