Barbados vs Cook Islands: Neonatal mortality rate (United Nations)
Barbados
0.6629 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Cook Islands
0.7033 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Barbados rank
115th
Cook Islands rank
112th
Neonatal mortality rate (United Nations) over time
- Barbados
- Cook Islands
How they compare
Cook Islands currently reports 0.7033 deaths per 100 live births against 0.6629 deaths per 100 live births in Barbados, a difference of 0.0404 deaths per 100 live births.
That makes Cook Islands's figure about 1.1 times Barbados's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 36 shared years of data; in 1989 it was Cook Islands ahead.
Barbados ranks 115th and Cook Islands ranks 112th of 199 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Barbados averaged higher in 2 and Cook Islands in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | Cook Islands | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 1.26 deaths per 100 live births | 1.28 deaths per 100 live births | 0.027 deaths per 100 live births | Cook Islands |
| 1990s | 0.9895 deaths per 100 live births | 1.2 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2131 deaths per 100 live births | Cook Islands |
| 2000s | 0.9531 deaths per 100 live births | 0.8373 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1158 deaths per 100 live births | Barbados |
| 2010s | 0.8776 deaths per 100 live births | 0.7156 deaths per 100 live births | 0.162 deaths per 100 live births | Barbados |
| 2020s | 0.7078 deaths per 100 live births | 0.7327 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0249 deaths per 100 live births | Cook Islands |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher neonatal mortality rate, Barbados or Cook Islands?
- Cook Islands, at 0.7033 deaths per 100 live births against 0.6629 deaths per 100 live births in Barbados as of 2024.
- What is the difference in neonatal mortality rate between Barbados and Cook Islands?
- 0.0404 deaths per 100 live births, with Cook Islands ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Cook Islands?
- 36 years are reported by both, from 1989 to 2024.
- How do Barbados and Cook Islands rank globally for neonatal mortality rate?
- Barbados ranks 115th and Cook Islands ranks 112th of 199 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) β processed by Our World in Data, published as Neonatal mortality rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Estimated number of deaths of children aged less than 28 days, per 100 live births .