Bahamas vs Belize: Child mortality rate
Bahamas
1.24 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Belize
1.27 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Bahamas rank
112th
Belize rank
111th
Child mortality rate over time
- Bahamas
- Belize
How they compare
Belize currently reports 1.27 deaths per 100 live births against 1.24 deaths per 100 live births in Bahamas, a difference of 0.03 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 57 shared years of data; in 1968 it was Belize ahead.
Bahamas ranks 112th and Belize ranks 111th of 200 countries.
Belize has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bahamas | Belize | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.96 deaths per 100 live births | 10.75 deaths per 100 live births | 7.79 deaths per 100 live births | Belize |
| 1970s | 3.08 deaths per 100 live births | 8.35 deaths per 100 live births | 5.27 deaths per 100 live births | Belize |
| 1980s | 2.75 deaths per 100 live births | 5.41 deaths per 100 live births | 2.66 deaths per 100 live births | Belize |
| 1990s | 1.92 deaths per 100 live births | 3.14 deaths per 100 live births | 1.22 deaths per 100 live births | Belize |
| 2000s | 1.65 deaths per 100 live births | 2.15 deaths per 100 live births | 0.506 deaths per 100 live births | Belize |
| 2010s | 1.53 deaths per 100 live births | 1.6 deaths per 100 live births | 0.074 deaths per 100 live births | Belize |
| 2020s | 1.29 deaths per 100 live births | 1.29 deaths per 100 live births | 0.002 deaths per 100 live births | Belize |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality rate, Bahamas or Belize?
- Belize, at 1.27 deaths per 100 live births against 1.24 deaths per 100 live births in Bahamas as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality rate between Bahamas and Belize?
- 0.03 deaths per 100 live births, with Belize ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bahamas and Belize?
- 57 years are reported by both, from 1968 to 2024.
- How do Bahamas and Belize rank globally for child mortality rate?
- Bahamas ranks 112th and Belize ranks 111th 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
The long-run estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.