Which has higher child mortality, Barbados or Brunei?

Brunei, at 0.99 against 0.98 in Barbados as of 2024.

How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Brunei?

80 years are reported by both, from 1945 to 2024.

Our World in Data, published as Child mortality. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Barbados

0.98

in 2024

Brunei

0.99

in 2024

Barbados rank

124th

Brunei rank

123rd

Brunei currently reports 0.99 against 0.98 in Barbados, a difference of 0.01.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 80 shared years of data; in 1945 it was Brunei ahead.

Barbados ranks 124th and Brunei ranks 123rd of 200 countries.

Across the 9 decades both report, Barbados averaged higher in 6 and Brunei in 3.

Decade	Barbados	Brunei	Difference	Ahead
1940s	24.22	25.2	0.986	Brunei
1950s	14.1	14.34	0.239	Brunei
1960s	6.47	6.73	0.255	Brunei
1970s	3.78	3.66	0.121	Barbados
1980s	2.25	1.69	0.555	Barbados
1990s	1.55	1.22	0.33	Barbados
2000s	1.46	0.973	0.484	Barbados
2010s	1.28	1.04	0.237	Barbados
2020s	1.04	1.02	0.024	Barbados

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Which has higher child mortality, Barbados or Brunei?: Brunei, at 0.99 against 0.98 in Barbados as of 2024.
What is the difference in child mortality between Barbados and Brunei?: 0.01, with Brunei ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Brunei?: 80 years are reported by both, from 1945 to 2024.
How do Barbados and Brunei rank globally for child mortality?: Barbados ranks 124th and Brunei ranks 123rd of 200 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Our World in Data, published as Child mortality. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.