What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Caribbean Small States and Kiribati?

22.27 per 1,000 live births, with Kiribati ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Caribbean Small States and Kiribati?

35 years are reported by both, from 1990 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.

Caribbean Small States vs Kiribati: Mortality rate, infant

Caribbean Small States

16.53 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Kiribati

38.8 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Caribbean Small States rank

29th

Kiribati rank

28th

Mortality rate, infant over time

Caribbean Small States
Kiribati

How they compare

Kiribati currently reports 38.8 per 1,000 live births against 16.53 per 1,000 live births in Caribbean Small States, a difference of 22.27 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Kiribati's figure about 2.3 times Caribbean Small States's.

Across all 35 years both countries report, Kiribati has been ahead every year.

Caribbean Small States ranks 29th and Kiribati ranks 28th of 47 groups.

Kiribati has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Caribbean Small States	Kiribati	Difference	Ahead
1990s	30.29 per 1,000 live births	59.1 per 1,000 live births	28.81 per 1,000 live births	Kiribati
2000s	24.49 per 1,000 live births	45.23 per 1,000 live births	20.74 per 1,000 live births	Kiribati
2010s	20.62 per 1,000 live births	42.52 per 1,000 live births	21.9 per 1,000 live births	Kiribati
2020s	17.49 per 1,000 live births	40.64 per 1,000 live births	23.15 per 1,000 live births	Kiribati

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Caribbean Small States or Kiribati?: Kiribati, at 38.8 per 1,000 live births against 16.53 per 1,000 live births in Caribbean Small States as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Caribbean Small States and Kiribati?: 22.27 per 1,000 live births, with Kiribati ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Caribbean Small States and Kiribati?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Caribbean Small States and Kiribati rank globally for mortality rate, infant?: Caribbean Small States ranks 29th and Kiribati ranks 28th of 47 groups.
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.