Jamaica vs Lebanon: Infant mortality rate by sex

Jamaica
1.43 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Lebanon
1.38 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Jamaica rank
82nd
Lebanon rank
83rd

Infant mortality rate by sex over time

  • Jamaica
  • Lebanon
246810195619902024

How they compare

Jamaica currently reports 1.43 deaths per 100 live births against 1.38 deaths per 100 live births in Lebanon, a difference of 0.05 deaths per 100 live births.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 69 shared years of data; in 1956 it was Jamaica ahead.

Jamaica ranks 82nd and Lebanon ranks 83rd of 199 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Jamaica averaged higher in 4 and Lebanon in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Jamaica Lebanon Difference Ahead
1950s 6.77 deaths per 100 live births 6.65 deaths per 100 live births 0.1159 deaths per 100 live births Jamaica
1960s 5.07 deaths per 100 live births 5.42 deaths per 100 live births 0.3563 deaths per 100 live births Lebanon
1970s 3.48 deaths per 100 live births 5.63 deaths per 100 live births 2.15 deaths per 100 live births Lebanon
1980s 2.48 deaths per 100 live births 4.3 deaths per 100 live births 1.82 deaths per 100 live births Lebanon
1990s 1.9 deaths per 100 live births 2.15 deaths per 100 live births 0.2483 deaths per 100 live births Lebanon
2000s 1.53 deaths per 100 live births 1.3 deaths per 100 live births 0.2301 deaths per 100 live births Jamaica
2010s 1.51 deaths per 100 live births 1.05 deaths per 100 live births 0.459 deaths per 100 live births Jamaica
2020s 1.47 deaths per 100 live births 1.29 deaths per 100 live births 0.1873 deaths per 100 live births Jamaica

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher infant mortality rate by sex, Jamaica or Lebanon?
Jamaica, at 1.43 deaths per 100 live births against 1.38 deaths per 100 live births in Lebanon as of 2024.
What is the difference in infant mortality rate by sex between Jamaica and Lebanon?
0.05 deaths per 100 live births, with Jamaica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Jamaica and Lebanon?
69 years are reported by both, from 1956 to 2024.
How do Jamaica and Lebanon rank globally for infant mortality rate by sex?
Jamaica ranks 82nd and Lebanon ranks 83rd 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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Indicator
Infant mortality rate by sex
Unit
deaths per 100 live births
Source
United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
199 places, 12,987 data points, 1950–2024
Last refreshed

Estimated number of deaths of female children aged under one year, per 100 live births .