Kiribati vs Small states: Mortality rate, under-5

Kiribati
53.1 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Small states
25.56 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Kiribati rank
25th
Small states rank
26th

Mortality rate, under-5 over time

  • Kiribati
  • Small states
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How they compare

Kiribati currently reports 53.1 per 1,000 live births against 25.56 per 1,000 live births in Small states, a difference of 27.54 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Kiribati's figure about 2.1 times Small states's.

Across all 35 years both countries report, Kiribati has been ahead every year.

Kiribati ranks 25th and Small states ranks 26th of 196 countries.

Kiribati has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Kiribati Small states Difference Ahead
1990s 78.21 per 1,000 live births 63.27 per 1,000 live births 14.94 per 1,000 live births Kiribati
2000s 61.04 per 1,000 live births 46.32 per 1,000 live births 14.72 per 1,000 live births Kiribati
2010s 58.43 per 1,000 live births 32.05 per 1,000 live births 26.38 per 1,000 live births Kiribati
2020s 55.8 per 1,000 live births 26.76 per 1,000 live births 29.04 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 Small states?
Kiribati, at 53.1 per 1,000 live births against 25.56 per 1,000 live births in Small states as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between Kiribati and Small states?
27.54 per 1,000 live births, with Kiribati ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kiribati and Small states?
35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Kiribati and Small states rank globally for mortality rate, under-5?
Kiribati ranks 25th and Small states ranks 26th 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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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
243 places, 13,506 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.