Palau vs Tuvalu: Mortality rate, under-5
Palau
21.4 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Tuvalu
19.2 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Palau rank
72nd
Tuvalu rank
75th
Mortality rate, under-5 over time
- Palau
- Tuvalu
How they compare
Palau currently reports 21.4 per 1,000 live births against 19.2 per 1,000 live births in Tuvalu, a difference of 2.2 per 1,000 live births.
That makes Palau's figure about 1.1 times Tuvalu's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 60 shared years of data; in 1965 it was Tuvalu ahead.
Palau ranks 72nd and Tuvalu ranks 75th of 196 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Palau averaged higher in 1 and Tuvalu in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Palau | Tuvalu | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 90.6 per 1,000 live births | 129 per 1,000 live births | 38.4 per 1,000 live births | Tuvalu |
| 1970s | 63.45 per 1,000 live births | 86.95 per 1,000 live births | 23.5 per 1,000 live births | Tuvalu |
| 1980s | 40.17 per 1,000 live births | 58.27 per 1,000 live births | 18.1 per 1,000 live births | Tuvalu |
| 1990s | 31.76 per 1,000 live births | 49.76 per 1,000 live births | 18 per 1,000 live births | Tuvalu |
| 2000s | 22.7 per 1,000 live births | 38.21 per 1,000 live births | 15.51 per 1,000 live births | Tuvalu |
| 2010s | 21.1 per 1,000 live births | 26.72 per 1,000 live births | 5.62 per 1,000 live births | Tuvalu |
| 2020s | 22.26 per 1,000 live births | 20.52 per 1,000 live births | 1.74 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 Tuvalu?
- Palau, at 21.4 per 1,000 live births against 19.2 per 1,000 live births in Tuvalu as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between Palau and Tuvalu?
- 2.2 per 1,000 live births, with Palau ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Palau and Tuvalu?
- 60 years are reported by both, from 1965 to 2024.
- How do Palau and Tuvalu rank globally for mortality rate, under-5?
- Palau ranks 72nd and Tuvalu ranks 75th 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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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.