Jamaica vs Syria: Mortality rate, infant, male (per 1,000 live births)

Jamaica
18.4 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Syria
19.4 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Jamaica rank
75th
Syria rank
72nd

Mortality rate, infant, male (per 1,000 live births) over time

  • Jamaica
  • Syria
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How they compare

Syria currently reports 19.4 per 1,000 live births against 18.4 per 1,000 live births in Jamaica, a difference of 1 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Syria's figure about 1.1 times Jamaica's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Syria ahead.

Jamaica ranks 75th and Syria ranks 72nd of 197 countries.

Syria has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Jamaica Syria Difference Ahead
1960s 60.75 per 1,000 live births 94.4 per 1,000 live births 33.65 per 1,000 live births Syria
1970s 43.52 per 1,000 live births 64.64 per 1,000 live births 21.12 per 1,000 live births Syria
1980s 31.89 per 1,000 live births 42.84 per 1,000 live births 10.95 per 1,000 live births Syria
1990s 24.69 per 1,000 live births 28.53 per 1,000 live births 3.84 per 1,000 live births Syria
2000s 19.74 per 1,000 live births 20.38 per 1,000 live births 0.64 per 1,000 live births Syria
2010s 19.25 per 1,000 live births 24.6 per 1,000 live births 5.35 per 1,000 live births Syria
2020s 18.92 per 1,000 live births 20.74 per 1,000 live births 1.82 per 1,000 live births Syria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, male, Jamaica or Syria?
Syria, at 19.4 per 1,000 live births against 18.4 per 1,000 live births in Jamaica as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant, male between Jamaica and Syria?
1 per 1,000 live births, with Syria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Jamaica and Syria?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Jamaica and Syria rank globally for mortality rate, infant, male?
Jamaica ranks 75th and Syria ranks 72nd 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, male (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

Indicator
Mortality rate, infant, male (per 1,000 live births)
Unit
per 1,000 live births
Source
UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
244 places, 13,515 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

Infant mortality rate, male is the number of male infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 male live births in a given year.