Number of infant deaths in Honduras
Honduras: Number of infant deaths was 2,979 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Number of infant deaths in Honduras, 1960–2024
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
Analysis
In 2024, number of infant deaths in Honduras stood at 2,979. That is the lowest value across all 65 years on record.
The figure is down 2.8% on the previous year and down 23.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of infant deaths in Honduras peaked at 13,979 in 1960 and was at its lowest, 2,979, in 2024.
Honduras ranks 76th of 195 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 65 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13,554 | 13,075 | 13,979 | 10 |
| 1970s | 12,607 | 11,756 | 13,893 | 10 |
| 1980s | 10,028 | 8,636 | 11,472 | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,803 | 6,748 | 8,978 | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,505 | 4,572 | 6,573 | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,856 | 3,413 | 4,414 | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,149 | 2,979 | 3,321 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Honduras
More health data for Honduras
- Age population, age 08, male, interpolated 112,353 (2025)
- Population, male 50.3% (2025)
- Age population, age 06, female, interpolated 109,606 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female 3.56 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total 3.33 million (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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of infant deaths in Honduras?
- Number of infant deaths in Honduras was 2,979 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 Honduras?
- The highest recorded value was 13,979 in 1960.
- What is the lowest number of infant deaths recorded in Honduras?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,979 in 2024.
- How does Honduras rank for number of infant deaths?
- Honduras ranks 76th out of 195 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of infant deaths rising or falling in Honduras?
- Over the last ten years it is down 23.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Honduras 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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About this data
Number of infants dying before reaching one year of age.