Botswana vs Dominica: Mortality rate, infant
Botswana
32.1 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Dominica
33.3 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Botswana rank
42nd
Dominica rank
39th
Mortality rate, infant over time
- Botswana
- Dominica
How they compare
Dominica currently reports 33.3 per 1,000 live births against 32.1 per 1,000 live births in Botswana, a difference of 1.2 per 1,000 live births.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Botswana ahead.
Botswana ranks 42nd and Dominica ranks 39th of 197 countries.
Botswana has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Botswana | Dominica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 107.77 per 1,000 live births | 58.63 per 1,000 live births | 49.14 per 1,000 live births | Botswana |
| 1970s | 80.27 per 1,000 live births | 27.63 per 1,000 live births | 52.64 per 1,000 live births | Botswana |
| 1980s | 49.04 per 1,000 live births | 16.6 per 1,000 live births | 32.44 per 1,000 live births | Botswana |
| 1990s | 40.49 per 1,000 live births | 15.35 per 1,000 live births | 25.14 per 1,000 live births | Botswana |
| 2000s | 44.85 per 1,000 live births | 18.92 per 1,000 live births | 25.93 per 1,000 live births | Botswana |
| 2010s | 45.34 per 1,000 live births | 26.4 per 1,000 live births | 18.94 per 1,000 live births | Botswana |
| 2020s | 34.32 per 1,000 live births | 32.52 per 1,000 live births | 1.8 per 1,000 live births | Botswana |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Botswana or Dominica?
- Dominica, at 33.3 per 1,000 live births against 32.1 per 1,000 live births in Botswana as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Botswana and Dominica?
- 1.2 per 1,000 live births, with Dominica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and Dominica?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Botswana and Dominica rank globally for mortality rate, infant?
- Botswana ranks 42nd and Dominica ranks 39th 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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About this data
Infant mortality rate is the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.