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

0.3 per 1,000 live births, with Nicaragua ahead.

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

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 Nicaragua: Mortality rate, infant

Barbados

9.1 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Nicaragua

9.4 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Barbados rank

118th

Nicaragua rank

116th

Mortality rate, infant over time

Barbados
Nicaragua

How they compare

Nicaragua currently reports 9.4 per 1,000 live births against 9.1 per 1,000 live births in Barbados, a difference of 0.3 per 1,000 live births.

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

Barbados ranks 118th and Nicaragua ranks 116th of 197 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Barbados	Nicaragua	Difference	Ahead
1960s	54.35 per 1,000 live births	129.74 per 1,000 live births	75.39 per 1,000 live births	Nicaragua
1970s	32.74 per 1,000 live births	111.31 per 1,000 live births	78.57 per 1,000 live births	Nicaragua
1980s	19.93 per 1,000 live births	68.32 per 1,000 live births	48.39 per 1,000 live births	Nicaragua
1990s	13.97 per 1,000 live births	44.93 per 1,000 live births	30.96 per 1,000 live births	Nicaragua
2000s	13.23 per 1,000 live births	26.15 per 1,000 live births	12.92 per 1,000 live births	Nicaragua
2010s	11.77 per 1,000 live births	15.82 per 1,000 live births	4.05 per 1,000 live births	Nicaragua
2020s	9.64 per 1,000 live births	11.8 per 1,000 live births	2.16 per 1,000 live births	Nicaragua

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Barbados or Nicaragua?: Nicaragua, at 9.4 per 1,000 live births against 9.1 per 1,000 live births in Barbados as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Barbados and Nicaragua?: 0.3 per 1,000 live births, with Nicaragua ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Nicaragua?: 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Barbados and Nicaragua rank globally for mortality rate, infant?: Barbados ranks 118th and Nicaragua ranks 116th 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.