Saint Lucia vs Vanuatu: Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births)
Saint Lucia
17.2 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Vanuatu
17.1 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Saint Lucia rank
85th
Vanuatu rank
87th
Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births) over time
- Saint Lucia
- Vanuatu
How they compare
Saint Lucia currently reports 17.2 per 1,000 live births against 17.1 per 1,000 live births in Vanuatu, a difference of 0.1 per 1,000 live births.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Vanuatu ahead.
Saint Lucia ranks 85th and Vanuatu ranks 87th of 197 countries.
Vanuatu has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Saint Lucia | Vanuatu | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 105.96 per 1,000 live births | 133.43 per 1,000 live births | 27.47 per 1,000 live births | Vanuatu |
| 1970s | 50.3 per 1,000 live births | 89.82 per 1,000 live births | 39.52 per 1,000 live births | Vanuatu |
| 1980s | 25.63 per 1,000 live births | 50.55 per 1,000 live births | 24.92 per 1,000 live births | Vanuatu |
| 1990s | 19.45 per 1,000 live births | 30.32 per 1,000 live births | 10.87 per 1,000 live births | Vanuatu |
| 2000s | 18.54 per 1,000 live births | 24.54 per 1,000 live births | 6 per 1,000 live births | Vanuatu |
| 2010s | 18.64 per 1,000 live births | 19.07 per 1,000 live births | 0.43 per 1,000 live births | Vanuatu |
| 2020s | 17.68 per 1,000 live births | 17.7 per 1,000 live births | 0.02 per 1,000 live births | Vanuatu |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, Saint Lucia or Vanuatu?
- Saint Lucia, at 17.2 per 1,000 live births against 17.1 per 1,000 live births in Vanuatu as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between Saint Lucia and Vanuatu?
- 0.1 per 1,000 live births, with Saint Lucia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Saint Lucia and Vanuatu?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Saint Lucia and Vanuatu rank globally for mortality rate, under-5?
- Saint Lucia ranks 85th and Vanuatu ranks 87th 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.