Bahamas vs Cape Verde: Infant mortality by sex
Bahamas
1.19 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Cape Verde
1.16 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Bahamas rank
110th
Cape Verde rank
112th
Infant mortality by sex over time
- Bahamas
- Cape Verde
How they compare
Bahamas currently reports 1.19 deaths per 100 live births against 1.16 deaths per 100 live births in Cape Verde, a difference of 0.03 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 57 shared years of data; in 1968 it was Cape Verde ahead.
Bahamas ranks 110th and Cape Verde ranks 112th of 199 countries.
Cape Verde has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bahamas | Cape Verde | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.71 deaths per 100 live births | 9.72 deaths per 100 live births | 7.01 deaths per 100 live births | Cape Verde |
| 1970s | 2.78 deaths per 100 live births | 7.41 deaths per 100 live births | 4.62 deaths per 100 live births | Cape Verde |
| 1980s | 2.47 deaths per 100 live births | 5.53 deaths per 100 live births | 3.06 deaths per 100 live births | Cape Verde |
| 1990s | 1.73 deaths per 100 live births | 4.27 deaths per 100 live births | 2.54 deaths per 100 live births | Cape Verde |
| 2000s | 1.51 deaths per 100 live births | 2.72 deaths per 100 live births | 1.21 deaths per 100 live births | Cape Verde |
| 2010s | 1.38 deaths per 100 live births | 2.02 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6373 deaths per 100 live births | Cape Verde |
| 2020s | 1.24 deaths per 100 live births | 1.26 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0186 deaths per 100 live births | Cape Verde |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher infant mortality by sex, Bahamas or Cape Verde?
- Bahamas, at 1.19 deaths per 100 live births against 1.16 deaths per 100 live births in Cape Verde as of 2024.
- What is the difference in infant mortality by sex between Bahamas and Cape Verde?
- 0.03 deaths per 100 live births, with Bahamas ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bahamas and Cape Verde?
- 57 years are reported by both, from 1968 to 2024.
- How do Bahamas and Cape Verde rank globally for infant mortality by sex?
- Bahamas ranks 110th and Cape Verde ranks 112th of 199 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Infant mortality by sex. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Estimated number of deaths of male children aged under one year, per 100 live births .