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Under-five mortality rate — Jamaica

Under-five mortality rate in Jamaica in 2024 — 17.8 per 1,000. Ranked 116 in the world out of 196. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 78.3%.

2024 17.8 per 1,000 −1.66% vs 2023
World rank 116of 196
Period maximum 82 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 17.8 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Under-five mortality rate — Jamaica, 1960–2024025507510019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 82 per 1,0001962: 74.8 per 1,0001964: 69.2 per 1,0001966: 64.8 per 1,0001968: 60.6 per 1,0001970: 56.1 per 1,0001972: 51.4 per 1,0001974: 46.9 per 1,0001976: 43.2 per 1,0001978: 40.1 per 1,0001980: 37.5 per 1,0001982: 35 per 1,0001984: 32.9 per 1,0001986: 31 per 1,0001988: 29.4 per 1,0001990: 28 per 1,0001992: 26.5 per 1,0001994: 25 per 1,0001996: 23.4 per 1,0001998: 21.9 per 1,0002000: 20.5 per 1,0002002: 19.6 per 1,0002004: 19.1 per 1,0002006: 19.1 per 1,0002008: 19.1 per 1,0002010: 19 per 1,0002012: 18.9 per 1,0002014: 18.8 per 1,0002016: 18.7 per 1,0002018: 18.7 per 1,0002020: 18.7 per 1,0002022: 18.4 per 1,0002024: 17.8 per 1,000
Change over the period: −64.2 (−78.29%) Average annual rate: -2.36 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Jamaica 17.8 per 1,000
World 37.4 per 1,000
Latin America & Caribbean 15.4 per 1,000
Upper-middle-income countries computed 10.4 per 1,000
Under-five mortality rate — Jamaica, by year Jamaica All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 17.8 −0.3 −1.66%
2023 18.1 −0.3 −1.63%
2022 18.4 −0.2 −1.08%
2021 18.6 −0.1 −0.53%
2020 18.7 −0.1 −0.53%
2019 18.8 +0.1 +0.53%
2018 18.7 +0 +0%
2017 18.7 +0 +0%
2016 18.7 +0 +0%
2015 18.7 −0.1 −0.53%
2014 18.8 −0.1 −0.53%
2013 18.9 +0 +0%
2012 18.9 −0.1 −0.53%
2011 19 +0 +0%
2010 19 −0.1 −0.52%
2009 19.1 +0 +0%
2008 19.1 +0 +0%
2007 19.1 +0 +0%
2006 19.1 +0 +0%
2005 19.1 +0 +0%
2004 19.1 −0.2 −1.04%
2003 19.3 −0.3 −1.53%
2002 19.6 −0.4 −2%
2001 20 −0.5 −2.44%
2000 20.5 −0.6 −2.84%
1999 21.1 −0.8 −3.65%
1998 21.9 −0.7 −3.1%
1997 22.6 −0.8 −3.42%
1996 23.4 −0.9 −3.7%
1995 24.3 −0.7 −2.8%
1994 25 −0.8 −3.1%
1993 25.8 −0.7 −2.64%
1992 26.5 −0.8 −2.93%
1991 27.3 −0.7 −2.5%
1990 28 −0.7 −2.44%
1989 28.7 −0.7 −2.38%
1988 29.4 −0.8 −2.65%
1987 30.2 −0.8 −2.58%
1986 31 −1 −3.13%
1985 32 −0.9 −2.74%
1984 32.9 −1 −2.95%
1983 33.9 −1.1 −3.14%
1982 35 −1.2 −3.31%
1981 36.2 −1.3 −3.47%
1980 37.5 −1.3 −3.35%
1979 38.8 −1.3 −3.24%
1978 40.1 −1.5 −3.61%
1977 41.6 −1.6 −3.7%
1976 43.2 −1.8 −4%
1975 45 −1.9 −4.05%
1974 46.9 −2.2 −4.48%
1973 49.1 −2.3 −4.47%
1972 51.4 −2.4 −4.46%
1971 53.8 −2.3 −4.1%
1970 56.1 −2.3 −3.94%
1969 58.4 −2.2 −3.63%
1968 60.6 −2.1 −3.35%
1967 62.7 −2.1 −3.24%
1966 64.8 −2.1 −3.14%
1965 66.9 −2.3 −3.32%
1964 69.2 −2.6 −3.62%
1963 71.8 −3 −4.01%
1962 74.8 −3.4 −4.35%
1961 78.2 −3.8 −4.63%
1960 82 — —

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
Full table for all countries

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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