Saint Lucia vs Viet Nam: Mortality rate, under-5
Saint Lucia
17.2 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Viet Nam
17.3 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Saint Lucia rank
85th
Viet Nam rank
84th
Mortality rate, under-5 over time
- Saint Lucia
- Viet Nam
How they compare
Viet Nam currently reports 17.3 per 1,000 live births against 17.2 per 1,000 live births in Saint Lucia, a difference of 0.1 per 1,000 live births.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 61 shared years of data; in 1964 it was Saint Lucia ahead.
Saint Lucia ranks 85th and Viet Nam ranks 84th of 197 countries.
Viet Nam has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Saint Lucia | Viet Nam | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 93.07 per 1,000 live births | 106.82 per 1,000 live births | 13.75 per 1,000 live births | Viet Nam |
| 1970s | 50.3 per 1,000 live births | 93.25 per 1,000 live births | 42.95 per 1,000 live births | Viet Nam |
| 1980s | 25.63 per 1,000 live births | 62.52 per 1,000 live births | 36.89 per 1,000 live births | Viet Nam |
| 1990s | 19.45 per 1,000 live births | 41.01 per 1,000 live births | 21.56 per 1,000 live births | Viet Nam |
| 2000s | 18.54 per 1,000 live births | 26.19 per 1,000 live births | 7.65 per 1,000 live births | Viet Nam |
| 2010s | 18.64 per 1,000 live births | 21.7 per 1,000 live births | 3.06 per 1,000 live births | Viet Nam |
| 2020s | 17.68 per 1,000 live births | 18.38 per 1,000 live births | 0.7 per 1,000 live births | Viet Nam |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, Saint Lucia or Viet Nam?
- Viet Nam, at 17.3 per 1,000 live births against 17.2 per 1,000 live births in Saint Lucia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between Saint Lucia and Viet Nam?
- 0.1 per 1,000 live births, with Viet Nam ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Saint Lucia and Viet Nam?
- 61 years are reported by both, from 1964 to 2024.
- How do Saint Lucia and Viet Nam rank globally for mortality rate, under-5?
- Saint Lucia ranks 85th and Viet Nam ranks 84th 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.