Grenada vs Jamaica: Mortality rate, under-5
Grenada
18 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Jamaica
17.8 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Grenada rank
79th
Jamaica rank
81st
Mortality rate, under-5 over time
- Grenada
- Jamaica
How they compare
Grenada currently reports 18 per 1,000 live births against 17.8 per 1,000 live births in Jamaica, a difference of 0.2 per 1,000 live births.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Grenada ahead.
Grenada ranks 79th and Jamaica ranks 81st of 196 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Grenada averaged higher in 2 and Jamaica in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Grenada | Jamaica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 69.19 per 1,000 live births | 68.94 per 1,000 live births | 0.25 per 1,000 live births | Grenada |
| 1970s | 43.14 per 1,000 live births | 46.6 per 1,000 live births | 3.46 per 1,000 live births | Jamaica |
| 1980s | 29.5 per 1,000 live births | 32.68 per 1,000 live births | 3.18 per 1,000 live births | Jamaica |
| 1990s | 18.62 per 1,000 live births | 24.59 per 1,000 live births | 5.97 per 1,000 live births | Jamaica |
| 2000s | 15.07 per 1,000 live births | 19.4 per 1,000 live births | 4.33 per 1,000 live births | Jamaica |
| 2010s | 17.23 per 1,000 live births | 18.82 per 1,000 live births | 1.59 per 1,000 live births | Jamaica |
| 2020s | 18.42 per 1,000 live births | 18.32 per 1,000 live births | 0.1 per 1,000 live births | Grenada |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, Grenada or Jamaica?
- Grenada, at 18 per 1,000 live births against 17.8 per 1,000 live births in Jamaica as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between Grenada and Jamaica?
- 0.2 per 1,000 live births, with Grenada ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Grenada and Jamaica?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Grenada and Jamaica rank globally for mortality rate, under-5?
- Grenada ranks 79th and Jamaica ranks 81st 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.