Barbados vs Tunisia: Infant mortality by sex
Barbados
0.9742 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Tunisia
1.04 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Barbados rank
121st
Tunisia rank
118th
Infant mortality by sex over time
- Barbados
- Tunisia
How they compare
Tunisia currently reports 1.04 deaths per 100 live births against 0.9742 deaths per 100 live births in Barbados, a difference of 0.0658 deaths per 100 live births.
That makes Tunisia's figure about 1.1 times Barbados's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, Tunisia has been ahead every year.
Barbados ranks 121st and Tunisia ranks 118th of 199 countries.
Tunisia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | Tunisia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5.55 deaths per 100 live births | 14.97 deaths per 100 live births | 9.41 deaths per 100 live births | Tunisia |
| 1970s | 3.6 deaths per 100 live births | 9.48 deaths per 100 live births | 5.88 deaths per 100 live births | Tunisia |
| 1980s | 2.18 deaths per 100 live births | 5.22 deaths per 100 live births | 3.04 deaths per 100 live births | Tunisia |
| 1990s | 1.51 deaths per 100 live births | 3.45 deaths per 100 live births | 1.94 deaths per 100 live births | Tunisia |
| 2000s | 1.41 deaths per 100 live births | 2.15 deaths per 100 live births | 0.7415 deaths per 100 live births | Tunisia |
| 2010s | 1.26 deaths per 100 live births | 1.71 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4514 deaths per 100 live births | Tunisia |
| 2020s | 1.04 deaths per 100 live births | 1.23 deaths per 100 live births | 0.196 deaths per 100 live births | Tunisia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher infant mortality by sex, Barbados or Tunisia?
- Tunisia, at 1.04 deaths per 100 live births against 0.9742 deaths per 100 live births in Barbados as of 2024.
- What is the difference in infant mortality by sex between Barbados and Tunisia?
- 0.0658 deaths per 100 live births, with Tunisia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Tunisia?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1962 to 2024.
- How do Barbados and Tunisia rank globally for infant mortality by sex?
- Barbados ranks 121st and Tunisia ranks 118th 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 .