Bahamas vs Brazil: Infant mortality rate by sex
Bahamas
1.02 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Brazil
1.08 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Bahamas rank
107th
Brazil rank
104th
Infant mortality rate by sex over time
- Bahamas
- Brazil
How they compare
Brazil currently reports 1.08 deaths per 100 live births against 1.02 deaths per 100 live births in Bahamas, a difference of 0.06 deaths per 100 live births.
That makes Brazil's figure about 1.1 times Bahamas's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 57 shared years of data; in 1968 it was Brazil ahead.
Bahamas ranks 107th and Brazil ranks 104th of 199 countries.
Brazil has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bahamas | Brazil | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.37 deaths per 100 live births | 9.3 deaths per 100 live births | 6.94 deaths per 100 live births | Brazil |
| 1970s | 2.45 deaths per 100 live births | 8.12 deaths per 100 live births | 5.66 deaths per 100 live births | Brazil |
| 1980s | 2.16 deaths per 100 live births | 5.75 deaths per 100 live births | 3.59 deaths per 100 live births | Brazil |
| 1990s | 1.49 deaths per 100 live births | 3.66 deaths per 100 live births | 2.17 deaths per 100 live births | Brazil |
| 2000s | 1.31 deaths per 100 live births | 1.95 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6444 deaths per 100 live births | Brazil |
| 2010s | 1.2 deaths per 100 live births | 1.25 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0578 deaths per 100 live births | Brazil |
| 2020s | 1.06 deaths per 100 live births | 1.11 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0483 deaths per 100 live births | Brazil |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher infant mortality rate by sex, Bahamas or Brazil?
- Brazil, at 1.08 deaths per 100 live births against 1.02 deaths per 100 live births in Bahamas as of 2024.
- What is the difference in infant mortality rate by sex between Bahamas and Brazil?
- 0.06 deaths per 100 live births, with Brazil ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bahamas and Brazil?
- 57 years are reported by both, from 1968 to 2024.
- How do Bahamas and Brazil rank globally for infant mortality rate by sex?
- Bahamas ranks 107th and Brazil ranks 104th 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 rate 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 female children aged under one year, per 100 live births .