Number of infant deaths in Belize
Belize: Number of infant deaths was 80 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Number of infant deaths in Belize, 1968–2024
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
Analysis
Belize recorded 80 for number of infant deaths in 2024.
The figure is up 2.6% on the previous year and down 22.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of infant deaths in Belize peaked at 345 in 1968 and was at its lowest, 74, in 2022.
That places Belize 160th out of 195 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 57 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 341.5 | 338 | 345 | 2 |
| 1970s | 322.4 | 312 | 332 | 10 |
| 1980s | 262.2 | 217 | 306 | 10 |
| 1990s | 164.6 | 143 | 209 | 10 |
| 2000s | 127.2 | 113 | 141 | 10 |
| 2010s | 100.5 | 88 | 110 | 10 |
| 2020s | 77.6 | 74 | 81 | 5 |
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More health data for Belize
- Age population, age 13, female, interpolated 3,538 (2025)
- Age dependency ratio 46.0% (2025)
- Age population, age 15, male, interpolated 3,718 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, female, interpolated 3,555 (2025)
- Age population, age 14, male, interpolated 3,627 (2025)
- Age population, age 14, female, interpolated 3,461 (2025)
- Age population, age 13, male, interpolated 3,705 (2025)
- Age population, age 12, female, interpolated 3,616 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, female, interpolated 3,692 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, male, interpolated 3,869 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of infant deaths in Belize?
- Number of infant deaths in Belize was 80 in 2024, according to UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
- What is the highest number of infant deaths recorded in Belize?
- The highest recorded value was 345 in 1968.
- What is the lowest number of infant deaths recorded in Belize?
- The lowest recorded value was 74 in 2022.
- How does Belize rank for number of infant deaths?
- Belize ranks 160th out of 195 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of infant deaths rising or falling in Belize?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Belize data come from?
- The figures come from UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as part of Number of infant deaths. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Number of infants dying before reaching one year of age.