Infant mortality in South America

12 countries in South America, 2024. Unit: per 1,000 live births. World ranking →

First in the ranking
5.8 ‰
Chile
Median country
11.7 ‰
half above, half below
World
27.7 ‰
World Bank aggregate
Range
5.8 to 23.2
Chile - Guyana

How to read it

Across 12 countries in South America, the highest value is in Guyana (23.2 ‰) and the lowest in Chile (5.8 ‰).

The median country is at 11.7 ‰: half are above, half below.

Infant mortality rate is the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.

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Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), uri: www.childmortality.org; World Health Organization (WHO), uri… · via World Bank WDI (SP.DYN.IMRT.IN) · licence

Infant mortality over time

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Ranking of countries

2024
In chart Share of the highest value
1Chile5.8
2Uruguay6.2
3Argentina8.0
4Colombia10.5
5Ecuador10.9
6Peru11.0
7Brazil12.3
8Bolivia14.2
9Paraguay14.5
10Suriname14.8
11Venezuela21.2
12Guyana23.2
World Bank, WDI · SP.DYN.IMRT.IN · 2024 · CC BY 4.0 Source and licence

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