Barbados vs Nicaragua: Infant mortality rate by sex
Barbados
0.8338 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Nicaragua
0.8396 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Barbados rank
120th
Nicaragua rank
118th
Infant mortality rate by sex over time
- Barbados
- Nicaragua
How they compare
Nicaragua currently reports 0.8396 deaths per 100 live births against 0.8338 deaths per 100 live births in Barbados, a difference of 0.0058 deaths per 100 live births.
Across all 70 years both countries report, Nicaragua has been ahead every year.
Barbados ranks 120th and Nicaragua ranks 118th of 199 countries.
Nicaragua has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | Nicaragua | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 8.61 deaths per 100 live births | 12.54 deaths per 100 live births | 3.93 deaths per 100 live births | Nicaragua |
| 1960s | 4.94 deaths per 100 live births | 11.83 deaths per 100 live births | 6.9 deaths per 100 live births | Nicaragua |
| 1970s | 2.93 deaths per 100 live births | 10.11 deaths per 100 live births | 7.18 deaths per 100 live births | Nicaragua |
| 1980s | 1.79 deaths per 100 live births | 6.16 deaths per 100 live births | 4.37 deaths per 100 live births | Nicaragua |
| 1990s | 1.28 deaths per 100 live births | 4.02 deaths per 100 live births | 2.74 deaths per 100 live births | Nicaragua |
| 2000s | 1.23 deaths per 100 live births | 2.31 deaths per 100 live births | 1.08 deaths per 100 live births | Nicaragua |
| 2010s | 1.08 deaths per 100 live births | 1.39 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3124 deaths per 100 live births | Nicaragua |
| 2020s | 0.8877 deaths per 100 live births | 1.05 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1576 deaths per 100 live births | Nicaragua |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher infant mortality rate by sex, Barbados or Nicaragua?
- Nicaragua, at 0.8396 deaths per 100 live births against 0.8338 deaths per 100 live births in Barbados as of 2024.
- What is the difference in infant mortality rate by sex between Barbados and Nicaragua?
- 0.0058 deaths per 100 live births, with Nicaragua ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Nicaragua?
- 70 years are reported by both, from 1955 to 2024.
- How do Barbados and Nicaragua rank globally for infant mortality rate by sex?
- Barbados ranks 120th and Nicaragua ranks 118th of 199 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) β 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 .