Mexico vs Peru: Mortality rate, under-5, female
Mexico
11.8 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Peru
11.6 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Mexico rank
105th
Peru rank
107th
Mortality rate, under-5, female over time
- Mexico
- Peru
How they compare
Mexico currently reports 11.8 per 1,000 live births against 11.6 per 1,000 live births in Peru, a difference of 0.2 per 1,000 live births.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Peru ahead.
Mexico ranks 105th and Peru ranks 107th of 196 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Mexico averaged higher in 1 and Peru in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mexico | Peru | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 123.97 per 1,000 live births | 191.19 per 1,000 live births | 67.22 per 1,000 live births | Peru |
| 1970s | 84.45 per 1,000 live births | 143.41 per 1,000 live births | 58.96 per 1,000 live births | Peru |
| 1980s | 53.75 per 1,000 live births | 102.29 per 1,000 live births | 48.54 per 1,000 live births | Peru |
| 1990s | 32.73 per 1,000 live births | 56.96 per 1,000 live births | 24.23 per 1,000 live births | Peru |
| 2000s | 20.54 per 1,000 live births | 25.85 per 1,000 live births | 5.31 per 1,000 live births | Peru |
| 2010s | 15.17 per 1,000 live births | 15.47 per 1,000 live births | 0.3 per 1,000 live births | Peru |
| 2020s | 12.44 per 1,000 live births | 12.36 per 1,000 live births | 0.08 per 1,000 live births | Mexico |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, female, Mexico or Peru?
- Mexico, at 11.8 per 1,000 live births against 11.6 per 1,000 live births in Peru as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, female between Mexico and Peru?
- 0.2 per 1,000 live births, with Mexico ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mexico and Peru?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Mexico and Peru rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, female?
- Mexico ranks 105th and Peru ranks 107th of 196 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Mortality rate, under-5, female (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
Under-five mortality rate, female is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn female baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to female age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.