New Zealand vs Turks and Caicos Islands: Child mortality
New Zealand
0.4738 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Turks and Caicos Islands
0.4653 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
New Zealand rank
164th
Turks and Caicos Islands rank
166th
Child mortality over time
- New Zealand
- Turks and Caicos Islands
How they compare
New Zealand currently reports 0.4738 deaths per 100 live births against 0.4653 deaths per 100 live births in Turks and Caicos Islands, a difference of 0.0085 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 66 shared years of data; in 1959 it was Turks and Caicos Islands ahead.
New Zealand ranks 164th and Turks and Caicos Islands ranks 166th of 203 countries.
Turks and Caicos Islands has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | New Zealand | Turks and Caicos Islands | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 2.87 deaths per 100 live births | 14.73 deaths per 100 live births | 11.86 deaths per 100 live births | Turks and Caicos Islands |
| 1960s | 2.39 deaths per 100 live births | 10.25 deaths per 100 live births | 7.86 deaths per 100 live births | Turks and Caicos Islands |
| 1970s | 1.85 deaths per 100 live births | 5.27 deaths per 100 live births | 3.42 deaths per 100 live births | Turks and Caicos Islands |
| 1980s | 1.38 deaths per 100 live births | 2.88 deaths per 100 live births | 1.5 deaths per 100 live births | Turks and Caicos Islands |
| 1990s | 0.9107 deaths per 100 live births | 1.63 deaths per 100 live births | 0.7233 deaths per 100 live births | Turks and Caicos Islands |
| 2000s | 0.6753 deaths per 100 live births | 0.9339 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2586 deaths per 100 live births | Turks and Caicos Islands |
| 2010s | 0.5702 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6319 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0617 deaths per 100 live births | Turks and Caicos Islands |
| 2020s | 0.4944 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4969 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0025 deaths per 100 live births | Turks and Caicos Islands |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality, New Zealand or Turks and Caicos Islands?
- New Zealand, at 0.4738 deaths per 100 live births against 0.4653 deaths per 100 live births in Turks and Caicos Islands as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality between New Zealand and Turks and Caicos Islands?
- 0.0085 deaths per 100 live births, with New Zealand ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for New Zealand and Turks and Caicos Islands?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1959 to 2024.
- How do New Zealand and Turks and Caicos Islands rank globally for child mortality?
- New Zealand ranks 164th and Turks and Caicos Islands ranks 166th of 203 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) β 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
Estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.