Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years in Latin America & Caribbean
Latin America & Caribbean: Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years was 1.7 per 1,000 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years in Latin America & Caribbean, 1990–2024
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF). Measured in per 1,000.
Analysis
The most recent figure for probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years in Latin America & Caribbean is 1.7 per 1,000, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years in Latin America & Caribbean peaked at 2.7 per 1,000 in 1990 and was at its lowest, 1.6 per 1,000, in 2019.
That places Latin America & Caribbean 29th out of 47 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years in Latin America & Caribbean, year by year
| Year | per 1,000 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 2.7 per 1,000 | — |
| 1991 | 2.6 per 1,000 | -3.7% |
| 1992 | 2.5 per 1,000 | -3.8% |
| 1993 | 2.5 per 1,000 | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 2.4 per 1,000 | -4.0% |
| 1995 | 2.3 per 1,000 | -4.2% |
| 1996 | 2.3 per 1,000 | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 2.2 per 1,000 | -4.3% |
| 1998 | 2.4 per 1,000 | +9.1% |
| 1999 | 2.1 per 1,000 | -12.5% |
| 2000 | 2.1 per 1,000 | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 2.1 per 1,000 | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 2 per 1,000 | -4.8% |
| 2003 | 2 per 1,000 | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 2 per 1,000 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 2 per 1,000 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 1.9 per 1,000 | -5.0% |
| 2007 | 1.9 per 1,000 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 1.9 per 1,000 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 1.9 per 1,000 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 2.6 per 1,000 | +36.8% |
| 2011 | 1.8 per 1,000 | -30.8% |
| 2012 | 1.8 per 1,000 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 1.8 per 1,000 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 1.7 per 1,000 | -5.6% |
| 2015 | 1.7 per 1,000 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 1.7 per 1,000 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 1.7 per 1,000 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 1.7 per 1,000 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 1.6 per 1,000 | -5.9% |
| 2020 | 1.6 per 1,000 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 1.7 per 1,000 | +6.2% |
| 2022 | 1.7 per 1,000 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 1.7 per 1,000 | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 1.7 per 1,000 | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.4 per 1,000 | 2.1 per 1,000 | 2.7 per 1,000 | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.98 per 1,000 | 1.9 per 1,000 | 2.1 per 1,000 | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.81 per 1,000 | 1.6 per 1,000 | 2.6 per 1,000 | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.68 per 1,000 | 1.6 per 1,000 | 1.7 per 1,000 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Latin America & Caribbean
More education data for Latin America & Caribbean
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 3.34 million (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 63.30 million (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 61.44 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -0.1923 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0928 units per person (2024)
- Population ages 15-64 67.7% (2025)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 22.1% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years in Latin America & Caribbean?
- Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years in Latin America & Caribbean was 1.7 per 1,000 in 2024, according to UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
- What is the highest probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years recorded in Latin America & Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 2.7 per 1,000 in 1990.
- What is the lowest probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years recorded in Latin America & Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.6 per 1,000 in 2019.
- How does Latin America & Caribbean rank for probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years?
- Latin America & Caribbean ranks 29th out of 47 groups with data for 2024.
- Is probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years rising or falling in Latin America & Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Latin America & Caribbean data come from?
- The figures come from UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as part of Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years (per 1,000). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 35 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
About this data
Probability of dying between age 10-14 years of age expressed per 1,000 adolescents age 10, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.