Haiti vs Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income): Mortality rate, under-5
Mortality rate, under-5 over time
- Haiti
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
How they compare
Haiti currently reports 52.8 per 1,000 live births against 15.56 per 1,000 live births in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), a difference of 37.24 per 1,000 live births.
That makes Haiti's figure about 3.4 times Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)'s.
Across all 35 years both countries report, Haiti has been ahead every year.
Haiti ranks 27th and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 30th of 197 countries.
Haiti has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Haiti | Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 125.48 per 1,000 live births | 45.39 per 1,000 live births | 80.09 per 1,000 live births | Haiti |
| 2000s | 90.36 per 1,000 live births | 27.21 per 1,000 live births | 63.15 per 1,000 live births | Haiti |
| 2010s | 75.9 per 1,000 live births | 19.32 per 1,000 live births | 56.58 per 1,000 live births | Haiti |
| 2020s | 56.26 per 1,000 live births | 16.28 per 1,000 live births | 39.98 per 1,000 live births | Haiti |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, Haiti or Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- Haiti, at 52.8 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 Haiti and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- 37.24 per 1,000 live births, with Haiti ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Haiti and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
- How do Haiti and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank globally for mortality rate, under-5?
- Haiti ranks 27th 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.