Saint Lucia vs Vanuatu: Mortality rate, under-5
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 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 196 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 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.