Ecuador vs Mexico: Mortality rate, under-5, male
Ecuador
14.5 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Mexico
14.3 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Ecuador rank
105th
Mexico rank
106th
Mortality rate, under-5, male over time
- Ecuador
- Mexico
How they compare
Ecuador currently reports 14.5 per 1,000 live births against 14.3 per 1,000 live births in Mexico, a difference of 0.2 per 1,000 live births.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Ecuador ahead.
Ecuador ranks 105th and Mexico ranks 106th of 197 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Ecuador averaged higher in 5 and Mexico in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ecuador | Mexico | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 165.91 per 1,000 live births | 137.18 per 1,000 live births | 28.73 per 1,000 live births | Ecuador |
| 1970s | 125.75 per 1,000 live births | 96.54 per 1,000 live births | 29.21 per 1,000 live births | Ecuador |
| 1980s | 79.3 per 1,000 live births | 63.41 per 1,000 live births | 15.89 per 1,000 live births | Ecuador |
| 1990s | 47.11 per 1,000 live births | 39.71 per 1,000 live births | 7.4 per 1,000 live births | Ecuador |
| 2000s | 27.55 per 1,000 live births | 25.15 per 1,000 live births | 2.4 per 1,000 live births | Ecuador |
| 2010s | 18.07 per 1,000 live births | 18.46 per 1,000 live births | 0.39 per 1,000 live births | Mexico |
| 2020s | 14.84 per 1,000 live births | 15.14 per 1,000 live births | 0.3 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, male, Ecuador or Mexico?
- Ecuador, at 14.5 per 1,000 live births against 14.3 per 1,000 live births in Mexico as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, male between Ecuador and Mexico?
- 0.2 per 1,000 live births, with Ecuador ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ecuador and Mexico?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Ecuador and Mexico rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, male?
- Ecuador ranks 105th and Mexico ranks 106th 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.