What is child mortality vs. health spending in Honduras?

Child mortality vs. health spending in Honduras was 1.5 deaths per 100 live births in 2024, according to United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.

What is the highest child mortality vs. health spending recorded in Honduras?

The highest recorded value was 23.58 deaths per 100 live births in 1956.

What is the lowest child mortality vs. health spending recorded in Honduras?

The lowest recorded value was 1.5 deaths per 100 live births in 2024.

How does Honduras rank for child mortality vs. health spending?

Honduras ranks 99th out of 199 countries with data for 2024.

Is child mortality vs. health spending rising or falling in Honduras?

Over the last ten years it is down 29.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.

Where does this Honduras data come from?

The figures come from United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Child mortality vs. health spending. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Child mortality vs. health spending in Honduras

Name: Child mortality vs. health spending in Honduras
Creator: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
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Honduras: Child mortality vs. health spending was 1.5 deaths per 100 live births in 2024. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2024)

1.5 deaths per 100 live births

Change on year

down 3.3%

World rank

99th

of 199 countries

All-time high

23.58 deaths per 100 live births

in 1956

All-time low

1.5 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Years of data

1956–2024

Child mortality vs. health spending in Honduras, 1956–2024

Source: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in deaths per 100 live births.

Analysis

Honduras recorded 1.5 deaths per 100 live births for child mortality vs. health spending in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 69 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.3% on the previous year and down 29.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, child mortality vs. health spending in Honduras peaked at 23.58 deaths per 100 live births in 1956 and was at its lowest, 1.5 deaths per 100 live births, in 2024.

Honduras ranks 99th of 199 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1950s	22.45 deaths per 100 live births	21.34 deaths per 100 live births	23.58 deaths per 100 live births	4
1960s	17.84 deaths per 100 live births	15.15 deaths per 100 live births	20.64 deaths per 100 live births	10
1970s	12.47 deaths per 100 live births	9.96 deaths per 100 live births	14.99 deaths per 100 live births	10
1980s	7.71 deaths per 100 live births	6.12 deaths per 100 live births	9.51 deaths per 100 live births	10
1990s	5.04 deaths per 100 live births	3.9 deaths per 100 live births	6.55 deaths per 100 live births	10
2000s	3.08 deaths per 100 live births	2.54 deaths per 100 live births	3.73 deaths per 100 live births	10
2010s	2.08 deaths per 100 live births	1.77 deaths per 100 live births	2.44 deaths per 100 live births	10
2020s	1.6 deaths per 100 live births	1.5 deaths per 100 live births	1.71 deaths per 100 live births	5

Countries ranked near Honduras

96 Bolivia 1.57 deaths per 100 live births compare
97 Mauritius 1.54 deaths per 100 live births compare
98 Panama 1.53 deaths per 100 live births compare
100 Samoa 1.49 deaths per 100 live births compare
101 Brazil 1.42 deaths per 100 live births compare
102 Seychelles 1.4 deaths per 100 live births compare

See the full ranking of 199 places →

More health data for Honduras

Age population, age 08, male, interpolated 112,353 (2025)
Population, male 50.3% (2025)
Population ages 15-64, female 3.56 million (2025)
Population ages 0-14, total 3.33 million (2025)
Age population, age 06, female, interpolated 109,606 (2025)
Age population, age 06, male, interpolated 114,822 (2025)
Age population, age 07, female, interpolated 108,402 (2025)
Age population, age 07, male, interpolated 113,578 (2025)
Age population, age 08, female, interpolated 107,221 (2025)
Age population, age 11, male, interpolated 110,034 (2025)

All data for Honduras →

Frequently asked questions

What is child mortality vs. health spending in Honduras?: Child mortality vs. health spending in Honduras was 1.5 deaths per 100 live births in 2024, according to United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest child mortality vs. health spending recorded in Honduras?: The highest recorded value was 23.58 deaths per 100 live births in 1956.
What is the lowest child mortality vs. health spending recorded in Honduras?: The lowest recorded value was 1.5 deaths per 100 live births in 2024.
How does Honduras rank for child mortality vs. health spending?: Honduras ranks 99th out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
Is child mortality vs. health spending rising or falling in Honduras?: Over the last ten years it is down 29.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Honduras data come from?: The figures come from United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Child mortality vs. health spending. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Child mortality vs. health spending
Unit: deaths per 100 live births
Source: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 199 places, 13,255 data points, 1931–2024
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

The estimated number of deaths of children aged under five years, per 100 live births .