What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, female between Dominican Republic and India?

1.1 per 1,000 live births, with Dominican Republic ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Dominican Republic and India?

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, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Dominican Republic vs India: Mortality rate, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births)

Dominican Republic

27.8 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

India

26.7 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Dominican Republic rank

58th

India rank

59th

Mortality rate, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births) over time

Dominican Republic
India

How they compare

Dominican Republic currently reports 27.8 per 1,000 live births against 26.7 per 1,000 live births in India, a difference of 1.1 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was India ahead.

Dominican Republic ranks 58th and India ranks 59th of 197 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Dominican Republic	India	Difference	Ahead
1960s	135.36 per 1,000 live births	234.35 per 1,000 live births	98.99 per 1,000 live births	India
1970s	102.13 per 1,000 live births	202.77 per 1,000 live births	100.64 per 1,000 live births	India
1980s	68.28 per 1,000 live births	154.85 per 1,000 live births	86.57 per 1,000 live births	India
1990s	45.25 per 1,000 live births	116.67 per 1,000 live births	71.42 per 1,000 live births	India
2000s	33.41 per 1,000 live births	80.29 per 1,000 live births	46.88 per 1,000 live births	India
2010s	31.68 per 1,000 live births	47.3 per 1,000 live births	15.62 per 1,000 live births	India
2020s	29.28 per 1,000 live births	29.92 per 1,000 live births	0.64 per 1,000 live births	India

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, female, Dominican Republic or India?: Dominican Republic, at 27.8 per 1,000 live births against 26.7 per 1,000 live births in India as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, female between Dominican Republic and India?: 1.1 per 1,000 live births, with Dominican Republic ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Dominican Republic and India?: 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Dominican Republic and India rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, female?: Dominican Republic ranks 58th and India ranks 59th 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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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: 29 October 2026

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.