Jamaica vs Syria: Mortality rate, under-5, male (per 1,000 live births)
Jamaica
19.9 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Syria
20.2 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Jamaica rank
80th
Syria rank
79th
Mortality rate, under-5, male (per 1,000 live births) over time
- Jamaica
- Syria
How they compare
Syria currently reports 20.2 per 1,000 live births against 19.9 per 1,000 live births in Jamaica, a difference of 0.3 per 1,000 live births.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Syria ahead.
Jamaica ranks 80th and Syria ranks 79th of 197 countries.
Syria has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Jamaica | Syria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 74.64 per 1,000 live births | 139.07 per 1,000 live births | 64.43 per 1,000 live births | Syria |
| 1970s | 51.45 per 1,000 live births | 84.14 per 1,000 live births | 32.69 per 1,000 live births | Syria |
| 1980s | 36.56 per 1,000 live births | 52.82 per 1,000 live births | 16.26 per 1,000 live births | Syria |
| 1990s | 27.62 per 1,000 live births | 32.49 per 1,000 live births | 4.87 per 1,000 live births | Syria |
| 2000s | 21.73 per 1,000 live births | 22.26 per 1,000 live births | 0.53 per 1,000 live births | Syria |
| 2010s | 21.01 per 1,000 live births | 32.42 per 1,000 live births | 11.41 per 1,000 live births | Syria |
| 2020s | 20.5 per 1,000 live births | 22.14 per 1,000 live births | 1.64 per 1,000 live births | Syria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, male, Jamaica or Syria?
- Syria, at 20.2 per 1,000 live births against 19.9 per 1,000 live births in Jamaica as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, male between Jamaica and Syria?
- 0.3 per 1,000 live births, with Syria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Jamaica and Syria?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Jamaica and Syria rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, male?
- Jamaica ranks 80th and Syria ranks 79th 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, male (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, male is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn male baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to male age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.