Kiribati vs South Asia: Mortality rate, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births)
Kiribati
48.4 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
South Asia
26.5 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Kiribati rank
26th
South Asia rank
24th
Mortality rate, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births) over time
- Kiribati
- South Asia
How they compare
Kiribati currently reports 48.4 per 1,000 live births against 26.5 per 1,000 live births in South Asia, a difference of 21.9 per 1,000 live births.
That makes Kiribati's figure about 1.8 times South Asia's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was South Asia ahead.
Kiribati ranks 26th and South Asia ranks 24th of 197 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Kiribati averaged higher in 2 and South Asia in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kiribati | South Asia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 72.16 per 1,000 live births | 115.27 per 1,000 live births | 43.11 per 1,000 live births | South Asia |
| 2000s | 55.74 per 1,000 live births | 77.01 per 1,000 live births | 21.27 per 1,000 live births | South Asia |
| 2010s | 53.38 per 1,000 live births | 45.48 per 1,000 live births | 7.9 per 1,000 live births | Kiribati |
| 2020s | 50.98 per 1,000 live births | 29.34 per 1,000 live births | 21.64 per 1,000 live births | Kiribati |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, female, Kiribati or South Asia?
- Kiribati, at 48.4 per 1,000 live births against 26.5 per 1,000 live births in South Asia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, female between Kiribati and South Asia?
- 21.9 per 1,000 live births, with Kiribati ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kiribati and South Asia?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
- How do Kiribati and South Asia rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, female?
- Kiribati ranks 26th and South Asia ranks 24th 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
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.