Bhutan vs Jamaica: Mortality rate, under-5, female

Bhutan
15.3 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Jamaica
15.6 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Bhutan rank
86th
Jamaica rank
84th

Mortality rate, under-5, female over time

  • Bhutan
  • Jamaica
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How they compare

Jamaica currently reports 15.6 per 1,000 live births against 15.3 per 1,000 live births in Bhutan, a difference of 0.3 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 57 shared years of data; in 1968 it was Bhutan ahead.

Bhutan ranks 86th and Jamaica ranks 84th of 197 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Bhutan Jamaica Difference Ahead
1960s 263.6 per 1,000 live births 53.75 per 1,000 live births 209.85 per 1,000 live births Bhutan
1970s 225.73 per 1,000 live births 41.48 per 1,000 live births 184.25 per 1,000 live births Bhutan
1980s 157.43 per 1,000 live births 28.6 per 1,000 live births 128.83 per 1,000 live births Bhutan
1990s 99.35 per 1,000 live births 21.37 per 1,000 live births 77.98 per 1,000 live births Bhutan
2000s 54.9 per 1,000 live births 16.93 per 1,000 live births 37.97 per 1,000 live births Bhutan
2010s 27.71 per 1,000 live births 16.54 per 1,000 live births 11.17 per 1,000 live births Bhutan
2020s 17.02 per 1,000 live births 16.06 per 1,000 live births 0.96 per 1,000 live births Bhutan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, female, Bhutan or Jamaica?
Jamaica, at 15.6 per 1,000 live births against 15.3 per 1,000 live births in Bhutan as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, female between Bhutan and Jamaica?
0.3 per 1,000 live births, with Jamaica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bhutan and Jamaica?
57 years are reported by both, from 1968 to 2024.
How do Bhutan and Jamaica rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, female?
Bhutan ranks 86th and Jamaica ranks 84th 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, under-5, female (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

Indicator
Mortality rate, under-5, female (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

Under-five mortality rate, female is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn female baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to female age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.