Argentina vs Barbados: Child mortality
Argentina
0.9514 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Barbados
0.9764 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Argentina rank
129th
Barbados rank
126th
Child mortality over time
- Argentina
- Barbados
How they compare
Barbados currently reports 0.9764 deaths per 100 live births against 0.9514 deaths per 100 live births in Argentina, a difference of 0.025 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 225 shared years of data; in 1800 it was Barbados ahead.
Argentina ranks 129th and Barbados ranks 126th of 203 countries.
Across the 23 decades both report, Argentina averaged higher in 4 and Barbados in 19.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Argentina | Barbados | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1800s | 40.22 deaths per 100 live births | 47.73 deaths per 100 live births | 7.51 deaths per 100 live births | Barbados |
| 1810s | 40.22 deaths per 100 live births | 49.44 deaths per 100 live births | 9.22 deaths per 100 live births | Barbados |
| 1820s | 40.22 deaths per 100 live births | 51.21 deaths per 100 live births | 10.99 deaths per 100 live births | Barbados |
| 1830s | 40.22 deaths per 100 live births | 53.04 deaths per 100 live births | 12.82 deaths per 100 live births | Barbados |
| 1840s | 40.22 deaths per 100 live births | 54.94 deaths per 100 live births | 14.72 deaths per 100 live births | Barbados |
| 1850s | 40.22 deaths per 100 live births | 56.91 deaths per 100 live births | 16.69 deaths per 100 live births | Barbados |
| 1860s | 40.22 deaths per 100 live births | 58.95 deaths per 100 live births | 18.73 deaths per 100 live births | Barbados |
| 1870s | 40.24 deaths per 100 live births | 61.06 deaths per 100 live births | 20.81 deaths per 100 live births | Barbados |
| 1880s | 40.43 deaths per 100 live births | 63.24 deaths per 100 live births | 22.81 deaths per 100 live births | Barbados |
| 1890s | 38.96 deaths per 100 live births | 65.51 deaths per 100 live births | 26.55 deaths per 100 live births | Barbados |
| 1900s | 30.77 deaths per 100 live births | 61.42 deaths per 100 live births | 30.65 deaths per 100 live births | Barbados |
| 1910s | 21.41 deaths per 100 live births | 46.69 deaths per 100 live births | 25.28 deaths per 100 live births | Barbados |
| 1920s | 18.08 deaths per 100 live births | 47.45 deaths per 100 live births | 29.37 deaths per 100 live births | Barbados |
| 1930s | 14.39 deaths per 100 live births | 36.86 deaths per 100 live births | 22.47 deaths per 100 live births | Barbados |
| 1940s | 11.25 deaths per 100 live births | 26.97 deaths per 100 live births | 15.72 deaths per 100 live births | Barbados |
| 1950s | 8.56 deaths per 100 live births | 14.1 deaths per 100 live births | 5.54 deaths per 100 live births | Barbados |
| 1960s | 6.37 deaths per 100 live births | 6.47 deaths per 100 live births | 0.101 deaths per 100 live births | Barbados |
| 1970s | 6.23 deaths per 100 live births | 3.78 deaths per 100 live births | 2.45 deaths per 100 live births | Argentina |
| 1980s | 3.32 deaths per 100 live births | 2.25 deaths per 100 live births | 1.07 deaths per 100 live births | Argentina |
| 1990s | 2.47 deaths per 100 live births | 1.56 deaths per 100 live births | 0.9123 deaths per 100 live births | Argentina |
| 2000s | 1.71 deaths per 100 live births | 1.46 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2494 deaths per 100 live births | Argentina |
| 2010s | 1.22 deaths per 100 live births | 1.28 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0605 deaths per 100 live births | Barbados |
| 2020s | 0.989 deaths per 100 live births | 1.04 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0529 deaths per 100 live births | Barbados |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality, Argentina or Barbados?
- Barbados, at 0.9764 deaths per 100 live births against 0.9514 deaths per 100 live births in Argentina as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality between Argentina and Barbados?
- 0.025 deaths per 100 live births, with Barbados ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Argentina and Barbados?
- 225 years are reported by both, from 1800 to 2024.
- How do Argentina and Barbados rank globally for child mortality?
- Argentina ranks 129th and Barbados ranks 126th of 203 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Child mortality. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.