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Under-five mortality rate — Saint Lucia

Under-five mortality rate in Saint Lucia in 2024 — 17.2 per 1,000. Ranked 111 in the world out of 196. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 87.2%.

2024 17.2 per 1,000 −1.71% vs 2023
World rank 111of 196
Period maximum 134.2 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 17.2 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Under-five mortality rate — Saint Lucia, 1960–202405010015019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 134.2 per 1,0001962: 122.4 per 1,0001964: 109.6 per 1,0001966: 96.2 per 1,0001968: 83.2 per 1,0001970: 71 per 1,0001972: 60.1 per 1,0001974: 50.8 per 1,0001976: 43 per 1,0001978: 36.8 per 1,0001980: 32 per 1,0001982: 28.3 per 1,0001984: 25.5 per 1,0001986: 23.5 per 1,0001988: 21.9 per 1,0001990: 20.8 per 1,0001992: 20 per 1,0001994: 19.4 per 1,0001996: 19 per 1,0001998: 18.7 per 1,0002000: 18.5 per 1,0002002: 18.4 per 1,0002004: 18.5 per 1,0002006: 18.6 per 1,0002008: 18.7 per 1,0002010: 18.8 per 1,0002012: 18.8 per 1,0002014: 18.8 per 1,0002016: 18.6 per 1,0002018: 18.4 per 1,0002020: 18.1 per 1,0002022: 17.7 per 1,0002024: 17.2 per 1,000
Change over the period: −117 (−87.18%) Average annual rate: -3.16 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Saint Lucia 17.2 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 — Saint Lucia, by year Saint Lucia All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 17.2 −0.3 −1.71%
2023 17.5 −0.2 −1.13%
2022 17.7 −0.2 −1.12%
2021 17.9 −0.2 −1.1%
2020 18.1 −0.1 −0.55%
2019 18.2 −0.2 −1.09%
2018 18.4 −0.1 −0.54%
2017 18.5 −0.1 −0.54%
2016 18.6 −0.1 −0.53%
2015 18.7 −0.1 −0.53%
2014 18.8 +0 +0%
2013 18.8 +0 +0%
2012 18.8 +0 +0%
2011 18.8 +0 +0%
2010 18.8 +0 +0%
2009 18.8 +0.1 +0.53%
2008 18.7 +0.1 +0.54%
2007 18.6 +0 +0%
2006 18.6 +0.1 +0.54%
2005 18.5 +0 +0%
2004 18.5 +0.1 +0.54%
2003 18.4 +0 +0%
2002 18.4 +0 +0%
2001 18.4 −0.1 −0.54%
2000 18.5 +0 +0%
1999 18.5 −0.2 −1.07%
1998 18.7 −0.1 −0.53%
1997 18.8 −0.2 −1.05%
1996 19 −0.2 −1.04%
1995 19.2 −0.2 −1.03%
1994 19.4 −0.3 −1.52%
1993 19.7 −0.3 −1.5%
1992 20 −0.4 −1.96%
1991 20.4 −0.4 −1.92%
1990 20.8 −0.5 −2.35%
1989 21.3 −0.6 −2.74%
1988 21.9 −0.7 −3.1%
1987 22.6 −0.9 −3.83%
1986 23.5 −0.9 −3.69%
1985 24.4 −1.1 −4.31%
1984 25.5 −1.3 −4.85%
1983 26.8 −1.5 −5.3%
1982 28.3 −1.7 −5.67%
1981 30 −2 −6.25%
1980 32 −2.2 −6.43%
1979 34.2 −2.6 −7.07%
1978 36.8 −2.9 −7.3%
1977 39.7 −3.3 −7.67%
1976 43 −3.7 −7.92%
1975 46.7 −4.1 −8.07%
1974 50.8 −4.5 −8.14%
1973 55.3 −4.8 −7.99%
1972 60.1 −5.3 −8.1%
1971 65.4 −5.6 −7.89%
1970 71 −5.9 −7.67%
1969 76.9 −6.3 −7.57%
1968 83.2 −6.4 −7.14%
1967 89.6 −6.6 −6.86%
1966 96.2 −6.7 −6.51%
1965 102.9 −6.7 −6.11%
1964 109.6 −6.5 −5.6%
1963 116.1 −6.3 −5.15%
1962 122.4 −6.1 −4.75%
1961 128.5 −5.7 −4.25%
1960 134.2 — —

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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