Number of infant deaths, male in Belize
Belize: Number of infant deaths, male was 45 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Number of infant deaths, male in Belize, 1968–2024
Source: Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.
Analysis
Belize recorded 45 for number of infant deaths, male in 2024.
The figure is up 2.3% on the previous year and down 22.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of infant deaths, male in Belize peaked at 191 in 1968 and was at its lowest, 42, in 2021.
That places Belize 161st out of 197 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 57 years of available data.
Number of infant deaths, male in Belize, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 191 | — |
| 1969 | 188 | -1.6% |
| 1970 | 184 | -2.1% |
| 1971 | 183 | -0.5% |
| 1972 | 183 | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 182 | -0.5% |
| 1974 | 180 | -1.1% |
| 1975 | 179 | -0.6% |
| 1976 | 178 | -0.6% |
| 1977 | 178 | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 177 | -0.6% |
| 1979 | 175 | -1.1% |
| 1980 | 172 | -1.7% |
| 1981 | 169 | -1.7% |
| 1982 | 165 | -2.4% |
| 1983 | 159 | -3.6% |
| 1984 | 151 | -5.0% |
| 1985 | 144 | -4.6% |
| 1986 | 138 | -4.2% |
| 1987 | 132 | -4.3% |
| 1988 | 128 | -3.0% |
| 1989 | 123 | -3.9% |
| 1990 | 119 | -3.3% |
| 1991 | 112 | -5.9% |
| 1992 | 104 | -7.1% |
| 1993 | 97 | -6.7% |
| 1994 | 90 | -7.2% |
| 1995 | 85 | -5.6% |
| 1996 | 83 | -2.4% |
| 1997 | 81 | -2.4% |
| 1998 | 81 | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 81 | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 80 | -1.2% |
| 2001 | 78 | -2.5% |
| 2002 | 75 | -3.8% |
| 2003 | 74 | -1.3% |
| 2004 | 72 | -2.7% |
| 2005 | 72 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 70 | -2.8% |
| 2007 | 68 | -2.9% |
| 2008 | 65 | -4.4% |
| 2009 | 63 | -3.1% |
| 2010 | 62 | -1.6% |
| 2011 | 60 | -3.2% |
| 2012 | 60 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 59 | -1.7% |
| 2014 | 58 | -1.7% |
| 2015 | 56 | -3.4% |
| 2016 | 55 | -1.8% |
| 2017 | 54 | -1.8% |
| 2018 | 52 | -3.7% |
| 2019 | 50 | -3.8% |
| 2020 | 45 | -10.0% |
| 2021 | 42 | -6.7% |
| 2022 | 42 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 44 | +4.8% |
| 2024 | 45 | +2.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 189.5 | 188 | 191 | 2 |
| 1970s | 179.9 | 175 | 184 | 10 |
| 1980s | 148.1 | 123 | 172 | 10 |
| 1990s | 93.3 | 81 | 119 | 10 |
| 2000s | 71.7 | 63 | 80 | 10 |
| 2010s | 56.6 | 50 | 62 | 10 |
| 2020s | 43.6 | 42 | 45 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Belize
More education data for Belize
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,023 tertiary education (2024)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 2,497 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 68.5% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 26.3% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 5 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of infant deaths, male in Belize?
- Number of infant deaths, male in Belize was 45 in 2024, according to Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.
- What is the highest number of infant deaths, male recorded in Belize?
- The highest recorded value was 191 in 1968.
- What is the lowest number of infant deaths, male recorded in Belize?
- The lowest recorded value was 42 in 2021.
- How does Belize rank for number of infant deaths, male?
- Belize ranks 161st out of 197 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of infant deaths, male rising or falling in Belize?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Belize data come from?
- The figures come from Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org, published as part of Number of infant deaths, male. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Number of male infants dying before reaching one year of age.