Under-five mortality rate — all countries

Under-five mortality rate — Bahamas

Under-five mortality rate in the Bahamas in 2024 — 12.4 per 1,000. Ranked 86 in the world out of 196. Since 1968, the indicator has fallen by 57.8%.

2024 12.4 per 1,000 −2.36% vs 2023
World rank 86of 196
Period maximum 31.4 per 1,0001974
Period minimum 12.4 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1968–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Under-five mortality rate — Bahamas, 1968–202410152025303519681974198019861992199820042010201620221968: 29.4 per 1,0001969: 29.8 per 1,0001970: 30.3 per 1,0001971: 30.7 per 1,0001972: 31.1 per 1,0001973: 31.3 per 1,0001974: 31.4 per 1,0001975: 31.3 per 1,0001976: 31 per 1,0001977: 30.7 per 1,0001978: 30.3 per 1,0001979: 29.9 per 1,0001980: 29.5 per 1,0001981: 29.1 per 1,0001982: 28.7 per 1,0001983: 28.4 per 1,0001984: 28.2 per 1,0001985: 27.8 per 1,0001986: 27.3 per 1,0001987: 26.5 per 1,0001988: 25.5 per 1,0001989: 24.5 per 1,0001990: 23.3 per 1,0001991: 22.3 per 1,0001992: 21.2 per 1,0001993: 20.2 per 1,0001994: 19.3 per 1,0001995: 18.4 per 1,0001996: 17.6 per 1,0001997: 16.9 per 1,0001998: 16.4 per 1,0001999: 16.2 per 1,0002000: 16.2 per 1,0002001: 16.3 per 1,0002002: 16.5 per 1,0002003: 16.7 per 1,0002004: 16.8 per 1,0002005: 16.9 per 1,0002006: 16.8 per 1,0002007: 16.5 per 1,0002008: 16.2 per 1,0002009: 15.8 per 1,0002010: 15.4 per 1,0002011: 15.1 per 1,0002012: 14.7 per 1,0002013: 14.4 per 1,0002014: 14.2 per 1,0002015: 14 per 1,0002016: 13.8 per 1,0002017: 13.7 per 1,0002018: 13.5 per 1,0002019: 24.3 per 1,0002020: 13.3 per 1,0002021: 13.1 per 1,0002022: 12.9 per 1,0002023: 12.7 per 1,0002024: 12.4 per 1,000
Change over the period: −17 (−57.82%) Average annual rate: -1.53 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Bahamas 12.4 per 1,000
World 37.4 per 1,000
Latin America & Caribbean 15.4 per 1,000
High-income countries computed 4.8 per 1,000
Under-five mortality rate — Bahamas, by year Bahamas All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 12.4 −0.3 −2.36%
2023 12.7 −0.2 −1.55%
2022 12.9 −0.2 −1.53%
2021 13.1 −0.2 −1.5%
2020 13.3 −11 −45.27%
2019 24.3 +10.8 +80%
2018 13.5 −0.2 −1.46%
2017 13.7 −0.1 −0.72%
2016 13.8 −0.2 −1.43%
2015 14 −0.2 −1.41%
2014 14.2 −0.2 −1.39%
2013 14.4 −0.3 −2.04%
2012 14.7 −0.4 −2.65%
2011 15.1 −0.3 −1.95%
2010 15.4 −0.4 −2.53%
2009 15.8 −0.4 −2.47%
2008 16.2 −0.3 −1.82%
2007 16.5 −0.3 −1.79%
2006 16.8 −0.1 −0.59%
2005 16.9 +0.1 +0.6%
2004 16.8 +0.1 +0.6%
2003 16.7 +0.2 +1.21%
2002 16.5 +0.2 +1.23%
2001 16.3 +0.1 +0.62%
2000 16.2 +0 +0%
1999 16.2 −0.2 −1.22%
1998 16.4 −0.5 −2.96%
1997 16.9 −0.7 −3.98%
1996 17.6 −0.8 −4.35%
1995 18.4 −0.9 −4.66%
1994 19.3 −0.9 −4.46%
1993 20.2 −1 −4.72%
1992 21.2 −1.1 −4.93%
1991 22.3 −1 −4.29%
1990 23.3 −1.2 −4.9%
1989 24.5 −1 −3.92%
1988 25.5 −1 −3.77%
1987 26.5 −0.8 −2.93%
1986 27.3 −0.5 −1.8%
1985 27.8 −0.4 −1.42%
1984 28.2 −0.2 −0.7%
1983 28.4 −0.3 −1.05%
1982 28.7 −0.4 −1.37%
1981 29.1 −0.4 −1.36%
1980 29.5 −0.4 −1.34%
1979 29.9 −0.4 −1.32%
1978 30.3 −0.4 −1.3%
1977 30.7 −0.3 −0.97%
1976 31 −0.3 −0.96%
1975 31.3 −0.1 −0.32%
1974 31.4 +0.1 +0.32%
1973 31.3 +0.2 +0.64%
1972 31.1 +0.4 +1.3%
1971 30.7 +0.4 +1.32%
1970 30.3 +0.5 +1.68%
1969 29.8 +0.4 +1.36%
1968 29.4

About the indicator

The probability of dying before the age of five, expressed as the number of deaths per 1,000 live births. The main target indicator of UN Sustainable Development Goal 3.2 — to bring it down to 25 per 1,000 by 2030. The gap between countries remains more than twentyfold, while over the past thirty years the world value has more than halved.

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