Cape Verde vs Nicaragua: Mortality rate, under-5, male (per 1,000 live births)
Cape Verde
12.1 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Nicaragua
12.4 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Cape Verde rank
116th
Nicaragua rank
114th
Mortality rate, under-5, male (per 1,000 live births) over time
- Cape Verde
- Nicaragua
How they compare
Nicaragua currently reports 12.4 per 1,000 live births against 12.1 per 1,000 live births in Cape Verde, a difference of 0.3 per 1,000 live births.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Nicaragua ahead.
Cape Verde ranks 116th and Nicaragua ranks 114th of 197 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Cape Verde averaged higher in 1 and Nicaragua in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cape Verde | Nicaragua | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 159.61 per 1,000 live births | 195.4 per 1,000 live births | 35.79 per 1,000 live births | Nicaragua |
| 1970s | 105.19 per 1,000 live births | 163.25 per 1,000 live births | 58.06 per 1,000 live births | Nicaragua |
| 1980s | 75.07 per 1,000 live births | 92.33 per 1,000 live births | 17.26 per 1,000 live births | Nicaragua |
| 1990s | 54.66 per 1,000 live births | 58.92 per 1,000 live births | 4.26 per 1,000 live births | Nicaragua |
| 2000s | 31.97 per 1,000 live births | 33.74 per 1,000 live births | 1.77 per 1,000 live births | Nicaragua |
| 2010s | 22.08 per 1,000 live births | 20.07 per 1,000 live births | 2.01 per 1,000 live births | Cape Verde |
| 2020s | 13.24 per 1,000 live births | 14.98 per 1,000 live births | 1.74 per 1,000 live births | Nicaragua |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, male, Cape Verde or Nicaragua?
- Nicaragua, at 12.4 per 1,000 live births against 12.1 per 1,000 live births in Cape Verde as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, male between Cape Verde and Nicaragua?
- 0.3 per 1,000 live births, with Nicaragua ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cape Verde and Nicaragua?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Cape Verde and Nicaragua rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, male?
- Cape Verde ranks 116th and Nicaragua ranks 114th 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, under-5, male (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, male is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn male baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to male age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.