Belize — Infant mortality
Infant Mortality Rate for Belize, 1967–2024.
Infant mortality for Belize was 10.8 in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 58 years, from 1967 to 2024. The highest recorded value was 84.1 in 1967. Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -3.54% per year.
Belize ranks 110 of 196 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 56%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 12.0, so Belize sits below it. It peaked in 1967 and has fallen 87% since. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved down 21%. Within Latin America & Caribbean it ranks 23 of 35 economies; Colombia (10.5) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was down 6% in 1990. That is 8% below this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
World ranking. Slipped: 69th of 145 in 1967 → 72nd of 155 in 1970 → 95th of 179 in 1980 → 108th of 196 in 1990 → 115th of 196 in 2000 → 112th of 196 in 2010 → 116th of 196 in 2020 → 110th of 196 in 2024.
Key figures
Full history — 1967 to 2024
| Year | per 1,000 live births | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10.8 | -0.9% |
| 2023 | 10.9 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 10.9 | -0.9% |
| 2021 | 11 | -0.9% |
| 2020 | 11.1 | -2.6% |
| 2019 | 11.4 | -2.6% |
| 2018 | 11.7 | -3.3% |
| 2017 | 12.1 | -4.0% |
| 2016 | 12.6 | -3.8% |
| 2015 | 13.1 | -3.7% |
| 2014 | 13.6 | -4.2% |
| 2013 | 14.2 | -3.4% |
| 2012 | 14.7 | -2.6% |
| 2011 | 15.1 | -2.6% |
| 2010 | 15.5 | -2.5% |
| 2009 | 15.9 | -1.9% |
| 2008 | 16.2 | -1.8% |
| 2007 | 16.5 | -1.8% |
| 2006 | 16.8 | -1.8% |
| 2005 | 17.1 | -1.7% |
| 2004 | 17.4 | -2.8% |
| 2003 | 17.9 | -2.7% |
| 2002 | 18.4 | -2.6% |
| 2001 | 18.9 | -3.6% |
| 2000 | 19.6 | -3.4% |
| 1999 | 20.3 | -3.8% |
| 1998 | 21.1 | -3.7% |
| 1997 | 21.9 | -3.9% |
| 1996 | 22.8 | -4.2% |
| 1995 | 23.8 | -4.4% |
| 1994 | 24.9 | -4.6% |
| 1993 | 26.1 | -5.4% |
| 1992 | 27.6 | -5.5% |
| 1991 | 29.2 | -5.8% |
| 1990 | 31 | -6.1% |
| 1989 | 33 | -5.7% |
| 1988 | 35 | -5.7% |
| 1987 | 37.1 | -5.4% |
| 1986 | 39.2 | -5.1% |
| 1985 | 41.3 | -4.6% |
| 1984 | 43.3 | -4.2% |
| 1983 | 45.2 | -4.0% |
| 1982 | 47.1 | -3.9% |
| 1981 | 49 | -3.7% |
| 1980 | 50.9 | -3.8% |
| 1979 | 52.9 | -3.5% |
| 1978 | 54.8 | -3.7% |
| 1977 | 56.9 | -3.6% |
| 1976 | 59 | -3.8% |
| 1975 | 61.3 | -3.6% |
| 1974 | 63.6 | -3.9% |
| 1973 | 66.2 | -3.8% |
| 1972 | 68.8 | -3.8% |
| 1971 | 71.5 | -3.9% |
| 1970 | 74.4 | -4.1% |
| 1969 | 77.6 | -4.0% |
| 1968 | 80.8 | -3.9% |
| 1967 | 84.1 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Belize’s Infant mortality in 1968?
80.8 (1968). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Belize’s Infant mortality figures nominal or inflation-adjusted?
They are exactly as the World Bank publishes them — per 1,000 live births — with no inflation restatement and no PPP conversion. Years the source does not report are omitted rather than interpolated.
Is Belize’s Infant mortality growing or shrinking?
Between 1967 and 2024 the series was shrinking overall: -87.2% in total — about 3.5% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator SP.DYN.IMRT.IN. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2024: 10.8; 2023: 10.9; 2022: 10.9; 2021: 11; 2020: 11.1. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
SP.DYN.IMRT.IN — Infant Mortality Rate. Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.