Jamaica vs Lebanon: Annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex
Jamaica
14.05 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Lebanon
14.44 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Jamaica rank
83rd
Lebanon rank
81st
Annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex over time
- Jamaica
- Lebanon
How they compare
Lebanon currently reports 14.44 deaths per 1,000 people against 14.05 deaths per 1,000 people in Jamaica, a difference of 0.39 deaths per 1,000 people.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Jamaica ahead.
Jamaica ranks 83rd and Lebanon ranks 81st of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Jamaica averaged higher in 5 and Lebanon in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Jamaica | Lebanon | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 80.66 deaths per 1,000 people | 64.9 deaths per 1,000 people | 15.77 deaths per 1,000 people | Jamaica |
| 1960s | 50.95 deaths per 1,000 people | 49 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.95 deaths per 1,000 people | Jamaica |
| 1970s | 34.68 deaths per 1,000 people | 50.38 deaths per 1,000 people | 15.69 deaths per 1,000 people | Lebanon |
| 1980s | 23.84 deaths per 1,000 people | 39.91 deaths per 1,000 people | 16.07 deaths per 1,000 people | Lebanon |
| 1990s | 17.69 deaths per 1,000 people | 20.93 deaths per 1,000 people | 3.24 deaths per 1,000 people | Lebanon |
| 2000s | 14.15 deaths per 1,000 people | 12.75 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.4 deaths per 1,000 people | Jamaica |
| 2010s | 13.82 deaths per 1,000 people | 10.43 deaths per 1,000 people | 3.39 deaths per 1,000 people | Jamaica |
| 2020s | 14.03 deaths per 1,000 people | 13.88 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.1524 deaths per 1,000 people | Jamaica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex, Jamaica or Lebanon?
- Lebanon, at 14.44 deaths per 1,000 people against 14.05 deaths per 1,000 people in Jamaica as of 2023.
- What is the difference in annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex between Jamaica and Lebanon?
- 0.39 deaths per 1,000 people, with Lebanon ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Jamaica and Lebanon?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Jamaica and Lebanon rank globally for annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex?
- Jamaica ranks 83rd and Lebanon ranks 81st of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Death rate, calculated as the number of deaths divided by the average number of people alive during the interval.