Bahamas vs Belize: Mortality rate, under-5
Bahamas
12.4 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Belize
12.7 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Bahamas rank
110th
Belize rank
109th
Mortality rate, under-5 over time
- Bahamas
- Belize
How they compare
Belize currently reports 12.7 per 1,000 live births against 12.4 per 1,000 live births in Bahamas, a difference of 0.3 per 1,000 live births.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 57 shared years of data; in 1968 it was Belize ahead.
Bahamas ranks 110th and Belize ranks 109th of 196 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 | 29.6 per 1,000 live births | 107.45 per 1,000 live births | 77.85 per 1,000 live births | Belize |
| 1970s | 30.8 per 1,000 live births | 83.45 per 1,000 live births | 52.65 per 1,000 live births | Belize |
| 1980s | 27.55 per 1,000 live births | 54.11 per 1,000 live births | 26.56 per 1,000 live births | Belize |
| 1990s | 19.18 per 1,000 live births | 31.36 per 1,000 live births | 12.18 per 1,000 live births | Belize |
| 2000s | 16.47 per 1,000 live births | 21.53 per 1,000 live births | 5.06 per 1,000 live births | Belize |
| 2010s | 15.31 per 1,000 live births | 16.05 per 1,000 live births | 0.74 per 1,000 live births | Belize |
| 2020s | 12.88 per 1,000 live births | 12.9 per 1,000 live births | 0.02 per 1,000 live births | Belize |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, Bahamas or Belize?
- Belize, at 12.7 per 1,000 live births against 12.4 per 1,000 live births in Bahamas as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between Bahamas and Belize?
- 0.3 per 1,000 live births, with Belize ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bahamas and Belize?
- 57 years are reported by both, from 1968 to 2024.
- How do Bahamas and Belize rank globally for mortality rate, under-5?
- Bahamas ranks 110th and Belize ranks 109th of 196 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 (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 is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.