Kiribati vs Other small states: Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births)
Kiribati
53.1 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Other small states
28.79 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Kiribati rank
25th
Other small states rank
23rd
Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births) over time
- Kiribati
- Other small states
How they compare
Kiribati currently reports 53.1 per 1,000 live births against 28.79 per 1,000 live births in Other small states, a difference of 24.31 per 1,000 live births.
That makes Kiribati's figure about 1.8 times Other small states's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Kiribati ahead.
Kiribati ranks 25th and Other small states ranks 23rd of 197 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Kiribati averaged higher in 3 and Other small states in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kiribati | Other small states | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 78.21 per 1,000 live births | 81.37 per 1,000 live births | 3.16 per 1,000 live births | Other small states |
| 2000s | 61.04 per 1,000 live births | 57.96 per 1,000 live births | 3.08 per 1,000 live births | Kiribati |
| 2010s | 58.43 per 1,000 live births | 37.37 per 1,000 live births | 21.06 per 1,000 live births | Kiribati |
| 2020s | 55.8 per 1,000 live births | 30.16 per 1,000 live births | 25.64 per 1,000 live births | Kiribati |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, Kiribati or Other small states?
- Kiribati, at 53.1 per 1,000 live births against 28.79 per 1,000 live births in Other small states as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between Kiribati and Other small states?
- 24.31 per 1,000 live births, with Kiribati ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kiribati and Other small states?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
- How do Kiribati and Other small states rank globally for mortality rate, under-5?
- Kiribati ranks 25th and Other small states ranks 23rd 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.