What is child mortality in Honduras?

Child mortality in Honduras was 1.5 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 Honduras?

The highest recorded value was 39.35 deaths per 100 live births in 1800.

What is the lowest child mortality recorded in Honduras?

The lowest recorded value was 1.5 deaths per 100 live births in 2024.

How does Honduras rank for child mortality?

Honduras ranks 100th out of 203 countries with data for 2024.

Is child mortality rising or falling in Honduras?

Over the last ten years it is down 29.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.

Where does this Honduras 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 Honduras

Name: Child mortality in Honduras
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)

Honduras: Child mortality was 1.5 deaths per 100 live births in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)

1.5 deaths per 100 live births

Change on year

down 3.3%

World rank

100th

of 203 countries

All-time high

39.35 deaths per 100 live births

in 1800

All-time low

1.5 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Years of data

225

1800–2024

Child mortality in Honduras, 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

Honduras recorded 1.5 deaths per 100 live births for child mortality in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 225 years on record.

The figure is down 3.3% on the previous year and down 29.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, child mortality in Honduras peaked at 39.35 deaths per 100 live births in 1800 and was at its lowest, 1.5 deaths per 100 live births, in 2024.

Honduras ranks 100th of 203 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 225 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1800s	39.35 deaths per 100 live births	39.35 deaths per 100 live births	39.35 deaths per 100 live births	10
1810s	39.35 deaths per 100 live births	39.35 deaths per 100 live births	39.35 deaths per 100 live births	10
1820s	39.35 deaths per 100 live births	39.35 deaths per 100 live births	39.35 deaths per 100 live births	10
1830s	39.35 deaths per 100 live births	39.35 deaths per 100 live births	39.35 deaths per 100 live births	10
1840s	39.35 deaths per 100 live births	39.35 deaths per 100 live births	39.35 deaths per 100 live births	10
1850s	39.35 deaths per 100 live births	39.35 deaths per 100 live births	39.35 deaths per 100 live births	10
1860s	39.35 deaths per 100 live births	39.35 deaths per 100 live births	39.35 deaths per 100 live births	10
1870s	39.35 deaths per 100 live births	39.35 deaths per 100 live births	39.35 deaths per 100 live births	10
1880s	39.35 deaths per 100 live births	39.35 deaths per 100 live births	39.35 deaths per 100 live births	10
1890s	39.33 deaths per 100 live births	39.29 deaths per 100 live births	39.35 deaths per 100 live births	10
1900s	39.03 deaths per 100 live births	38.73 deaths per 100 live births	39.26 deaths per 100 live births	10
1910s	38.24 deaths per 100 live births	37.82 deaths per 100 live births	38.65 deaths per 100 live births	10
1920s	37.31 deaths per 100 live births	36.9 deaths per 100 live births	37.73 deaths per 100 live births	10
1930s	34.45 deaths per 100 live births	32.16 deaths per 100 live births	36.81 deaths per 100 live births	10
1940s	29.43 deaths per 100 live births	27.05 deaths per 100 live births	31.62 deaths per 100 live births	10
1950s	24.33 deaths per 100 live births	21.34 deaths per 100 live births	26.5 deaths per 100 live births	10
1960s	17.84 deaths per 100 live births	15.15 deaths per 100 live births	20.64 deaths per 100 live births	10
1970s	12.47 deaths per 100 live births	9.96 deaths per 100 live births	14.99 deaths per 100 live births	10
1980s	7.71 deaths per 100 live births	6.12 deaths per 100 live births	9.51 deaths per 100 live births	10
1990s	5.04 deaths per 100 live births	3.9 deaths per 100 live births	6.55 deaths per 100 live births	10
2000s	3.08 deaths per 100 live births	2.54 deaths per 100 live births	3.73 deaths per 100 live births	10
2010s	2.08 deaths per 100 live births	1.77 deaths per 100 live births	2.44 deaths per 100 live births	10
2020s	1.6 deaths per 100 live births	1.5 deaths per 100 live births	1.71 deaths per 100 live births	5

Countries ranked near Honduras

97 Bolivia 1.57 deaths per 100 live births compare
98 Mauritius 1.54 deaths per 100 live births compare
99 Panama 1.53 deaths per 100 live births compare
101 Samoa 1.49 deaths per 100 live births compare
102 Brazil 1.42 deaths per 100 live births compare
103 Seychelles 1.4 deaths per 100 live births compare

See the full ranking of 203 places →

More health data for Honduras

Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,052 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
Number of infants who die before age 1 521 deaths (2100)
Deaths in armed conflicts based on where they occurred 0 deaths (2026)
Deaths in armed conflicts by region 0 deaths (2026)
Age population, age 25, male, interpolated 106,285 (2025)
Age population, age 25, female, interpolated 102,240 (2025)
Age population, age 24, male, interpolated 107,879 (2025)
Age population, age 24, female, interpolated 103,616 (2025)
Age population, age 23, male, interpolated 108,414 (2025)
Age population, age 23, female, interpolated 103,953 (2025)

All data for Honduras →

Frequently asked questions

What is child mortality in Honduras?: Child mortality in Honduras was 1.5 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 Honduras?: The highest recorded value was 39.35 deaths per 100 live births in 1800.
What is the lowest child mortality recorded in Honduras?: The lowest recorded value was 1.5 deaths per 100 live births in 2024.
How does Honduras rank for child mortality?: Honduras ranks 100th out of 203 countries with data for 2024.
Is child mortality rising or falling in Honduras?: Over the last ten years it is down 29.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Honduras 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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About this data

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: 07 August 2026

The estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.