Number of under-five deaths, female in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income): Number of under-five deaths, female was 60,918 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Number of under-five deaths, female in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), 1990–2024
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
In 2024, number of under-five deaths, female in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) stood at 60,918. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of down 3.2% on the previous year and down 27.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of under-five deaths, female in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) peaked at 281,622 in 1990 and was at its lowest, 60,918, in 2024.
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 29th of 43 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Number of under-five deaths, female in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 281,622 | — |
| 1991 | 268,987 | -4.5% |
| 1992 | 256,127 | -4.8% |
| 1993 | 243,294 | -5.0% |
| 1994 | 230,770 | -5.1% |
| 1995 | 218,269 | -5.4% |
| 1996 | 205,899 | -5.7% |
| 1997 | 194,123 | -5.7% |
| 1998 | 186,040 | -4.2% |
| 1999 | 172,371 | -7.3% |
| 2000 | 162,027 | -6.0% |
| 2001 | 152,407 | -5.9% |
| 2002 | 143,367 | -5.9% |
| 2003 | 134,963 | -5.9% |
| 2004 | 127,452 | -5.6% |
| 2005 | 120,826 | -5.2% |
| 2006 | 114,676 | -5.1% |
| 2007 | 109,119 | -4.8% |
| 2008 | 104,337 | -4.4% |
| 2009 | 100,297 | -3.9% |
| 2010 | 104,700 | +4.4% |
| 2011 | 93,177 | -11.0% |
| 2012 | 90,052 | -3.4% |
| 2013 | 87,039 | -3.3% |
| 2014 | 84,334 | -3.1% |
| 2015 | 81,968 | -2.8% |
| 2016 | 81,926 | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 77,639 | -5.2% |
| 2018 | 75,281 | -3.0% |
| 2019 | 72,714 | -3.4% |
| 2020 | 69,747 | -4.1% |
| 2021 | 67,125 | -3.8% |
| 2022 | 64,973 | -3.2% |
| 2023 | 62,916 | -3.2% |
| 2024 | 60,918 | -3.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 225,750 | 172,371 | 281,622 | 10 |
| 2000s | 126,947 | 100,297 | 162,027 | 10 |
| 2010s | 84,883 | 72,714 | 104,700 | 10 |
| 2020s | 65,136 | 60,918 | 69,747 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
- 26 Philippines 20,874 compare
- 27 Guinea 20,073 compare
- 28 South Africa 18,754 compare
- 29 Benin 16,038 compare
- 30 Brazil 16,007 compare
- 31 South Sudan 14,837 compare
- 32 Zambia 14,807 compare
More education data for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 55.17 million (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 57.82 million (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 2.79 million (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 22.4% (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -0.215 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0886 units per person (2024)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 67.7% (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
All data for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of under-five deaths, female in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- Number of under-five deaths, female in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) was 60,918 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 under-five deaths, female recorded in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 281,622 in 1990.
- What is the lowest number of under-five deaths, female recorded in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 60,918 in 2024.
- How does Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank for number of under-five deaths, female?
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 29th out of 43 groups with data for 2024.
- Is number of under-five deaths, female rising or falling in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 27.8%. 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 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 under-five deaths, female. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Number of female children dying before reaching age five.