Jamaica vs Suriname: Mortality rates at age 25
Jamaica
0.1745 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Suriname
0.1716 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Jamaica rank
93rd
Suriname rank
95th
Mortality rates at age 25 over time
- Jamaica
- Suriname
How they compare
Jamaica currently reports 0.1745 deaths per 1,000 people against 0.1716 deaths per 1,000 people in Suriname, a difference of 0.0029 deaths per 1,000 people.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Suriname ahead.
Jamaica ranks 93rd and Suriname ranks 95th of 236 countries.
Suriname has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Jamaica | Suriname | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 0.3389 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.4665 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.1276 deaths per 1,000 people | Suriname |
| 1960s | 0.2432 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.331 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0878 deaths per 1,000 people | Suriname |
| 1970s | 0.212 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.3425 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.1305 deaths per 1,000 people | Suriname |
| 1980s | 0.1604 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.3598 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.1995 deaths per 1,000 people | Suriname |
| 1990s | 0.1387 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.3456 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.2069 deaths per 1,000 people | Suriname |
| 2000s | 0.1505 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.2993 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.1487 deaths per 1,000 people | Suriname |
| 2010s | 0.1435 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.2159 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0724 deaths per 1,000 people | Suriname |
| 2020s | 0.171 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.193 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.022 deaths per 1,000 people | Suriname |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rates at age 25, Jamaica or Suriname?
- Jamaica, at 0.1745 deaths per 1,000 people against 0.1716 deaths per 1,000 people in Suriname as of 2023.
- What is the difference in mortality rates at age 25 between Jamaica and Suriname?
- 0.0029 deaths per 1,000 people, with Jamaica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Jamaica and Suriname?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Jamaica and Suriname rank globally for mortality rates at age 25?
- Jamaica ranks 93rd and Suriname ranks 95th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Mortality rates at age 25. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Death rate, calculated as the number of deaths divided by the average number of people alive during the interval.