Palau vs Solomon Islands: Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births)
Palau
21.4 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Solomon Islands
20 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Palau rank
72nd
Solomon Islands rank
74th
Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births) over time
- Palau
- Solomon Islands
How they compare
Palau currently reports 21.4 per 1,000 live births against 20 per 1,000 live births in Solomon Islands, a difference of 1.4 per 1,000 live births.
That makes Palau's figure about 1.1 times Solomon Islands's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 60 shared years of data; in 1965 it was Solomon Islands ahead.
Palau ranks 72nd and Solomon Islands ranks 74th of 197 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Palau averaged higher in 1 and Solomon Islands in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Palau | Solomon Islands | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 90.6 per 1,000 live births | 120.16 per 1,000 live births | 29.56 per 1,000 live births | Solomon Islands |
| 1970s | 63.45 per 1,000 live births | 76.01 per 1,000 live births | 12.56 per 1,000 live births | Solomon Islands |
| 1980s | 40.17 per 1,000 live births | 45.34 per 1,000 live births | 5.17 per 1,000 live births | Solomon Islands |
| 1990s | 31.76 per 1,000 live births | 34.17 per 1,000 live births | 2.41 per 1,000 live births | Solomon Islands |
| 2000s | 22.7 per 1,000 live births | 29.13 per 1,000 live births | 6.43 per 1,000 live births | Solomon Islands |
| 2010s | 21.1 per 1,000 live births | 25.17 per 1,000 live births | 4.07 per 1,000 live births | Solomon Islands |
| 2020s | 22.26 per 1,000 live births | 21.26 per 1,000 live births | 1 per 1,000 live births | Palau |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, Palau or Solomon Islands?
- Palau, at 21.4 per 1,000 live births against 20 per 1,000 live births in Solomon Islands as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between Palau and Solomon Islands?
- 1.4 per 1,000 live births, with Palau ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Palau and Solomon Islands?
- 60 years are reported by both, from 1965 to 2024.
- How do Palau and Solomon Islands rank globally for mortality rate, under-5?
- Palau ranks 72nd and Solomon Islands ranks 74th 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.