Which has higher number of children who die before age 5, Eritrea or Honduras?

Honduras, at 3,600 deaths against 3,453 deaths in Eritrea as of 2023.

What is the difference in number of children who die before age 5 between Eritrea and Honduras?

147 deaths, with Honduras ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Eritrea and Honduras?

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.

Eritrea vs Honduras: Number of children who die before age 5

Eritrea

3,453 deaths

in 2023

Honduras

3,600 deaths

in 2023

Eritrea rank

81st

Honduras rank

79th

Number of children who die before age 5 over time

Eritrea
Honduras

How they compare

Honduras currently reports 3,600 deaths against 3,453 deaths in Eritrea, a difference of 147 deaths.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Honduras ahead.

Eritrea ranks 81st and Honduras ranks 79th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Eritrea averaged higher in 1 and Honduras in 7.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Eritrea	Honduras	Difference	Ahead
1950s	13,552 deaths	21,907 deaths	8,356 deaths	Honduras
1960s	13,341 deaths	19,669 deaths	6,328 deaths	Honduras
1970s	13,989 deaths	17,350 deaths	3,361 deaths	Honduras
1980s	16,493 deaths	13,258 deaths	3,234 deaths	Eritrea
1990s	9,951 deaths	10,387 deaths	436.4 deaths	Honduras
2000s	6,446 deaths	6,882 deaths	436.9 deaths	Honduras
2010s	4,567 deaths	4,684 deaths	117.5 deaths	Honduras
2020s	3,571 deaths	3,778 deaths	206.25 deaths	Honduras

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of children who die before age 5, Eritrea or Honduras?: Honduras, at 3,600 deaths against 3,453 deaths in Eritrea as of 2023.
What is the difference in number of children who die before age 5 between Eritrea and Honduras?: 147 deaths, with Honduras ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Eritrea and Honduras?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Eritrea and Honduras rank globally for number of children who die before age 5?: Eritrea ranks 81st and Honduras ranks 79th 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.

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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.