Childhood mortality rate - under 5 years old in Ceará
Ceará: Childhood mortality rate - under 5 years old was 13.2 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Childhood mortality rate - under 5 years old in Ceará, 2007–2024
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
Ceará recorded 13.2 for childhood mortality rate - under 5 years old in 2024.
That represents a change of down 4.3% on the previous year and down 15.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, childhood mortality rate - under 5 years old in Ceará peaked at 24.4 in 2007 and was at its lowest, 3.31, in 2008.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 18 years of available data.
Childhood mortality rate - under 5 years old in Ceará, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 24.4 | — |
| 2008 | 3.31 | -86.4% |
| 2009 | 20.4 | +516.3% |
| 2010 | 18.9 | -7.4% |
| 2011 | 17.7 | -6.3% |
| 2012 | 17.1 | -3.4% |
| 2013 | 16.2 | -5.3% |
| 2014 | 15.7 | -3.1% |
| 2015 | 15.4 | -1.9% |
| 2016 | 16.8 | +9.1% |
| 2017 | 17 | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 15.6 | -8.2% |
| 2019 | 15.7 | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 14.7 | -6.4% |
| 2021 | 13.7 | -6.8% |
| 2022 | 14 | +2.2% |
| 2023 | 13.8 | -1.4% |
| 2024 | 13.2 | -4.3% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Childhood mortality rate - under 5 years old in Ceará 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | +516.3% | 3.31 | 20.4 |
| 2008 | -86.4% | 24.4 | 3.31 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 16.04 | 3.31 | 24.4 | 3 |
| 2010s | 16.61 | 15.4 | 18.9 | 10 |
| 2020s | 13.88 | 13.2 | 14.7 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ceará
More health data for Ceará
- Overweight: % of children aged 5 to 9 years who are overweight for 17.27 (2025)
- Overweight: % of children aged 0 to 5 years with high weight for 10.46 (2025)
- Overweight: overweight adolescents aged 10 to 19 21.17 (2025)
- % of Polio immunization coverage 94.52 (2024)
- Suicide rate of children and adolescents aged 10 to 19 years 3.65 (2024)
- % of Triple bacterial DTP immunization coverage 95.16 (2024)
- Taxa de mortalidade infantil 11.3 (2024)
- % of Triple Viral D1 immunization coverage 88.98 (2024)
- Suicides of children and adolescents 48 (2024)
- Maternal mortality ratio 51.2 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is childhood mortality rate - under 5 years old in Ceará?
- Childhood mortality rate - under 5 years old in Ceará was 13.2 in 2024, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest childhood mortality rate - under 5 years old recorded in Ceará?
- The highest recorded value was 24.4 in 2007.
- What is the lowest childhood mortality rate - under 5 years old recorded in Ceará?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.31 in 2008.
- How does Ceará rank for childhood mortality rate - under 5 years old?
- Ceará ranks 11th out of 11 groups with data for 2024.
- Is childhood mortality rate - under 5 years old rising or falling in Ceará?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ceará data come from?
- The figures come from UNICEF, published as part of Childhood mortality rate - under 5 years old. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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