What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Bahamas and Belize?

0.2 per 1,000 live births, with Belize ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Bahamas and Belize?

56 years are reported by both, from 1969 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, neonatal (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Bahamas vs Belize: Mortality rate, neonatal

Bahamas

9 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Belize

9.2 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Bahamas rank

89th

Belize rank

87th

Mortality rate, neonatal over time

Bahamas
Belize

How they compare

Belize currently reports 9.2 per 1,000 live births against 9 per 1,000 live births in Bahamas, a difference of 0.2 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 56 shared years of data; in 1969 it was Belize ahead.

Bahamas ranks 89th and Belize ranks 87th of 197 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bahamas	Belize	Difference	Ahead
1960s	20.9 per 1,000 live births	35.4 per 1,000 live births	14.5 per 1,000 live births	Belize
1970s	20.98 per 1,000 live births	31.41 per 1,000 live births	10.43 per 1,000 live births	Belize
1980s	16.61 per 1,000 live births	23.26 per 1,000 live births	6.65 per 1,000 live births	Belize
1990s	10.08 per 1,000 live births	15.27 per 1,000 live births	5.19 per 1,000 live births	Belize
2000s	8.42 per 1,000 live births	10.55 per 1,000 live births	2.13 per 1,000 live births	Belize
2010s	8.71 per 1,000 live births	10.4 per 1,000 live births	1.69 per 1,000 live births	Belize
2020s	9.34 per 1,000 live births	9.38 per 1,000 live births	0.04 per 1,000 live births	Belize

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, neonatal, Bahamas or Belize?: Belize, at 9.2 per 1,000 live births against 9 per 1,000 live births in Bahamas as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Bahamas and Belize?: 0.2 per 1,000 live births, with Belize ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bahamas and Belize?: 56 years are reported by both, from 1969 to 2024.
How do Bahamas and Belize rank globally for mortality rate, neonatal?: Bahamas ranks 89th and Belize ranks 87th 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, neonatal (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, neonatal (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, 11,751 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 03 September 2026

Neonatal mortality rate is the number of neonates dying before reaching 28 days of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.