What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Barbados and Brunei?

0.5 per 1,000 live births, with Barbados ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Brunei?

65 years are reported by both, from 1960 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.

Barbados vs Brunei: Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) (Mortality UN)

Barbados

9.1 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Brunei

8.6 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Barbados rank

118th

Brunei rank

121st

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

Barbados
Brunei

How they compare

Barbados currently reports 9.1 per 1,000 live births against 8.6 per 1,000 live births in Brunei, a difference of 0.5 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Barbados's figure about 1.1 times Brunei's.

Across all 65 years both countries report, Barbados has been ahead every year.

Barbados ranks 118th and Brunei ranks 121st of 197 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Barbados	Brunei	Difference	Ahead
1960s	54.35 per 1,000 live births	45.56 per 1,000 live births	8.79 per 1,000 live births	Barbados
1970s	32.74 per 1,000 live births	26.03 per 1,000 live births	6.71 per 1,000 live births	Barbados
1980s	19.93 per 1,000 live births	12.69 per 1,000 live births	7.24 per 1,000 live births	Barbados
1990s	13.97 per 1,000 live births	9.64 per 1,000 live births	4.33 per 1,000 live births	Barbados
2000s	13.23 per 1,000 live births	7.97 per 1,000 live births	5.26 per 1,000 live births	Barbados
2010s	11.77 per 1,000 live births	8.81 per 1,000 live births	2.96 per 1,000 live births	Barbados
2020s	9.64 per 1,000 live births	8.74 per 1,000 live births	0.9 per 1,000 live births	Barbados

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Barbados or Brunei?: Barbados, at 9.1 per 1,000 live births against 8.6 per 1,000 live births in Brunei as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Barbados and Brunei?: 0.5 per 1,000 live births, with Barbados ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Brunei?: 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Barbados and Brunei rank globally for mortality rate, infant?: Barbados ranks 118th and Brunei ranks 121st 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: 29 October 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.