Comoros vs North America: Mortality rate, under-5
Comoros
39 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
North America
6.4 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Comoros rank
41st
North America rank
42nd
Mortality rate, under-5 over time
- Comoros
- North America
How they compare
Comoros currently reports 39 per 1,000 live births against 6.4 per 1,000 live births in North America, a difference of 32.6 per 1,000 live births.
That makes Comoros's figure about 6.1 times North America's.
Across all 35 years both countries report, Comoros has been ahead every year.
Comoros ranks 41st and North America ranks 42nd of 196 countries.
Comoros has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Comoros | North America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 100.69 per 1,000 live births | 9.51 per 1,000 live births | 91.18 per 1,000 live births | Comoros |
| 2000s | 67.67 per 1,000 live births | 7.84 per 1,000 live births | 59.83 per 1,000 live births | Comoros |
| 2010s | 49.76 per 1,000 live births | 6.71 per 1,000 live births | 43.05 per 1,000 live births | Comoros |
| 2020s | 41.38 per 1,000 live births | 6.4 per 1,000 live births | 34.98 per 1,000 live births | Comoros |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, Comoros or North America?
- Comoros, at 39 per 1,000 live births against 6.4 per 1,000 live births in North America as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between Comoros and North America?
- 32.6 per 1,000 live births, with Comoros ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Comoros and North America?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
- How do Comoros and North America rank globally for mortality rate, under-5?
- Comoros ranks 41st and North America ranks 42nd 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.