Dominica vs Upper middle income: Mortality rate, infant
Dominica
33.3 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Upper middle income
10.9 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Dominica rank
39th
Upper middle income rank
36th
Mortality rate, infant over time
- Dominica
- Upper middle income
How they compare
Dominica currently reports 33.3 per 1,000 live births against 10.9 per 1,000 live births in Upper middle income, a difference of 22.4 per 1,000 live births.
That makes Dominica's figure about 3.1 times Upper middle income's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Upper middle income ahead.
Dominica ranks 39th and Upper middle income ranks 36th of 197 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Dominica averaged higher in 2 and Upper middle income in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Dominica | Upper middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 15.35 per 1,000 live births | 39.34 per 1,000 live births | 23.99 per 1,000 live births | Upper middle income |
| 2000s | 18.92 per 1,000 live births | 23.92 per 1,000 live births | 5 per 1,000 live births | Upper middle income |
| 2010s | 26.4 per 1,000 live births | 13.93 per 1,000 live births | 12.47 per 1,000 live births | Dominica |
| 2020s | 32.52 per 1,000 live births | 11.38 per 1,000 live births | 21.14 per 1,000 live births | Dominica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Dominica or Upper middle income?
- Dominica, at 33.3 per 1,000 live births against 10.9 per 1,000 live births in Upper middle income as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Dominica and Upper middle income?
- 22.4 per 1,000 live births, with Dominica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Dominica and Upper middle income?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
- How do Dominica and Upper middle income rank globally for mortality rate, infant?
- Dominica ranks 39th and Upper middle income ranks 36th 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.