Armenia vs Barbados: Child mortality rate

Armenia
0.96 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Barbados
0.98 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Armenia rank
126th
Barbados rank
124th

Child mortality rate over time

  • Armenia
  • Barbados
0204060190619652024

How they compare

Barbados currently reports 0.98 deaths per 100 live births against 0.96 deaths per 100 live births in Armenia, a difference of 0.02 deaths per 100 live births.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 49 shared years of data; in 1976 it was Armenia ahead.

Armenia ranks 126th and Barbados ranks 124th of 200 countries.

Armenia has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Armenia Barbados Difference Ahead
1970s 8.18 deaths per 100 live births 3.14 deaths per 100 live births 5.04 deaths per 100 live births Armenia
1980s 6.64 deaths per 100 live births 2.25 deaths per 100 live births 4.39 deaths per 100 live births Armenia
1990s 4 deaths per 100 live births 1.55 deaths per 100 live births 2.45 deaths per 100 live births Armenia
2000s 2.47 deaths per 100 live births 1.46 deaths per 100 live births 1.02 deaths per 100 live births Armenia
2010s 1.52 deaths per 100 live births 1.28 deaths per 100 live births 0.237 deaths per 100 live births Armenia
2020s 1.05 deaths per 100 live births 1.04 deaths per 100 live births 0.012 deaths per 100 live births Armenia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher child mortality rate, Armenia or Barbados?
Barbados, at 0.98 deaths per 100 live births against 0.96 deaths per 100 live births in Armenia as of 2024.
What is the difference in child mortality rate between Armenia and Barbados?
0.02 deaths per 100 live births, with Barbados ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Armenia and Barbados?
49 years are reported by both, from 1976 to 2024.
How do Armenia and Barbados rank globally for child mortality rate?
Armenia ranks 126th and Barbados ranks 124th of 200 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 rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Child mortality rate
Unit
deaths per 100 live births
Source
Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
200 places, 16,161 data points, 1751–2024
Last refreshed

The long-run estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.