What is child mortality in Colombia?

Child mortality in Colombia was 1.15 deaths per 100 live births in 2024, according to Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.

What is the highest child mortality recorded in Colombia?

The highest recorded value was 41.74 deaths per 100 live births in 1800.

What is the lowest child mortality recorded in Colombia?

The lowest recorded value was 1.15 deaths per 100 live births in 2024.

How does Colombia rank for child mortality?

Colombia ranks 116th out of 203 countries with data for 2024.

Is child mortality rising or falling in Colombia?

Over the last ten years it is down 27.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.

Where does this Colombia data come from?

The figures come from Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Child mortality. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Child mortality in Colombia

Name: Child mortality in Colombia
Creator: Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

Colombia: Child mortality was 1.15 deaths per 100 live births in 2024. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2024)

1.15 deaths per 100 live births

Change on year

down 3.1%

World rank

116th

of 203 countries

All-time high

41.74 deaths per 100 live births

in 1800

All-time low

1.15 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Years of data

225

1800–2024

Child mortality in Colombia, 1800–2024

Source: Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in deaths per 100 live births.

Analysis

The most recent figure for child mortality in Colombia is 1.15 deaths per 100 live births, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 225 years on record.

The figure is down 3.1% on the previous year and down 27.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, child mortality in Colombia peaked at 41.74 deaths per 100 live births in 1800 and was at its lowest, 1.15 deaths per 100 live births, in 2024.

Colombia ranks 116th of 203 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Child mortality in Colombia, year by year

