What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between Bolivia, Plurinational State of and Paraguay?

0.6 per 1,000 live births, with Paraguay ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Bolivia, Plurinational State of and Paraguay?

65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.

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.

Bolivia, Plurinational State of vs Paraguay: Mortality rate, under-5

Bolivia, Plurinational State of

15.7 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Paraguay

16.3 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Bolivia, Plurinational State of rank

94th

Paraguay rank

91st

Mortality rate, under-5 over time

Bolivia, Plurinational State of
Paraguay

How they compare

Paraguay currently reports 16.3 per 1,000 live births against 15.7 per 1,000 live births in Bolivia, Plurinational State of, a difference of 0.6 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Bolivia, Plurinational State of ahead.

Bolivia, Plurinational State of ranks 94th and Paraguay ranks 91st of 197 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Bolivia, Plurinational State of averaged higher in 6 and Paraguay in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	Paraguay	Difference	Ahead
1960s	258.7 per 1,000 live births	80.4 per 1,000 live births	178.3 per 1,000 live births	Bolivia, Plurinational State of
1970s	197.27 per 1,000 live births	73.24 per 1,000 live births	124.03 per 1,000 live births	Bolivia, Plurinational State of
1980s	144.57 per 1,000 live births	56.1 per 1,000 live births	88.47 per 1,000 live births	Bolivia, Plurinational State of
1990s	96.46 per 1,000 live births	39.42 per 1,000 live births	57.04 per 1,000 live births	Bolivia, Plurinational State of
2000s	53.61 per 1,000 live births	30.08 per 1,000 live births	23.53 per 1,000 live births	Bolivia, Plurinational State of
2010s	27.98 per 1,000 live births	22.36 per 1,000 live births	5.62 per 1,000 live births	Bolivia, Plurinational State of
2020s	17.38 per 1,000 live births	17.46 per 1,000 live births	0.08 per 1,000 live births	Paraguay

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, Bolivia, Plurinational State of or Paraguay?: Paraguay, at 16.3 per 1,000 live births against 15.7 per 1,000 live births in Bolivia, Plurinational State of as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between Bolivia, Plurinational State of and Paraguay?: 0.6 per 1,000 live births, with Paraguay ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bolivia, Plurinational State of and Paraguay?: 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Bolivia, Plurinational State of and Paraguay rank globally for mortality rate, under-5?: Bolivia, Plurinational State of ranks 94th and Paraguay ranks 91st 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 (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 (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, 13,546 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 03 September 2026

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.