Barbados vs Libya: Child mortality rate

Barbados
0.9764 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Libya
0.9765 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Barbados rank
125th
Libya rank
124th

Child mortality rate over time

  • Barbados
  • Libya
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How they compare

Libya currently reports 0.9765 deaths per 100 live births against 0.9764 deaths per 100 live births in Barbados, a difference of 0.0001 deaths per 100 live births.

Across all 69 years both countries report, Libya has been ahead every year.

Barbados ranks 125th and Libya ranks 124th of 199 countries.

Libya has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Barbados Libya Difference Ahead
1950s 10.75 deaths per 100 live births 32.63 deaths per 100 live births 21.87 deaths per 100 live births Libya
1960s 6.47 deaths per 100 live births 20.74 deaths per 100 live births 14.27 deaths per 100 live births Libya
1970s 3.78 deaths per 100 live births 10.19 deaths per 100 live births 6.41 deaths per 100 live births Libya
1980s 2.25 deaths per 100 live births 5.72 deaths per 100 live births 3.47 deaths per 100 live births Libya
1990s 1.56 deaths per 100 live births 3.46 deaths per 100 live births 1.9 deaths per 100 live births Libya
2000s 1.46 deaths per 100 live births 2.33 deaths per 100 live births 0.8733 deaths per 100 live births Libya
2010s 1.28 deaths per 100 live births 1.41 deaths per 100 live births 0.1351 deaths per 100 live births Libya
2020s 1.04 deaths per 100 live births 1.48 deaths per 100 live births 0.4357 deaths per 100 live births Libya

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher child mortality rate, Barbados or Libya?
Libya, at 0.9765 deaths per 100 live births against 0.9764 deaths per 100 live births in Barbados as of 2024.
What is the difference in child mortality rate between Barbados and Libya?
0.0001 deaths per 100 live births, with Libya ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Libya?
69 years are reported by both, from 1956 to 2024.
How do Barbados and Libya rank globally for child mortality rate?
Barbados ranks 125th and Libya ranks 124th of 199 countries.
Where does this data come from?
United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Child mortality rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Child mortality rate
Unit
deaths per 100 live births
Source
United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
199 places, 13,255 data points, 1931–2024
Last refreshed

The estimated number of deaths of children aged under five years, per 100 live births .