What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Bahamas and Peru?

0.1 per 1,000 live births, with Bahamas ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Bahamas and Peru?

57 years are reported by both, from 1968 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Bahamas vs Peru: Mortality rate, infant

Bahamas

11.1 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Peru

11 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Bahamas rank

107th

Peru rank

108th

Mortality rate, infant over time

Bahamas
Peru

How they compare

Bahamas currently reports 11.1 per 1,000 live births against 11 per 1,000 live births in Peru, a difference of 0.1 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 57 shared years of data; in 1968 it was Peru ahead.

Bahamas ranks 107th and Peru ranks 108th of 197 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bahamas	Peru	Difference	Ahead
1960s	25.4 per 1,000 live births	119.3 per 1,000 live births	93.9 per 1,000 live births	Peru
1970s	26.22 per 1,000 live births	102.97 per 1,000 live births	76.75 per 1,000 live births	Peru
1980s	23.22 per 1,000 live births	77.29 per 1,000 live births	54.07 per 1,000 live births	Peru
1990s	16.15 per 1,000 live births	46.1 per 1,000 live births	29.95 per 1,000 live births	Peru
2000s	14.12 per 1,000 live births	22.66 per 1,000 live births	8.54 per 1,000 live births	Peru
2010s	12.9 per 1,000 live births	14.2 per 1,000 live births	1.3 per 1,000 live births	Peru
2020s	11.52 per 1,000 live births	11.6 per 1,000 live births	0.08 per 1,000 live births	Peru

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Bahamas or Peru?: Bahamas, at 11.1 per 1,000 live births against 11 per 1,000 live births in Peru as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Bahamas and Peru?: 0.1 per 1,000 live births, with Bahamas ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bahamas and Peru?: 57 years are reported by both, from 1968 to 2024.
How do Bahamas and Peru rank globally for mortality rate, infant?: Bahamas ranks 107th and Peru ranks 108th 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 (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Mortality rate, infant (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: 03 September 2026

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