Nicaragua - Child and infant mortality

Number of infant deaths

The value for Number of infant deaths in Nicaragua was 1,812 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 13,672 in 1972 and a minimum value of 1,812 in 2020.

Definition: Number of infants dying before reaching one year of age.

Source: Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.

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Year Value
1960 11,853
1961 11,903
1962 11,942
1963 11,988
1964 12,031
1965 12,091
1966 12,158
1967 12,243
1968 12,341
1969 12,462
1970 12,573
1971 12,678
1972 13,672
1973 12,750
1974 12,707
1975 12,569
1976 12,351
1977 12,073
1978 11,756
1979 11,402
1980 11,028
1981 10,639
1982 10,246
1983 9,866
1984 9,493
1985 9,145
1986 8,814
1987 8,500
1988 8,195
1989 7,890
1990 7,571
1991 7,243
1992 6,897
1993 6,543
1994 6,179
1995 5,822
1996 5,472
1997 5,140
1998 5,196
1999 4,546
2000 4,294
2001 4,066
2002 3,866
2003 3,681
2004 3,519
2005 3,373
2006 3,236
2007 3,111
2008 2,992
2009 2,879
2010 2,771
2011 2,666
2012 2,561
2013 2,458
2014 2,356
2015 2,257
2016 2,162
2017 2,069
2018 1,981
2019 1,893
2020 1,812

Number of under-five deaths

The value for Number of under-five deaths in Nicaragua was 2,113 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 20,998 in 1972 and a minimum value of 2,113 in 2020.

Definition: Number of children dying before reaching age five.

Source: Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.

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Year Value
1960 17,487
1961 17,577
1962 17,639
1963 17,702
1964 17,748
1965 17,803
1966 17,855
1967 17,923
1968 18,004
1969 18,106
1970 18,187
1971 18,259
1972 20,998
1973 18,176
1974 18,030
1975 17,761
1976 17,385
1977 16,919
1978 16,391
1979 15,813
1980 15,213
1981 14,605
1982 14,005
1983 13,423
1984 12,866
1985 12,352
1986 11,860
1987 11,390
1988 10,928
1989 10,460
1990 9,975
1991 9,478
1992 8,970
1993 8,457
1994 7,938
1995 7,431
1996 6,941
1997 6,476
1998 7,047
1999 5,648
2000 5,298
2001 4,984
2002 4,706
2003 4,459
2004 4,241
2005 4,046
2006 3,866
2007 3,702
2008 3,548
2009 3,403
2010 3,267
2011 3,136
2012 3,006
2013 2,882
2014 2,759
2015 2,641
2016 2,527
2017 2,416
2018 2,311
2019 2,208
2020 2,113

Number of neonatal deaths

The value for Number of neonatal deaths in Nicaragua was 1,232 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 45 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 4,944 in 1975 and a minimum value of 1,232 in 2020.

Definition: Number of neonates dying before reaching 28 days of age.

Source: Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.

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Year Value
1975 4,944
1976 4,915
1977 4,848
1978 4,758
1979 4,660
1980 4,569
1981 4,484
1982 4,395
1983 4,305
1984 4,199
1985 4,082
1986 3,956
1987 3,822
1988 3,692
1989 3,564
1990 3,439
1991 3,318
1992 3,202
1993 3,087
1994 2,973
1995 2,851
1996 2,725
1997 2,604
1998 2,509
1999 2,392
2000 2,304
2001 2,232
2002 2,134
2003 2,057
2004 1,999
2005 1,960
2006 1,932
2007 1,911
2008 1,889
2009 1,869
2010 1,846
2011 1,823
2012 1,793
2013 1,752
2014 1,697
2015 1,624
2016 1,540
2017 1,455
2018 1,372
2019 1,297
2020 1,232

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Mortality