Djibouti vs Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income): Mortality rate, under-5
Mortality rate, under-5 over time
- Djibouti
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
How they compare
Djibouti currently reports 48.9 per 1,000 live births against 15.56 per 1,000 live births in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), a difference of 33.34 per 1,000 live births.
That makes Djibouti's figure about 3.1 times Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)'s.
Across all 35 years both countries report, Djibouti has been ahead every year.
Djibouti ranks 29th and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 30th of 197 countries.
Djibouti has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Djibouti | Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 107.67 per 1,000 live births | 45.39 per 1,000 live births | 62.28 per 1,000 live births | Djibouti |
| 2000s | 88.11 per 1,000 live births | 27.21 per 1,000 live births | 60.9 per 1,000 live births | Djibouti |
| 2010s | 66.31 per 1,000 live births | 19.32 per 1,000 live births | 46.99 per 1,000 live births | Djibouti |
| 2020s | 52.24 per 1,000 live births | 16.28 per 1,000 live births | 35.96 per 1,000 live births | Djibouti |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, Djibouti or Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- Djibouti, at 48.9 per 1,000 live births against 15.56 per 1,000 live births in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between Djibouti and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- 33.34 per 1,000 live births, with Djibouti ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Djibouti and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
- How do Djibouti and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank globally for mortality rate, under-5?
- Djibouti ranks 29th and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 30th 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.