Jamaica vs Trinidad and Tobago: Mortality rate, infant
Jamaica
16.4 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Trinidad and Tobago
17 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Jamaica rank
77th
Trinidad and Tobago rank
74th
Mortality rate, infant over time
- Jamaica
- Trinidad and Tobago
How they compare
Trinidad and Tobago currently reports 17 per 1,000 live births against 16.4 per 1,000 live births in Jamaica, a difference of 0.6 per 1,000 live births.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Jamaica ahead.
Jamaica ranks 77th and Trinidad and Tobago ranks 74th of 197 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Jamaica averaged higher in 1 and Trinidad and Tobago in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Jamaica | Trinidad and Tobago | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 55.85 per 1,000 live births | 55.14 per 1,000 live births | 0.71 per 1,000 live births | Jamaica |
| 1970s | 39.3 per 1,000 live births | 42.8 per 1,000 live births | 3.5 per 1,000 live births | Trinidad and Tobago |
| 1980s | 28.46 per 1,000 live births | 32.94 per 1,000 live births | 4.48 per 1,000 live births | Trinidad and Tobago |
| 1990s | 21.91 per 1,000 live births | 27.91 per 1,000 live births | 6 per 1,000 live births | Trinidad and Tobago |
| 2000s | 17.59 per 1,000 live births | 24.63 per 1,000 live births | 7.04 per 1,000 live births | Trinidad and Tobago |
| 2010s | 17.24 per 1,000 live births | 20.79 per 1,000 live births | 3.55 per 1,000 live births | Trinidad and Tobago |
| 2020s | 16.86 per 1,000 live births | 17.94 per 1,000 live births | 1.08 per 1,000 live births | Trinidad and Tobago |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Jamaica or Trinidad and Tobago?
- Trinidad and Tobago, at 17 per 1,000 live births against 16.4 per 1,000 live births in Jamaica as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago?
- 0.6 per 1,000 live births, with Trinidad and Tobago ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago rank globally for mortality rate, infant?
- Jamaica ranks 77th and Trinidad and Tobago ranks 74th 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.