Barbados vs El Salvador: Mortality rate, under-5
Barbados
9.8 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
El Salvador
10 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Barbados rank
122nd
El Salvador rank
120th
Mortality rate, under-5 over time
- Barbados
- El Salvador
How they compare
El Salvador currently reports 10 per 1,000 live births against 9.8 per 1,000 live births in Barbados, a difference of 0.2 per 1,000 live births.
Across all 65 years both countries report, El Salvador has been ahead every year.
Barbados ranks 122nd and El Salvador ranks 120th of 197 countries.
El Salvador has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | El Salvador | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 64.71 per 1,000 live births | 181.81 per 1,000 live births | 117.1 per 1,000 live births | El Salvador |
| 1970s | 37.8 per 1,000 live births | 136.69 per 1,000 live births | 98.89 per 1,000 live births | El Salvador |
| 1980s | 22.5 per 1,000 live births | 85.58 per 1,000 live births | 63.08 per 1,000 live births | El Salvador |
| 1990s | 15.54 per 1,000 live births | 46.08 per 1,000 live births | 30.54 per 1,000 live births | El Salvador |
| 2000s | 14.57 per 1,000 live births | 25.14 per 1,000 live births | 10.57 per 1,000 live births | El Salvador |
| 2010s | 12.8 per 1,000 live births | 15.07 per 1,000 live births | 2.27 per 1,000 live births | El Salvador |
| 2020s | 10.42 per 1,000 live births | 10.82 per 1,000 live births | 0.4 per 1,000 live births | El Salvador |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, Barbados or El Salvador?
- El Salvador, at 10 per 1,000 live births against 9.8 per 1,000 live births in Barbados as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between Barbados and El Salvador?
- 0.2 per 1,000 live births, with El Salvador ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and El Salvador?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Barbados and El Salvador rank globally for mortality rate, under-5?
- Barbados ranks 122nd and El Salvador ranks 120th 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 (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.