Indonesia vs Jamaica: Mortality rate, under-5

Indonesia
17.7 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Jamaica
17.8 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Indonesia rank
82nd
Jamaica rank
81st

Mortality rate, under-5 over time

  • Indonesia
  • Jamaica
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How they compare

Jamaica currently reports 17.8 per 1,000 live births against 17.7 per 1,000 live births in Indonesia, a difference of 0.1 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Indonesia ahead.

Indonesia ranks 82nd and Jamaica ranks 81st of 197 countries.

Indonesia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Indonesia Jamaica Difference Ahead
1960s 201.37 per 1,000 live births 68.94 per 1,000 live births 132.43 per 1,000 live births Indonesia
1970s 144.07 per 1,000 live births 46.6 per 1,000 live births 97.47 per 1,000 live births Indonesia
1980s 103.62 per 1,000 live births 32.68 per 1,000 live births 70.94 per 1,000 live births Indonesia
1990s 67.72 per 1,000 live births 24.59 per 1,000 live births 43.13 per 1,000 live births Indonesia
2000s 42.68 per 1,000 live births 19.4 per 1,000 live births 23.28 per 1,000 live births Indonesia
2010s 26.91 per 1,000 live births 18.82 per 1,000 live births 8.09 per 1,000 live births Indonesia
2020s 19.18 per 1,000 live births 18.32 per 1,000 live births 0.86 per 1,000 live births Indonesia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, Indonesia or Jamaica?
Jamaica, at 17.8 per 1,000 live births against 17.7 per 1,000 live births in Indonesia as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between Indonesia and Jamaica?
0.1 per 1,000 live births, with Jamaica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Indonesia and Jamaica?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Indonesia and Jamaica rank globally for mortality rate, under-5?
Indonesia ranks 82nd and Jamaica ranks 81st 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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Indicator
Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births)
Unit
per 1,000 live births
Source
UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
244 places, 13,546 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

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.