Number of infant deaths, male, per square kilometre in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income): Number of infant deaths, male, per square kilometre was 0.0037 units per square kilometre in 2023. ▼ Falling
Number of infant deaths, male, per square kilometre in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), 1990–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in units per square kilometre.
Analysis
In 2023, number of infant deaths, male, per square kilometre in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) stood at 0.0037 units per square kilometre. That is the lowest value across all 34 years on record.
That represents a change of down 3.1% on the previous year and down 27.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of infant deaths, male, per square kilometre in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) peaked at 0.0152 units per square kilometre in 1990 and was at its lowest, 0.0037 units per square kilometre, in 2023.
That places Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 30th out of 43 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 34 years of available data.
Number of infant deaths, male, per square kilometre in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | units per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.0152 units per square kilometre | — |
| 1991 | 0.0146 units per square kilometre | -4.0% |
| 1992 | 0.0139 units per square kilometre | -4.4% |
| 1993 | 0.0133 units per square kilometre | -4.5% |
| 1994 | 0.0127 units per square kilometre | -4.6% |
| 1995 | 0.0121 units per square kilometre | -4.9% |
| 1996 | 0.0114 units per square kilometre | -5.2% |
| 1997 | 0.0108 units per square kilometre | -5.3% |
| 1998 | 0.0103 units per square kilometre | -4.5% |
| 1999 | 0.0097 units per square kilometre | -6.1% |
| 2000 | 0.0092 units per square kilometre | -5.6% |
| 2001 | 0.0086 units per square kilometre | -5.8% |
| 2002 | 0.0081 units per square kilometre | -5.8% |
| 2003 | 0.0077 units per square kilometre | -5.6% |
| 2004 | 0.0073 units per square kilometre | -5.2% |
| 2005 | 0.0069 units per square kilometre | -4.8% |
| 2006 | 0.0066 units per square kilometre | -4.8% |
| 2007 | 0.0063 units per square kilometre | -4.6% |
| 2008 | 0.006 units per square kilometre | -4.2% |
| 2009 | 0.0058 units per square kilometre | -3.7% |
| 2010 | 0.0058 units per square kilometre | -0.6% |
| 2011 | 0.0054 units per square kilometre | -6.2% |
| 2012 | 0.0052 units per square kilometre | -3.2% |
| 2013 | 0.0051 units per square kilometre | -3.1% |
| 2014 | 0.0049 units per square kilometre | -2.8% |
| 2015 | 0.0048 units per square kilometre | -2.9% |
| 2016 | 0.0048 units per square kilometre | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 0.0045 units per square kilometre | -5.1% |
| 2018 | 0.0044 units per square kilometre | -2.6% |
| 2019 | 0.0043 units per square kilometre | -3.3% |
| 2020 | 0.0041 units per square kilometre | -4.2% |
| 2021 | 0.0039 units per square kilometre | -3.7% |
| 2022 | 0.0038 units per square kilometre | -3.1% |
| 2023 | 0.0037 units per square kilometre | -3.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0124 units per square kilometre | 0.0097 units per square kilometre | 0.0152 units per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0073 units per square kilometre | 0.0058 units per square kilometre | 0.0092 units per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0049 units per square kilometre | 0.0043 units per square kilometre | 0.0058 units per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0039 units per square kilometre | 0.0037 units per square kilometre | 0.0041 units per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
- 27 Burkina Faso 0.066 units per square kilometre compare
- 28 Ghana 0.0625 units per square kilometre compare
- 29 Liberia 0.0619 units per square kilometre compare
- 30 Afghanistan 0.0612 units per square kilometre compare
- 31 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.0603 units per square kilometre compare
- 32 Lesotho 0.0594 units per square kilometre compare
- 33 Guinea-Bissau 0.0559 units per square kilometre compare
More education data for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
- Population ages 15-64 67.7% (2025)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0886 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 2.79 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -0.215 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 55.17 million (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 57.82 million (2024)
- Population ages 0-14 22.4% (2025)
All data for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of infant deaths, male, per square kilometre in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- Number of infant deaths, male, per square kilometre in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) was 0.0037 units per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest number of infant deaths, male, per square kilometre recorded in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0152 units per square kilometre in 1990.
- What is the lowest number of infant deaths, male, per square kilometre recorded in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0037 units per square kilometre in 2023.
- How does Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank for number of infant deaths, male, per square kilometre?
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 30th out of 43 groups with data for 2023.
- Is number of infant deaths, male, per square kilometre rising or falling in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 27.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Number of infant deaths, male, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Number of infant deaths, male divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Number of infant deaths, male ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Number of infant deaths, male Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Number of infant deaths, male divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.