What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Jamaica and Tuvalu?

0.1 per 1,000 live births, with Tuvalu ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Jamaica and Tuvalu?

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.

Jamaica vs Tuvalu: Mortality rate, infant

Jamaica

16.4 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Tuvalu

16.5 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Jamaica rank

77th

Tuvalu rank

76th

Mortality rate, infant over time

Jamaica
Tuvalu

How they compare

Tuvalu currently reports 16.5 per 1,000 live births against 16.4 per 1,000 live births in Jamaica, a difference of 0.1 per 1,000 live births.

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

Jamaica ranks 77th and Tuvalu ranks 76th of 197 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Jamaica	Tuvalu	Difference	Ahead
1960s	55.85 per 1,000 live births	114.01 per 1,000 live births	58.16 per 1,000 live births	Tuvalu
1970s	39.3 per 1,000 live births	70.12 per 1,000 live births	30.82 per 1,000 live births	Tuvalu
1980s	28.46 per 1,000 live births	48.03 per 1,000 live births	19.57 per 1,000 live births	Tuvalu
1990s	21.91 per 1,000 live births	41.72 per 1,000 live births	19.81 per 1,000 live births	Tuvalu
2000s	17.59 per 1,000 live births	32.35 per 1,000 live births	14.76 per 1,000 live births	Tuvalu
2010s	17.24 per 1,000 live births	22.79 per 1,000 live births	5.55 per 1,000 live births	Tuvalu
2020s	16.86 per 1,000 live births	17.6 per 1,000 live births	0.74 per 1,000 live births	Tuvalu

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Jamaica or Tuvalu?: Tuvalu, at 16.5 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 Tuvalu?: 0.1 per 1,000 live births, with Tuvalu ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Jamaica and Tuvalu?: 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Jamaica and Tuvalu rank globally for mortality rate, infant?: Jamaica ranks 77th and Tuvalu ranks 76th 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.