Annual values for Child mortality in Colombia, 1800 to 2024.
Year	deaths per 100 live births	Change
1800	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	—
1801	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1802	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1803	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1804	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1805	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1806	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1807	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1808	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1809	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1810	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1811	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1812	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1813	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1814	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1815	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1816	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1817	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1818	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1819	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1820	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1821	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1822	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1823	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1824	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1825	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1826	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1827	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1828	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1829	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1830	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1831	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1832	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1833	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1834	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1835	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1836	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1837	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1838	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1839	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1840	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1841	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1842	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1843	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1844	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1845	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1846	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1847	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1848	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1849	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1850	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1851	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1852	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1853	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1854	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1855	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1856	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1857	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1858	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1859	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1860	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1861	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1862	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1863	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1864	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1865	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1866	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1867	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1868	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1869	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1870	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1871	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1872	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1873	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1874	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1875	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1876	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1877	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1878	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1879	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1880	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1881	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1882	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1883	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1884	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1885	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1886	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1887	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1888	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1889	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1890	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1891	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1892	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1893	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1894	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	-0.0%
1895	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	-0.0%
1896	41.73 deaths per 100 live births	-0.0%
1897	41.72 deaths per 100 live births	-0.0%
1898	41.7 deaths per 100 live births	-0.0%
1899	41.68 deaths per 100 live births	-0.1%
1900	41.65 deaths per 100 live births	-0.1%
1901	41.62 deaths per 100 live births	-0.1%
1902	41.58 deaths per 100 live births	-0.1%
1903	41.53 deaths per 100 live births	-0.1%
1904	41.47 deaths per 100 live births	-0.1%
1905	41.41 deaths per 100 live births	-0.1%
1906	41.34 deaths per 100 live births	-0.2%
1907	41.27 deaths per 100 live births	-0.2%
1908	41.18 deaths per 100 live births	-0.2%
1909	41.1 deaths per 100 live births	-0.2%
1910	41.01 deaths per 100 live births	-0.2%
1911	40.91 deaths per 100 live births	-0.2%
1912	40.81 deaths per 100 live births	-0.2%
1913	40.72 deaths per 100 live births	-0.2%
1914	40.62 deaths per 100 live births	-0.2%
1915	38.33 deaths per 100 live births	-5.6%
1916	36.18 deaths per 100 live births	-5.6%
1917	34.15 deaths per 100 live births	-5.6%
1918	32.23 deaths per 100 live births	-5.6%
1919	30.42 deaths per 100 live births	-5.6%
1920	28.71 deaths per 100 live births	-5.6%
1921	27.09 deaths per 100 live births	-5.6%
1922	25.57 deaths per 100 live births	-5.6%
1923	24.13 deaths per 100 live births	-5.6%
1924	22.78 deaths per 100 live births	-5.6%
1925	19.03 deaths per 100 live births	-16.4%
1926	23.88 deaths per 100 live births	+25.5%
1927	23.15 deaths per 100 live births	-3.1%
1928	20.35 deaths per 100 live births	-12.1%
1929	19.22 deaths per 100 live births	-5.5%
1930	16.04 deaths per 100 live births	-16.6%
1931	19.57 deaths per 100 live births	+22.0%
1932	21.15 deaths per 100 live births	+8.1%
1933	22.85 deaths per 100 live births	+8.1%
1934	17.98 deaths per 100 live births	-21.3%
1935	25.13 deaths per 100 live births	+39.7%
1936	24.56 deaths per 100 live births	-2.3%
1937	23.98 deaths per 100 live births	-2.3%
1938	25.01 deaths per 100 live births	+4.3%
1939	25.99 deaths per 100 live births	+3.9%
1940	22.42 deaths per 100 live births	-13.7%
1941	23.83 deaths per 100 live births	+6.3%
1942	24.5 deaths per 100 live births	+2.8%
1943	24.98 deaths per 100 live births	+2.0%
1944	24.6 deaths per 100 live births	-1.5%
1945	23.86 deaths per 100 live births	-3.0%
1946	23.65 deaths per 100 live births	-0.9%
1947	21.82 deaths per 100 live births	-7.7%
1948	21.05 deaths per 100 live births	-3.5%
1949	20.66 deaths per 100 live births	-1.9%
1950	18.81 deaths per 100 live births	-9.0%
1951	18.51 deaths per 100 live births	-1.6%
1952	17.82 deaths per 100 live births	-3.7%
1953	17.22 deaths per 100 live births	-3.4%
1954	16.66 deaths per 100 live births	-3.2%
1955	16.12 deaths per 100 live births	-3.3%
1956	15.57 deaths per 100 live births	-3.4%
1957	15.05 deaths per 100 live births	-3.4%
1958	14.54 deaths per 100 live births	-3.4%
1959	14.05 deaths per 100 live births	-3.3%
1960	13.58 deaths per 100 live births	-3.3%
1961	13.14 deaths per 100 live births	-3.3%
1962	12.7 deaths per 100 live births	-3.3%
1963	12.29 deaths per 100 live births	-3.2%
1964	11.91 deaths per 100 live births	-3.1%
1965	11.55 deaths per 100 live births	-3.0%
1966	11.19 deaths per 100 live births	-3.1%
1967	10.83 deaths per 100 live births	-3.2%
1968	10.49 deaths per 100 live births	-3.2%
1969	10.13 deaths per 100 live births	-3.4%
1970	9.77 deaths per 100 live births	-3.5%
1971	9.41 deaths per 100 live births	-3.7%
1972	9.03 deaths per 100 live births	-4.0%
1973	8.65 deaths per 100 live births	-4.2%
1974	8.25 deaths per 100 live births	-4.6%
1975	7.85 deaths per 100 live births	-4.9%
1976	7.44 deaths per 100 live births	-5.2%
1977	7.03 deaths per 100 live births	-5.5%
1978	6.63 deaths per 100 live births	-5.7%
1979	6.24 deaths per 100 live births	-5.8%
1980	5.87 deaths per 100 live births	-5.9%
1981	5.53 deaths per 100 live births	-5.9%
1982	5.21 deaths per 100 live births	-5.8%
1983	4.91 deaths per 100 live births	-5.6%
1984	4.64 deaths per 100 live births	-5.4%
1985	4.93 deaths per 100 live births	+6.1%
1986	4.2 deaths per 100 live births	-14.9%
1987	4.01 deaths per 100 live births	-4.4%
1988	3.85 deaths per 100 live births	-4.0%
1989	3.71 deaths per 100 live births	-3.7%
1990	3.58 deaths per 100 live births	-3.5%
1991	3.45 deaths per 100 live births	-3.5%
1992	3.33 deaths per 100 live births	-3.5%
1993	3.22 deaths per 100 live births	-3.5%
1994	3.1 deaths per 100 live births	-3.6%
1995	2.99 deaths per 100 live births	-3.7%
1996	2.88 deaths per 100 live births	-3.6%
1997	2.78 deaths per 100 live births	-3.6%
1998	2.68 deaths per 100 live births	-3.5%
1999	2.59 deaths per 100 live births	-3.4%
2000	2.5 deaths per 100 live births	-3.3%
2001	2.42 deaths per 100 live births	-3.2%
2002	2.35 deaths per 100 live births	-3.2%
2003	2.27 deaths per 100 live births	-3.0%
2004	2.21 deaths per 100 live births	-3.0%
2005	2.14 deaths per 100 live births	-3.1%
2006	2.07 deaths per 100 live births	-3.1%
2007	2.01 deaths per 100 live births	-3.1%
2008	1.95 deaths per 100 live births	-3.2%
2009	1.88 deaths per 100 live births	-3.2%
2010	1.82 deaths per 100 live births	-3.3%
2011	1.76 deaths per 100 live births	-3.2%
2012	1.71 deaths per 100 live births	-3.2%
2013	1.65 deaths per 100 live births	-3.3%
2014	1.6 deaths per 100 live births	-3.3%
2015	1.55 deaths per 100 live births	-3.2%
2016	1.5 deaths per 100 live births	-3.2%
2017	1.45 deaths per 100 live births	-3.3%
2018	1.4 deaths per 100 live births	-3.2%
2019	1.35 deaths per 100 live births	-3.3%
2020	1.31 deaths per 100 live births	-3.1%
2021	1.27 deaths per 100 live births	-3.2%
2022	1.23 deaths per 100 live births	-3.2%
2023	1.19 deaths per 100 live births	-3.2%
2024	1.15 deaths per 100 live births	-3.1%

