Belize vs Ecuador: Mortality rate, under-5
Belize
12.7 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Ecuador
12.9 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Belize rank
109th
Ecuador rank
106th
Mortality rate, under-5 over time
- Belize
- Ecuador
How they compare
Ecuador currently reports 12.9 per 1,000 live births against 12.7 per 1,000 live births in Belize, a difference of 0.2 per 1,000 live births.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 58 shared years of data; in 1967 it was Ecuador ahead.
Belize ranks 109th and Ecuador ranks 106th of 196 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Belize averaged higher in 1 and Ecuador in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Belize | Ecuador | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 109.93 per 1,000 live births | 142.5 per 1,000 live births | 32.57 per 1,000 live births | Ecuador |
| 1970s | 83.45 per 1,000 live births | 116.66 per 1,000 live births | 33.21 per 1,000 live births | Ecuador |
| 1980s | 54.11 per 1,000 live births | 72.39 per 1,000 live births | 18.28 per 1,000 live births | Ecuador |
| 1990s | 31.36 per 1,000 live births | 42.09 per 1,000 live births | 10.73 per 1,000 live births | Ecuador |
| 2000s | 21.53 per 1,000 live births | 24.32 per 1,000 live births | 2.79 per 1,000 live births | Ecuador |
| 2010s | 16.05 per 1,000 live births | 15.96 per 1,000 live births | 0.09 per 1,000 live births | Belize |
| 2020s | 12.9 per 1,000 live births | 13.22 per 1,000 live births | 0.32 per 1,000 live births | Ecuador |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, Belize or Ecuador?
- Ecuador, at 12.9 per 1,000 live births against 12.7 per 1,000 live births in Belize as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between Belize and Ecuador?
- 0.2 per 1,000 live births, with Ecuador ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Belize and Ecuador?
- 58 years are reported by both, from 1967 to 2024.
- How do Belize and Ecuador rank globally for mortality rate, under-5?
- Belize ranks 109th and Ecuador ranks 106th 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 (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 is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.