Lower middle income vs Puerto Rico: Death rate, crude

Lower middle income
6.9 per 1,000 people
in 2024
Puerto Rico
10.3 per 1,000 people
in 2024
Lower middle income rank
35th
Puerto Rico rank
33rd

Death rate, crude over time

  • Lower middle income
  • Puerto Rico
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How they compare

Puerto Rico currently reports 10.3 per 1,000 people against 6.9 per 1,000 people in Lower middle income, a difference of 3.4 per 1,000 people.

That makes Puerto Rico's figure about 1.5 times Lower middle income's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Lower middle income ahead.

Lower middle income ranks 35th and Puerto Rico ranks 33rd of 47 groups.

Across the 7 decades both report, Lower middle income averaged higher in 5 and Puerto Rico in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Lower middle income Puerto Rico Difference Ahead
1960s 19.1 per 1,000 people 6.74 per 1,000 people 12.36 per 1,000 people Lower middle income
1970s 16.21 per 1,000 people 6.52 per 1,000 people 9.69 per 1,000 people Lower middle income
1980s 12.72 per 1,000 people 6.88 per 1,000 people 5.83 per 1,000 people Lower middle income
1990s 10.47 per 1,000 people 7.71 per 1,000 people 2.76 per 1,000 people Lower middle income
2000s 8.64 per 1,000 people 7.47 per 1,000 people 1.16 per 1,000 people Lower middle income
2010s 7.41 per 1,000 people 8.5 per 1,000 people 1.08 per 1,000 people Puerto Rico
2020s 7.41 per 1,000 people 10.47 per 1,000 people 3.06 per 1,000 people Puerto Rico

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher death rate, crude, Lower middle income or Puerto Rico?
Puerto Rico, at 10.3 per 1,000 people against 6.9 per 1,000 people in Lower middle income as of 2024.
What is the difference in death rate, crude between Lower middle income and Puerto Rico?
3.4 per 1,000 people, with Puerto Rico ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Lower middle income and Puerto Rico?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Lower middle income and Puerto Rico rank globally for death rate, crude?
Lower middle income ranks 35th and Puerto Rico ranks 33rd of 47 groups.
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
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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.