Infant mortality rate — all countries

Infant mortality rate — Barbados

Infant mortality rate in Barbados in 2024 — 9.1 per 1,000. Ranked 78 in the world out of 196. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 87.1%.

2024 9.1 per 1,000 −3.19% vs 2023
World rank 78of 196
Period maximum 70.3 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 9.1 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Infant mortality rate — Barbados, 1960–202402040608019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 70.3 per 1,0001962: 61.1 per 1,0001964: 54.2 per 1,0001966: 49 per 1,0001968: 44.9 per 1,0001970: 41.1 per 1,0001972: 37.2 per 1,0001974: 33.4 per 1,0001976: 29.9 per 1,0001978: 26.6 per 1,0001980: 23.7 per 1,0001982: 21.5 per 1,0001984: 20 per 1,0001986: 18.8 per 1,0001988: 17.6 per 1,0001990: 16.2 per 1,0001992: 14.8 per 1,0001994: 13.8 per 1,0001996: 13.1 per 1,0001998: 12.8 per 1,0002000: 13 per 1,0002002: 13.3 per 1,0002004: 13.5 per 1,0002006: 13.4 per 1,0002008: 13 per 1,0002010: 12.7 per 1,0002012: 12.4 per 1,0002014: 12 per 1,0002016: 11.5 per 1,0002018: 10.9 per 1,0002020: 10.2 per 1,0002022: 9.6 per 1,0002024: 9.1 per 1,000
Change over the period: −61.2 (−87.06%) Average annual rate: -3.14 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Barbados

Barbados 9.1 per 1,000
World 27.7 per 1,000
Latin America & Caribbean 13.3 per 1,000
High-income countries computed 3.9 per 1,000
Infant mortality rate — Barbados, by year Barbados All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 9.1 −0.3 −3.19%
2023 9.4 −0.2 −2.08%
2022 9.6 −0.3 −3.03%
2021 9.9 −0.3 −2.94%
2020 10.2 −0.4 −3.77%
2019 10.6 −0.3 −2.75%
2018 10.9 −0.3 −2.68%
2017 11.2 −0.3 −2.61%
2016 11.5 −0.2 −1.71%
2015 11.7 −0.3 −2.5%
2014 12 −0.2 −1.64%
2013 12.2 −0.2 −1.61%
2012 12.4 −0.1 −0.8%
2011 12.5 −0.2 −1.57%
2010 12.7 −0.2 −1.55%
2009 12.9 −0.1 −0.77%
2008 13 −0.2 −1.52%
2007 13.2 −0.2 −1.49%
2006 13.4 −0.1 −0.74%
2005 13.5 +0 +0%
2004 13.5 +0.1 +0.75%
2003 13.4 +0.1 +0.75%
2002 13.3 +0.2 +1.53%
2001 13.1 +0.1 +0.77%
2000 13 +0.1 +0.78%
1999 12.9 +0.1 +0.78%
1998 12.8 −0.1 −0.78%
1997 12.9 −0.2 −1.53%
1996 13.1 −0.3 −2.24%
1995 13.4 −0.4 −2.9%
1994 13.8 −0.5 −3.5%
1993 14.3 −0.5 −3.38%
1992 14.8 −0.7 −4.52%
1991 15.5 −0.7 −4.32%
1990 16.2 −0.7 −4.14%
1989 16.9 −0.7 −3.98%
1988 17.6 −0.6 −3.3%
1987 18.2 −0.6 −3.19%
1986 18.8 −0.6 −3.09%
1985 19.4 −0.6 −3%
1984 20 −0.7 −3.38%
1983 20.7 −0.8 −3.72%
1982 21.5 −1 −4.44%
1981 22.5 −1.2 −5.06%
1980 23.7 −1.3 −5.2%
1979 25 −1.6 −6.02%
1978 26.6 −1.6 −5.67%
1977 28.2 −1.7 −5.69%
1976 29.9 −1.7 −5.38%
1975 31.6 −1.8 −5.39%
1974 33.4 −1.9 −5.38%
1973 35.3 −1.9 −5.11%
1972 37.2 −1.9 −4.86%
1971 39.1 −2 −4.87%
1970 41.1 −1.9 −4.42%
1969 43 −1.9 −4.23%
1968 44.9 −2 −4.26%
1967 46.9 −2.1 −4.29%
1966 49 −2.4 −4.67%
1965 51.4 −2.8 −5.17%
1964 54.2 −3.2 −5.57%
1963 57.4 −3.7 −6.06%
1962 61.1 −4.2 −6.43%
1961 65.3 −5 −7.11%
1960 70.3

About the indicator

The number of children who died before the age of one per 1,000 live births in the same year. One of the most sensitive indicators of the quality of health care and of social conditions: it responds to the availability of obstetric care, vaccination, clean water and nutrition faster than life expectancy does. The estimates are prepared by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME).

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.