Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) vs Namibia: Mortality rate, infant, female
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
11.99 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Namibia
32.6 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank
30th
Namibia rank
30th
Mortality rate, infant, female over time
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
- Namibia
How they compare
Namibia currently reports 32.6 per 1,000 live births against 11.99 per 1,000 live births in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), a difference of 20.61 per 1,000 live births.
That makes Namibia's figure about 2.7 times Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)'s.
Across all 35 years both countries report, Namibia has been ahead every year.
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 30th and Namibia ranks 30th of 47 groups.
Namibia has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) | Namibia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 33.04 per 1,000 live births | 47.42 per 1,000 live births | 14.38 per 1,000 live births | Namibia |
| 2000s | 20.2 per 1,000 live births | 39.68 per 1,000 live births | 19.48 per 1,000 live births | Namibia |
| 2010s | 14.64 per 1,000 live births | 40.23 per 1,000 live births | 25.59 per 1,000 live births | Namibia |
| 2020s | 12.54 per 1,000 live births | 35.1 per 1,000 live births | 22.56 per 1,000 live births | Namibia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, infant, female, Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) or Namibia?
- Namibia, at 32.6 per 1,000 live births against 11.99 per 1,000 live births in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, infant, female between Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) and Namibia?
- 20.61 per 1,000 live births, with Namibia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) and Namibia?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
- How do Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) and Namibia rank globally for mortality rate, infant, female?
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 30th and Namibia ranks 30th of 47 groups.
- 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.