Dominica vs Latin America & Caribbean: Mortality rate, infant, female
Dominica
31.1 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Latin America & Caribbean
11.9 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Dominica rank
34th
Latin America & Caribbean rank
31st
Mortality rate, infant, female over time
- Dominica
- Latin America & Caribbean
How they compare
Dominica currently reports 31.1 per 1,000 live births against 11.9 per 1,000 live births in Latin America & Caribbean, a difference of 19.2 per 1,000 live births.
That makes Dominica's figure about 2.6 times Latin America & Caribbean's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Latin America & Caribbean ahead.
Dominica ranks 34th and Latin America & Caribbean ranks 31st of 197 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Dominica averaged higher in 2 and Latin America & Caribbean in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Dominica | Latin America & Caribbean | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 14.31 per 1,000 live births | 32.21 per 1,000 live births | 17.9 per 1,000 live births | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 2000s | 17.66 per 1,000 live births | 19.8 per 1,000 live births | 2.14 per 1,000 live births | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 2010s | 24.67 per 1,000 live births | 14.37 per 1,000 live births | 10.3 per 1,000 live births | Dominica |
| 2020s | 30.36 per 1,000 live births | 12.36 per 1,000 live births | 18 per 1,000 live births | Dominica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, infant, female, Dominica or Latin America & Caribbean?
- Dominica, at 31.1 per 1,000 live births against 11.9 per 1,000 live births in Latin America & Caribbean as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, infant, female between Dominica and Latin America & Caribbean?
- 19.2 per 1,000 live births, with Dominica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Dominica and Latin America & Caribbean?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
- How do Dominica and Latin America & Caribbean rank globally for mortality rate, infant, female?
- Dominica ranks 34th and Latin America & Caribbean ranks 31st of 197 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Infant mortality rate, female is the number of female infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 female live births in a given year.