Jamaica vs Lebanon: Mortality rate, under-5
Jamaica
17.8 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Lebanon
17.6 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Jamaica rank
81st
Lebanon rank
83rd
Mortality rate, under-5 over time
- Jamaica
- Lebanon
How they compare
Jamaica currently reports 17.8 per 1,000 live births against 17.6 per 1,000 live births in Lebanon, 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 Jamaica ahead.
Jamaica ranks 81st and Lebanon ranks 83rd of 197 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Jamaica averaged higher in 4 and Lebanon in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Jamaica | Lebanon | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 68.94 per 1,000 live births | 66.19 per 1,000 live births | 2.75 per 1,000 live births | Jamaica |
| 1970s | 46.6 per 1,000 live births | 80 per 1,000 live births | 33.4 per 1,000 live births | Lebanon |
| 1980s | 32.68 per 1,000 live births | 62.71 per 1,000 live births | 30.03 per 1,000 live births | Lebanon |
| 1990s | 24.59 per 1,000 live births | 26.05 per 1,000 live births | 1.46 per 1,000 live births | Lebanon |
| 2000s | 19.4 per 1,000 live births | 16.08 per 1,000 live births | 3.32 per 1,000 live births | Jamaica |
| 2010s | 18.82 per 1,000 live births | 13.21 per 1,000 live births | 5.61 per 1,000 live births | Jamaica |
| 2020s | 18.32 per 1,000 live births | 16.34 per 1,000 live births | 1.98 per 1,000 live births | Jamaica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, Jamaica or Lebanon?
- Jamaica, at 17.8 per 1,000 live births against 17.6 per 1,000 live births in Lebanon as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between Jamaica and Lebanon?
- 0.2 per 1,000 live births, with Jamaica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Jamaica and Lebanon?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Jamaica and Lebanon rank globally for mortality rate, under-5?
- Jamaica ranks 81st and Lebanon ranks 83rd 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.