Grenada vs Jamaica: Child mortality
Grenada
1.8 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Jamaica
1.78 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Grenada rank
80th
Jamaica rank
82nd
Child mortality over time
- Grenada
- Jamaica
How they compare
Grenada currently reports 1.8 deaths per 100 live births against 1.78 deaths per 100 live births in Jamaica, a difference of 0.02 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 225 shared years of data; in 1800 it was Grenada ahead.
Grenada ranks 80th and Jamaica ranks 82nd of 203 countries.
Across the 23 decades both report, Grenada averaged higher in 7 and Jamaica in 16.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Grenada | Jamaica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1800s | 45.71 deaths per 100 live births | 38.98 deaths per 100 live births | 6.73 deaths per 100 live births | Grenada |
| 1810s | 42.47 deaths per 100 live births | 38.98 deaths per 100 live births | 3.49 deaths per 100 live births | Grenada |
| 1820s | 39.46 deaths per 100 live births | 38.98 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4792 deaths per 100 live births | Grenada |
| 1830s | 36.66 deaths per 100 live births | 38.98 deaths per 100 live births | 2.32 deaths per 100 live births | Jamaica |
| 1840s | 34.06 deaths per 100 live births | 38.98 deaths per 100 live births | 4.92 deaths per 100 live births | Jamaica |
| 1850s | 31.65 deaths per 100 live births | 38.98 deaths per 100 live births | 7.33 deaths per 100 live births | Jamaica |
| 1860s | 29.4 deaths per 100 live births | 38.98 deaths per 100 live births | 9.57 deaths per 100 live births | Jamaica |
| 1870s | 27.32 deaths per 100 live births | 31.73 deaths per 100 live births | 4.41 deaths per 100 live births | Jamaica |
| 1880s | 25.38 deaths per 100 live births | 26.78 deaths per 100 live births | 1.39 deaths per 100 live births | Jamaica |
| 1890s | 23.58 deaths per 100 live births | 28.28 deaths per 100 live births | 4.7 deaths per 100 live births | Jamaica |
| 1900s | 21.91 deaths per 100 live births | 29.48 deaths per 100 live births | 7.56 deaths per 100 live births | Jamaica |
| 1910s | 20.36 deaths per 100 live births | 28.84 deaths per 100 live births | 8.48 deaths per 100 live births | Jamaica |
| 1920s | 18.92 deaths per 100 live births | 27.79 deaths per 100 live births | 8.88 deaths per 100 live births | Jamaica |
| 1930s | 16.93 deaths per 100 live births | 21.13 deaths per 100 live births | 4.2 deaths per 100 live births | Jamaica |
| 1940s | 14.6 deaths per 100 live births | 13.64 deaths per 100 live births | 0.9577 deaths per 100 live births | Grenada |
| 1950s | 12.56 deaths per 100 live births | 10.91 deaths per 100 live births | 1.65 deaths per 100 live births | Grenada |
| 1960s | 6.92 deaths per 100 live births | 6.89 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0248 deaths per 100 live births | Grenada |
| 1970s | 4.31 deaths per 100 live births | 4.66 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3477 deaths per 100 live births | Jamaica |
| 1980s | 2.95 deaths per 100 live births | 3.27 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3196 deaths per 100 live births | Jamaica |
| 1990s | 1.86 deaths per 100 live births | 2.46 deaths per 100 live births | 0.5963 deaths per 100 live births | Jamaica |
| 2000s | 1.51 deaths per 100 live births | 1.94 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4324 deaths per 100 live births | Jamaica |
| 2010s | 1.72 deaths per 100 live births | 1.88 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1582 deaths per 100 live births | Jamaica |
| 2020s | 1.84 deaths per 100 live births | 1.83 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0092 deaths per 100 live births | Grenada |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality, Grenada or Jamaica?
- Grenada, at 1.8 deaths per 100 live births against 1.78 deaths per 100 live births in Jamaica as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality between Grenada and Jamaica?
- 0.02 deaths per 100 live births, with Grenada ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Grenada and Jamaica?
- 225 years are reported by both, from 1800 to 2024.
- How do Grenada and Jamaica rank globally for child mortality?
- Grenada ranks 80th and Jamaica ranks 82nd 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.