Number of under-five deaths, male in Belize
Belize: Number of under-five deaths, male was 53 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Number of under-five deaths, male in Belize, 1972–2024
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, male in Belize stood at 53.
The figure is up 1.9% on the previous year and down 23.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of under-five deaths, male in Belize peaked at 235 in 1972 and was at its lowest, 49, in 2022.
That places Belize 162nd out of 197 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 53 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 227.75 | 220 | 235 | 8 |
| 1980s | 186.1 | 153 | 217 | 10 |
| 1990s | 116 | 99 | 146 | 10 |
| 2000s | 87.7 | 78 | 98 | 10 |
| 2010s | 67.6 | 58 | 75 | 10 |
| 2020s | 51.6 | 49 | 54 | 5 |
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More education data for Belize
- 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)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 96.48 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 96.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of under-five deaths, male in Belize?
- Number of under-five deaths, male in Belize was 53 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, male recorded in Belize?
- The highest recorded value was 235 in 1972.
- What is the lowest number of under-five deaths, male recorded in Belize?
- The lowest recorded value was 49 in 2022.
- How does Belize rank for number of under-five deaths, male?
- Belize ranks 162nd out of 197 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of under-five deaths, male rising or falling in Belize?
- Over the last ten years it is down 23.2%. 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 under-five deaths, male. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Number of male children dying before reaching age five.