What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Latin America & Caribbean and Namibia?

23.1 per 1,000 live births, with Namibia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Latin America & Caribbean and Namibia?

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.

Latin America & Caribbean vs Namibia: Mortality rate, infant

Latin America & Caribbean

13.3 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Namibia

36.4 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Latin America & Caribbean rank

32nd

Namibia rank

30th

Mortality rate, infant over time

Latin America & Caribbean
Namibia

How they compare

Namibia currently reports 36.4 per 1,000 live births against 13.3 per 1,000 live births in Latin America & Caribbean, a difference of 23.1 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Namibia's figure about 2.7 times Latin America & Caribbean's.

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

Latin America & Caribbean ranks 32nd and Namibia ranks 30th of 47 groups.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Latin America & Caribbean	Namibia	Difference	Ahead
1990s	36.07 per 1,000 live births	52.28 per 1,000 live births	16.21 per 1,000 live births	Namibia
2000s	22.29 per 1,000 live births	44.1 per 1,000 live births	21.81 per 1,000 live births	Namibia
2010s	16.14 per 1,000 live births	44.7 per 1,000 live births	28.56 per 1,000 live births	Namibia
2020s	13.86 per 1,000 live births	39.1 per 1,000 live births	25.24 per 1,000 live births	Namibia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Latin America & Caribbean or Namibia?: Namibia, at 36.4 per 1,000 live births against 13.3 per 1,000 live births in Latin America & Caribbean as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Latin America & Caribbean and Namibia?: 23.1 per 1,000 live births, with Namibia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Latin America & Caribbean and Namibia?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Latin America & Caribbean and Namibia rank globally for mortality rate, infant?: Latin America & Caribbean ranks 32nd and Namibia ranks 30th 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.