Colombia compared with similar countries

Colombia's 1.15 deaths per 100 live births is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1.3 deaths per 100 live births, 89% of the median. (58 countries reporting)
Colombia's 1.15 deaths per 100 live births is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1.31 deaths per 100 live births, 88% of the median. (35 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Child mortality in Colombia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.

Year	Change	From	To
1935	+39.7%	17.98 deaths per 100 live births	25.13 deaths per 100 live births
1926	+25.5%	19.03 deaths per 100 live births	23.88 deaths per 100 live births

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1800s	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	10
1810s	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	10
1820s	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	10
1830s	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	10
1840s	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	10
1850s	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	10
1860s	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	10
1870s	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	10
1880s	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	10
1890s	41.73 deaths per 100 live births	41.68 deaths per 100 live births	41.74 deaths per 100 live births	10
1900s	41.41 deaths per 100 live births	41.1 deaths per 100 live births	41.65 deaths per 100 live births	10
1910s	37.54 deaths per 100 live births	30.42 deaths per 100 live births	41.01 deaths per 100 live births	10
1920s	23.39 deaths per 100 live births	19.03 deaths per 100 live births	28.71 deaths per 100 live births	10
1930s	22.23 deaths per 100 live births	16.04 deaths per 100 live births	25.99 deaths per 100 live births	10
1940s	23.14 deaths per 100 live births	20.66 deaths per 100 live births	24.98 deaths per 100 live births	10
1950s	16.43 deaths per 100 live births	14.05 deaths per 100 live births	18.81 deaths per 100 live births	10
1960s	11.78 deaths per 100 live births	10.13 deaths per 100 live births	13.58 deaths per 100 live births	10
1970s	8.03 deaths per 100 live births	6.24 deaths per 100 live births	9.77 deaths per 100 live births	10
1980s	4.69 deaths per 100 live births	3.71 deaths per 100 live births	5.87 deaths per 100 live births	10
1990s	3.06 deaths per 100 live births	2.59 deaths per 100 live births	3.58 deaths per 100 live births	10
2000s	2.18 deaths per 100 live births	1.88 deaths per 100 live births	2.5 deaths per 100 live births	10
2010s	1.58 deaths per 100 live births	1.35 deaths per 100 live births	1.82 deaths per 100 live births	10
2020s	1.23 deaths per 100 live births	1.15 deaths per 100 live births	1.31 deaths per 100 live births	5

Countries ranked near Colombia

113 British Virgin Islands 1.24 deaths per 100 live births compare
114 Bahamas 1.24 deaths per 100 live births compare
115 Tunisia 1.21 deaths per 100 live births compare
117 Iran 1.13 deaths per 100 live births compare
118 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.13 deaths per 100 live births compare
119 Nicaragua 1.12 deaths per 100 live births compare

See the full ranking of 203 places →

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Number of infants who die before age 1 698 deaths (2100)
Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 1 (2025)
Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate -0.3706 % change on previous year (2025)
Population ages 00-04, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.0324 units per person (2025)
Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate -0.3776 % change on previous year (2025)
Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)

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Frequently asked questions

What is child mortality in Colombia?: Child mortality in Colombia was 1.15 deaths per 100 live births in 2024, according to Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest child mortality recorded in Colombia?: The highest recorded value was 41.74 deaths per 100 live births in 1800.
What is the lowest child mortality recorded in Colombia?: The lowest recorded value was 1.15 deaths per 100 live births in 2024.
How does Colombia rank for child mortality?: Colombia ranks 116th out of 203 countries with data for 2024.
Is child mortality rising or falling in Colombia?: Over the last ten years it is down 27.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Colombia data come from?: The figures come from Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Child mortality. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator: Child mortality
Unit: deaths per 100 live births
Source: Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 203 places, 42,924 data points, 1800–2024
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

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