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
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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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Indicator
Mortality rate, under-5, male (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

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.