Barbados vs Puerto Rico: Death rate, crude

Barbados
10.23 per 1,000 people
in 2024
Puerto Rico
10.3 per 1,000 people
in 2024
Barbados rank
35th
Puerto Rico rank
33rd

Death rate, crude over time

  • Barbados
  • Puerto Rico
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How they compare

Puerto Rico currently reports 10.3 per 1,000 people against 10.23 per 1,000 people in Barbados, a difference of 0.07 per 1,000 people.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Barbados ahead.

Barbados ranks 35th and Puerto Rico ranks 33rd of 218 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Barbados averaged higher in 6 and Puerto Rico in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Barbados Puerto Rico Difference Ahead
1960s 7.85 per 1,000 people 6.74 per 1,000 people 1.11 per 1,000 people Barbados
1970s 6.72 per 1,000 people 6.52 per 1,000 people 0.2 per 1,000 people Barbados
1980s 7.01 per 1,000 people 6.88 per 1,000 people 0.128 per 1,000 people Barbados
1990s 8.79 per 1,000 people 7.71 per 1,000 people 1.08 per 1,000 people Barbados
2000s 9.08 per 1,000 people 7.47 per 1,000 people 1.6 per 1,000 people Barbados
2010s 9.32 per 1,000 people 8.5 per 1,000 people 0.8287 per 1,000 people Barbados
2020s 10.26 per 1,000 people 10.47 per 1,000 people 0.2052 per 1,000 people Puerto Rico

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher death rate, crude, Barbados or Puerto Rico?
Puerto Rico, at 10.3 per 1,000 people against 10.23 per 1,000 people in Barbados as of 2024.
What is the difference in death rate, crude between Barbados and Puerto Rico?
0.07 per 1,000 people, with Puerto Rico ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Puerto Rico?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Barbados and Puerto Rico rank globally for death rate, crude?
Barbados ranks 35th and Puerto Rico ranks 33rd of 218 countries.
Where does this data come from?
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people)
Unit
per 1,000 people
Source
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
266 places, 17,260 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

Crude death rate indicates the number of deaths occurring during the year, per 1,000 population estimated at midyear. Subtracting the crude death rate from the crude birth rate provides the rate of natural increase, which is equal to the rate of population change in the absence of migration.