Which has higher number of children who die before age 5, Aruba or Curaçao?

Curaçao, at 16 deaths against 14 deaths in Aruba as of 2023.

How many years of comparable data are there for Aruba and Curaçao?

74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of children who die before age 5. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Aruba vs Curaçao: Number of children who die before age 5

Aruba

14 deaths

in 2023

Curaçao

16 deaths

in 2023

Aruba rank

198th

Curaçao rank

197th

Number of children who die before age 5 over time

Aruba
Curaçao

How they compare

Curaçao currently reports 16 deaths against 14 deaths in Aruba, a difference of 2 deaths.

That makes Curaçao's figure about 1.1 times Aruba's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Curaçao ahead.

Aruba ranks 198th and Curaçao ranks 197th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Aruba averaged higher in 1 and Curaçao in 7.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Aruba	Curaçao	Difference	Ahead
1950s	150.3 deaths	321.2 deaths	170.9 deaths	Curaçao
1960s	82.8 deaths	211.7 deaths	128.9 deaths	Curaçao
1970s	43.6 deaths	106.7 deaths	63.1 deaths	Curaçao
1980s	30.2 deaths	67.6 deaths	37.4 deaths	Curaçao
1990s	27.4 deaths	52.9 deaths	25.5 deaths	Curaçao
2000s	25 deaths	34.5 deaths	9.5 deaths	Curaçao
2010s	20.9 deaths	24.1 deaths	3.2 deaths	Curaçao
2020s	16.25 deaths	16 deaths	0.25 deaths	Aruba

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of children who die before age 5, Aruba or Curaçao?: Curaçao, at 16 deaths against 14 deaths in Aruba as of 2023.
What is the difference in number of children who die before age 5 between Aruba and Curaçao?: 2 deaths, with Curaçao ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Aruba and Curaçao?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Aruba and Curaçao rank globally for number of children who die before age 5?: Aruba ranks 198th and Curaçao ranks 197th of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of children who die before age 5. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Aruba vs Curaçao: Number of children who die before age 5. Statizoid, drawing on UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. Retrieved 08 September 2026, from https://health.statizoid.com/compare/number-of-child-deaths-unwpp/aruba/curacao/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://health.statizoid.com/compare/number-of-child-deaths-unwpp/aruba/curacao/">Aruba vs Curaçao: Number of children who die before age 5</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator: Number of children who die before age 5
Unit: deaths
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Number of deaths in a calendar year. This only includes people aged 0-4.