What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between Barbados and Oman?

0.5 per 1,000 live births, with Oman ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Oman?

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

Barbados vs Oman: Mortality rate, under-5

Barbados

9.8 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Oman

10.3 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Barbados rank

122nd

Oman rank

119th

Mortality rate, under-5 over time

Barbados
Oman

How they compare

Oman currently reports 10.3 per 1,000 live births against 9.8 per 1,000 live births in Barbados, a difference of 0.5 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Oman's figure about 1.1 times Barbados's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Oman ahead.

Barbados ranks 122nd and Oman ranks 119th of 196 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Barbados averaged higher in 2 and Oman in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Barbados	Oman	Difference	Ahead
1960s	64.71 per 1,000 live births	304.66 per 1,000 live births	239.95 per 1,000 live births	Oman
1970s	37.8 per 1,000 live births	176.59 per 1,000 live births	138.79 per 1,000 live births	Oman
1980s	22.5 per 1,000 live births	73.5 per 1,000 live births	51 per 1,000 live births	Oman
1990s	15.54 per 1,000 live births	26.7 per 1,000 live births	11.16 per 1,000 live births	Oman
2000s	14.57 per 1,000 live births	13.53 per 1,000 live births	1.04 per 1,000 live births	Barbados
2010s	12.8 per 1,000 live births	11.2 per 1,000 live births	1.6 per 1,000 live births	Barbados
2020s	10.42 per 1,000 live births	10.5 per 1,000 live births	0.08 per 1,000 live births	Oman

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, Barbados or Oman?: Oman, at 10.3 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 Oman?: 0.5 per 1,000 live births, with Oman ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Oman?: 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Barbados and Oman rank globally for mortality rate, under-5?: Barbados ranks 122nd and Oman ranks 119th 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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Indicator: Mortality rate, under-5 (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: 243 places, 13,506 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 20 August 2026

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.