Mexico vs Saint Lucia: Number of child deaths per woman

Mexico
0.0257 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Saint Lucia
0.0243 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Mexico rank
109th
Saint Lucia rank
111th

Number of child deaths per woman over time

  • Mexico
  • Saint Lucia
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How they compare

Mexico currently reports 0.0257 under-five deaths per woman against 0.0243 under-five deaths per woman in Saint Lucia, a difference of 0.0014 under-five deaths per woman.

That makes Mexico's figure about 1.1 times Saint Lucia's.

Across all 74 years both countries report, Mexico has been ahead every year.

Mexico ranks 109th and Saint Lucia ranks 111th of 200 countries.

Mexico has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Mexico Saint Lucia Difference Ahead
1950s 1.34 under-five deaths per woman 1.01 under-five deaths per woman 0.3362 under-five deaths per woman Mexico
1960s 0.8857 under-five deaths per woman 0.712 under-five deaths per woman 0.1737 under-five deaths per woman Mexico
1970s 0.5358 under-five deaths per woman 0.2816 under-five deaths per woman 0.2543 under-five deaths per woman Mexico
1980s 0.2458 under-five deaths per woman 0.1043 under-five deaths per woman 0.1415 under-five deaths per woman Mexico
1990s 0.1133 under-five deaths per woman 0.057 under-five deaths per woman 0.0563 under-five deaths per woman Mexico
2000s 0.0581 under-five deaths per woman 0.033 under-five deaths per woman 0.0252 under-five deaths per woman Mexico
2010s 0.0366 under-five deaths per woman 0.0276 under-five deaths per woman 0.009 under-five deaths per woman Mexico
2020s 0.0268 under-five deaths per woman 0.0249 under-five deaths per woman 0.002 under-five deaths per woman Mexico

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of child deaths per woman, Mexico or Saint Lucia?
Mexico, at 0.0257 under-five deaths per woman against 0.0243 under-five deaths per woman in Saint Lucia as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of child deaths per woman between Mexico and Saint Lucia?
0.0014 under-five deaths per woman, with Mexico ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mexico and Saint Lucia?
74 years are reported by both, from 1951 to 2024.
How do Mexico and Saint Lucia rank globally for number of child deaths per woman?
Mexico ranks 109th and Saint Lucia ranks 111th of 200 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of child deaths per woman. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Number of child deaths per woman
Unit
under-five deaths per woman
Source
Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
200 places, 16,060 data points, 1800–2024
Last refreshed

The fertility rate (average number of children per woman) multiplied by the under-five mortality rate (probability of dying before age five).