Puerto Rico vs Thailand: Child mortality rate
Puerto Rico
0.8%
in 2019
Thailand
0.8%
in 2019
Puerto Rico rank
145th
Thailand rank
147th
Child mortality rate over time
- Puerto Rico
- Thailand
How they compare
Puerto Rico currently reports 0.8% against 0.8% in Thailand, a difference of 0.0%.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 70 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Thailand ahead.
Puerto Rico ranks 145th and Thailand ranks 147th of 204 countries.
Thailand has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Puerto Rico | Thailand | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 8.3% | 14.0% | 5.7% | Thailand |
| 1960s | 4.8% | 9.6% | 4.8% | Thailand |
| 1970s | 2.6% | 6.2% | 3.6% | Thailand |
| 1980s | 1.8% | 3.9% | 2.1% | Thailand |
| 1990s | 1.4% | 2.3% | 0.9% | Thailand |
| 2000s | 1.0% | 1.4% | 0.4% | Thailand |
| 2010s | 0.9% | 0.9% | 0.0% | Thailand |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality rate, Puerto Rico or Thailand?
- Puerto Rico, at 0.8% against 0.8% in Thailand as of 2019.
- What is the difference in child mortality rate between Puerto Rico and Thailand?
- 0.0%, with Puerto Rico ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Puerto Rico and Thailand?
- 70 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2019.
- How do Puerto Rico and Thailand rank globally for child mortality rate?
- Puerto Rico ranks 145th and Thailand ranks 147th of 204 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- IHME, Global Burden of Disease (2020) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Child mortality rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Probability of death before the age of five.