Bahamas vs Peru: Child mortality by sex
Bahamas
1.33 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Peru
1.41 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Bahamas rank
112th
Peru rank
109th
Child mortality by sex over time
- Bahamas
- Peru
How they compare
Peru currently reports 1.41 deaths per 100 live births against 1.33 deaths per 100 live births in Bahamas, a difference of 0.08 deaths per 100 live births.
That makes Peru's figure about 1.1 times Bahamas's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 57 shared years of data; in 1968 it was Peru ahead.
Bahamas ranks 112th and Peru ranks 109th of 199 countries.
Peru has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bahamas | Peru | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3.15 deaths per 100 live births | 18.33 deaths per 100 live births | 15.18 deaths per 100 live births | Peru |
| 1970s | 3.27 deaths per 100 live births | 15.71 deaths per 100 live births | 12.44 deaths per 100 live births | Peru |
| 1980s | 2.93 deaths per 100 live births | 11.23 deaths per 100 live births | 8.3 deaths per 100 live births | Peru |
| 1990s | 2.06 deaths per 100 live births | 6.42 deaths per 100 live births | 4.36 deaths per 100 live births | Peru |
| 2000s | 1.76 deaths per 100 live births | 3.08 deaths per 100 live births | 1.32 deaths per 100 live births | Peru |
| 2010s | 1.63 deaths per 100 live births | 1.88 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2445 deaths per 100 live births | Peru |
| 2020s | 1.39 deaths per 100 live births | 1.5 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1136 deaths per 100 live births | Peru |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality by sex, Bahamas or Peru?
- Peru, at 1.41 deaths per 100 live births against 1.33 deaths per 100 live births in Bahamas as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality by sex between Bahamas and Peru?
- 0.08 deaths per 100 live births, with Peru ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bahamas and Peru?
- 57 years are reported by both, from 1968 to 2024.
- How do Bahamas and Peru rank globally for child mortality by sex?
- Bahamas ranks 112th and Peru ranks 109th of 199 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Child mortality by sex. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Estimated number of deaths of male children aged under five years, per 100 live births .