Number of under-five deaths, male, per square kilometre in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income): Number of under-five deaths, male, per square kilometre was 0.0043 units per square kilometre in 2023. ▼ Falling
Number of under-five deaths, male, per square kilometre in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), 1990–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in units per square kilometre.
Analysis
The most recent figure for number of under-five deaths, male, per square kilometre in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) is 0.0043 units per square kilometre, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 34 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.2% on the previous year and down 27.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of under-five deaths, male, per square kilometre in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) peaked at 0.0186 units per square kilometre in 1990 and was at its lowest, 0.0043 units per square kilometre, in 2023.
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 30th of 43 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 34 years of available data.
Number of under-five deaths, male, per square kilometre in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | units per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.0186 units per square kilometre | — |
| 1991 | 0.0178 units per square kilometre | -4.2% |
| 1992 | 0.017 units per square kilometre | -4.6% |
| 1993 | 0.0162 units per square kilometre | -4.7% |
| 1994 | 0.0154 units per square kilometre | -4.9% |
| 1995 | 0.0146 units per square kilometre | -5.2% |
| 1996 | 0.0138 units per square kilometre | -5.4% |
| 1997 | 0.013 units per square kilometre | -5.5% |
| 1998 | 0.0125 units per square kilometre | -3.9% |
| 1999 | 0.0117 units per square kilometre | -7.0% |
| 2000 | 0.011 units per square kilometre | -5.7% |
| 2001 | 0.0103 units per square kilometre | -5.9% |
| 2002 | 0.0097 units per square kilometre | -5.9% |
| 2003 | 0.0092 units per square kilometre | -5.7% |
| 2004 | 0.0087 units per square kilometre | -5.5% |
| 2005 | 0.0082 units per square kilometre | -5.1% |
| 2006 | 0.0078 units per square kilometre | -5.0% |
| 2007 | 0.0074 units per square kilometre | -4.8% |
| 2008 | 0.0071 units per square kilometre | -4.4% |
| 2009 | 0.0068 units per square kilometre | -3.9% |
| 2010 | 0.007 units per square kilometre | +2.8% |
| 2011 | 0.0063 units per square kilometre | -9.7% |
| 2012 | 0.0061 units per square kilometre | -3.4% |
| 2013 | 0.0059 units per square kilometre | -3.3% |
| 2014 | 0.0058 units per square kilometre | -3.0% |
| 2015 | 0.0056 units per square kilometre | -3.0% |
| 2016 | 0.0056 units per square kilometre | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 0.0053 units per square kilometre | -4.9% |
| 2018 | 0.0051 units per square kilometre | -2.8% |
| 2019 | 0.005 units per square kilometre | -3.4% |
| 2020 | 0.0047 units per square kilometre | -4.1% |
| 2021 | 0.0046 units per square kilometre | -3.8% |
| 2022 | 0.0044 units per square kilometre | -3.2% |
| 2023 | 0.0043 units per square kilometre | -3.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0151 units per square kilometre | 0.0117 units per square kilometre | 0.0186 units per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0086 units per square kilometre | 0.0068 units per square kilometre | 0.011 units per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0058 units per square kilometre | 0.005 units per square kilometre | 0.007 units per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0045 units per square kilometre | 0.0043 units per square kilometre | 0.0047 units per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
- 27 Singapore 0.0905 units per square kilometre compare
- 28 Lebanon 0.0872 units per square kilometre compare
- 29 Guinea-Bissau 0.0868 units per square kilometre compare
- 30 Liberia 0.083 units per square kilometre compare
- 31 Ghana 0.0811 units per square kilometre compare
- 32 Marshall Islands 0.0778 units per square kilometre compare
- 33 Equatorial Guinea 0.0739 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 under-five deaths, male, per square kilometre in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- Number of under-five deaths, male, per square kilometre in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) was 0.0043 units per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest number of under-five deaths, male, per square kilometre recorded in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0186 units per square kilometre in 1990.
- What is the lowest number of under-five deaths, male, per square kilometre recorded in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0043 units per square kilometre in 2023.
- How does Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank for number of under-five deaths, male, per square kilometre?
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 30th out of 43 groups with data for 2023.
- Is number of under-five deaths, male, per square kilometre rising or falling in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 27.9%. 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 under-five deaths, male, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Number of under-five 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 under-five deaths, male ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Number of under-five 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 under-five 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.