Infant mortality rate — all countries

Infant mortality rate — Jamaica

Infant mortality rate in Jamaica in 2024 — 16.4 per 1,000. Ranked 117 in the world out of 196. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 74.9%.

2024 16.4 per 1,000 −1.8% vs 2023
World rank 117of 196
Period maximum 65.3 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 16.4 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Infant mortality rate — Jamaica, 1960–202402040608019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 65.3 per 1,0001962: 60 per 1,0001964: 56 per 1,0001966: 52.9 per 1,0001968: 49.9 per 1,0001970: 46.6 per 1,0001972: 43 per 1,0001974: 39.6 per 1,0001976: 36.7 per 1,0001978: 34.3 per 1,0001980: 32.2 per 1,0001982: 30.3 per 1,0001984: 28.6 per 1,0001986: 27.2 per 1,0001988: 25.9 per 1,0001990: 24.7 per 1,0001992: 23.5 per 1,0001994: 22.3 per 1,0001996: 21 per 1,0001998: 19.6 per 1,0002000: 18.5 per 1,0002002: 17.7 per 1,0002004: 17.4 per 1,0002006: 17.3 per 1,0002008: 17.4 per 1,0002010: 17.4 per 1,0002012: 17.3 per 1,0002014: 17.2 per 1,0002016: 17.1 per 1,0002018: 17.2 per 1,0002020: 17.2 per 1,0002022: 16.9 per 1,0002024: 16.4 per 1,000
Change over the period: −48.9 (−74.89%) Average annual rate: -2.14 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Jamaica 16.4 per 1,000
World 27.7 per 1,000
Latin America & Caribbean 13.3 per 1,000
Upper-middle-income countries computed 8.4 per 1,000
Infant mortality rate — Jamaica, by year Jamaica All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 16.4 −0.3 −1.8%
2023 16.7 −0.2 −1.18%
2022 16.9 −0.2 −1.17%
2021 17.1 −0.1 −0.58%
2020 17.2 +0 +0%
2019 17.2 +0 +0%
2018 17.2 +0 +0%
2017 17.2 +0.1 +0.58%
2016 17.1 −0.1 −0.58%
2015 17.2 +0 +0%
2014 17.2 −0.1 −0.58%
2013 17.3 +0 +0%
2012 17.3 +0 +0%
2011 17.3 −0.1 −0.57%
2010 17.4 +0 +0%
2009 17.4 +0 +0%
2008 17.4 +0 +0%
2007 17.4 +0.1 +0.58%
2006 17.3 +0 +0%
2005 17.3 −0.1 −0.57%
2004 17.4 −0.1 −0.57%
2003 17.5 −0.2 −1.13%
2002 17.7 −0.3 −1.67%
2001 18 −0.5 −2.7%
2000 18.5 −0.5 −2.63%
1999 19 −0.6 −3.06%
1998 19.6 −0.7 −3.45%
1997 20.3 −0.7 −3.33%
1996 21 −0.7 −3.23%
1995 21.7 −0.6 −2.69%
1994 22.3 −0.6 −2.62%
1993 22.9 −0.6 −2.55%
1992 23.5 −0.6 −2.49%
1991 24.1 −0.6 −2.43%
1990 24.7 −0.6 −2.37%
1989 25.3 −0.6 −2.32%
1988 25.9 −0.6 −2.26%
1987 26.5 −0.7 −2.57%
1986 27.2 −0.7 −2.51%
1985 27.9 −0.7 −2.45%
1984 28.6 −0.9 −3.05%
1983 29.5 −0.8 −2.64%
1982 30.3 −0.9 −2.88%
1981 31.2 −1 −3.11%
1980 32.2 −1.1 −3.3%
1979 33.3 −1 −2.92%
1978 34.3 −1.2 −3.38%
1977 35.5 −1.2 −3.27%
1976 36.7 −1.3 −3.42%
1975 38 −1.6 −4.04%
1974 39.6 −1.6 −3.88%
1973 41.2 −1.8 −4.19%
1972 43 −1.8 −4.02%
1971 44.8 −1.8 −3.86%
1970 46.6 −1.7 −3.52%
1969 48.3 −1.6 −3.21%
1968 49.9 −1.5 −2.92%
1967 51.4 −1.5 −2.84%
1966 52.9 −1.5 −2.76%
1965 54.4 −1.6 −2.86%
1964 56 −1.9 −3.28%
1963 57.9 −2.1 −3.5%
1962 60 −2.4 −3.85%
1961 62.4 −2.9 −4.44%
1960 65.3

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.