Fiji vs Marshall Islands: Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births)
Fiji
29.1 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Marshall Islands
26.7 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Fiji rank
60th
Marshall Islands rank
62nd
Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births) over time
- Fiji
- Marshall Islands
How they compare
Fiji currently reports 29.1 per 1,000 live births against 26.7 per 1,000 live births in Marshall Islands, a difference of 2.4 per 1,000 live births.
That makes Fiji's figure about 1.1 times Marshall Islands's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Marshall Islands ahead.
Fiji ranks 60th and Marshall Islands ranks 62nd of 197 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Fiji averaged higher in 1 and Marshall Islands in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Fiji | Marshall Islands | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 66.1 per 1,000 live births | 99.62 per 1,000 live births | 33.52 per 1,000 live births | Marshall Islands |
| 1970s | 53.21 per 1,000 live births | 70.32 per 1,000 live births | 17.11 per 1,000 live births | Marshall Islands |
| 1980s | 36.46 per 1,000 live births | 57.31 per 1,000 live births | 20.85 per 1,000 live births | Marshall Islands |
| 1990s | 25.17 per 1,000 live births | 43.48 per 1,000 live births | 18.31 per 1,000 live births | Marshall Islands |
| 2000s | 23.01 per 1,000 live births | 41.4 per 1,000 live births | 18.39 per 1,000 live births | Marshall Islands |
| 2010s | 22.12 per 1,000 live births | 35.43 per 1,000 live births | 13.31 per 1,000 live births | Marshall Islands |
| 2020s | 28.54 per 1,000 live births | 28.5 per 1,000 live births | 0.04 per 1,000 live births | Fiji |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, Fiji or Marshall Islands?
- Fiji, at 29.1 per 1,000 live births against 26.7 per 1,000 live births in Marshall Islands as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between Fiji and Marshall Islands?
- 2.4 per 1,000 live births, with Fiji ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Fiji and Marshall Islands?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Fiji and Marshall Islands rank globally for mortality rate, under-5?
- Fiji ranks 60th and Marshall Islands ranks 62nd 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.