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Under-five mortality rate — Barbados

Under-five mortality rate in Barbados in 2024 — 9.8 per 1,000. Ranked 74 in the world out of 196. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 88.4%.

2024 9.8 per 1,000 −2.97% vs 2023
World rank 74of 196
Period maximum 84.7 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 9.8 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Under-five mortality rate — Barbados, 1960–2024025507510019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 84.7 per 1,0001962: 73.3 per 1,0001964: 64.5 per 1,0001966: 57.9 per 1,0001968: 52.8 per 1,0001970: 47.9 per 1,0001972: 43.2 per 1,0001974: 38.6 per 1,0001976: 34.3 per 1,0001978: 30.4 per 1,0001980: 26.9 per 1,0001982: 24.4 per 1,0001984: 22.6 per 1,0001986: 21.2 per 1,0001988: 19.7 per 1,0001990: 18.1 per 1,0001992: 16.6 per 1,0001994: 15.3 per 1,0001996: 14.5 per 1,0001998: 14.2 per 1,0002000: 14.4 per 1,0002002: 14.7 per 1,0002004: 14.9 per 1,0002006: 14.7 per 1,0002008: 14.3 per 1,0002010: 13.9 per 1,0002012: 13.5 per 1,0002014: 13.1 per 1,0002016: 12.4 per 1,0002018: 11.8 per 1,0002020: 11.1 per 1,0002022: 10.4 per 1,0002024: 9.8 per 1,000
Change over the period: −74.9 (−88.43%) Average annual rate: -3.31 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Barbados 9.8 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 — Barbados, by year Barbados All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 9.8 −0.3 −2.97%
2023 10.1 −0.3 −2.88%
2022 10.4 −0.3 −2.8%
2021 10.7 −0.4 −3.6%
2020 11.1 −0.3 −2.63%
2019 11.4 −0.4 −3.39%
2018 11.8 −0.3 −2.48%
2017 12.1 −0.3 −2.42%
2016 12.4 −0.4 −3.13%
2015 12.8 −0.3 −2.29%
2014 13.1 −0.2 −1.5%
2013 13.3 −0.2 −1.48%
2012 13.5 −0.2 −1.46%
2011 13.7 −0.2 −1.44%
2010 13.9 −0.2 −1.42%
2009 14.1 −0.2 −1.4%
2008 14.3 −0.2 −1.38%
2007 14.5 −0.2 −1.36%
2006 14.7 −0.1 −0.68%
2005 14.8 −0.1 −0.67%
2004 14.9 +0.1 +0.68%
2003 14.8 +0.1 +0.68%
2002 14.7 +0.2 +1.38%
2001 14.5 +0.1 +0.69%
2000 14.4 +0.1 +0.7%
1999 14.3 +0.1 +0.7%
1998 14.2 −0.1 −0.7%
1997 14.3 −0.2 −1.38%
1996 14.5 −0.4 −2.68%
1995 14.9 −0.4 −2.61%
1994 15.3 −0.6 −3.77%
1993 15.9 −0.7 −4.22%
1992 16.6 −0.7 −4.05%
1991 17.3 −0.8 −4.42%
1990 18.1 −0.8 −4.23%
1989 18.9 −0.8 −4.06%
1988 19.7 −0.8 −3.9%
1987 20.5 −0.7 −3.3%
1986 21.2 −0.7 −3.2%
1985 21.9 −0.7 −3.1%
1984 22.6 −0.8 −3.42%
1983 23.4 −1 −4.1%
1982 24.4 −1.1 −4.31%
1981 25.5 −1.4 −5.2%
1980 26.9 −1.7 −5.94%
1979 28.6 −1.8 −5.92%
1978 30.4 −1.9 −5.88%
1977 32.3 −2 −5.83%
1976 34.3 −2.1 −5.77%
1975 36.4 −2.2 −5.7%
1974 38.6 −2.2 −5.39%
1973 40.8 −2.4 −5.56%
1972 43.2 −2.3 −5.05%
1971 45.5 −2.4 −5.01%
1970 47.9 −2.5 −4.96%
1969 50.4 −2.4 −4.55%
1968 52.8 −2.5 −4.52%
1967 55.3 −2.6 −4.49%
1966 57.9 −3.1 −5.08%
1965 61 −3.5 −5.43%
1964 64.5 −4.1 −5.98%
1963 68.6 −4.7 −6.41%
1962 73.3 −5.3 −6.74%
1961 78.6 −6.1 −7.2%
1960 84.7 — —

Caribbean, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

TC Turks and Caicos Islands 4.7 CU Cuba 8.6 AG Antigua and Barbuda 9.1 BB Barbados 9.8 VC Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 11.3 BS Bahamas 12.4 VG British Virgin Islands 12.4 KN Saint Kitts and Nevis 15.9 LC Saint Lucia 17.2 JM Jamaica 17.8 GD Grenada 18 TT Trinidad and Tobago 18.8 DO Dominican Republic 30.6 DM Dominica 35.7 HT Haiti 52.8
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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.

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