What is the difference in youth mortality rate between Iran and Nicaragua?

0.03 deaths per 100 live births, with Iran ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Iran and Nicaragua?

35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Youth mortality rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Iran vs Nicaragua: Youth mortality rate

Iran

1.45 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Nicaragua

1.42 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Iran rank

116th

Nicaragua rank

117th

Youth mortality rate over time

Iran
Nicaragua

How they compare

Iran currently reports 1.45 deaths per 100 live births against 1.42 deaths per 100 live births in Nicaragua, a difference of 0.03 deaths per 100 live births.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Nicaragua ahead.

Iran ranks 116th and Nicaragua ranks 117th of 199 countries.

Nicaragua has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Iran	Nicaragua	Difference	Ahead
1990s	5.38 deaths per 100 live births	6.09 deaths per 100 live births	0.7138 deaths per 100 live births	Nicaragua
2000s	3.32 deaths per 100 live births	3.55 deaths per 100 live births	0.2338 deaths per 100 live births	Nicaragua
2010s	2.04 deaths per 100 live births	2.2 deaths per 100 live births	0.1543 deaths per 100 live births	Nicaragua
2020s	1.55 deaths per 100 live births	1.67 deaths per 100 live births	0.1243 deaths per 100 live births	Nicaragua

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher youth mortality rate, Iran or Nicaragua?: Iran, at 1.45 deaths per 100 live births against 1.42 deaths per 100 live births in Nicaragua as of 2024.
What is the difference in youth mortality rate between Iran and Nicaragua?: 0.03 deaths per 100 live births, with Iran ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Iran and Nicaragua?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Iran and Nicaragua rank globally for youth mortality rate?: Iran ranks 116th and Nicaragua ranks 117th of 199 countries.
Where does this data come from?: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Youth mortality rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Youth mortality rate
Unit: deaths per 100 live births
Source: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 199 places, 9,824 data points, 1950–2024
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Estimated number of deaths of children aged under fifteen years, per 100 live births.