What is the difference in youth mortality rate between Antigua and Barbuda and Barbados?

0.02 deaths per 100 live births, with Barbados ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Antigua and Barbuda and Barbados?

35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Youth mortality rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Antigua and Barbuda vs Barbados: Youth mortality rate

Antigua and Barbuda

1.11 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Barbados

1.13 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Antigua and Barbuda rank

132nd

Barbados rank

130th

Youth mortality rate over time

Antigua and Barbuda
Barbados

How they compare

Barbados currently reports 1.13 deaths per 100 live births against 1.11 deaths per 100 live births in Antigua and Barbuda, a difference of 0.02 deaths per 100 live births.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Barbados ahead.

Antigua and Barbuda ranks 132nd and Barbados ranks 130th of 199 countries.

Barbados has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Antigua and Barbuda	Barbados	Difference	Ahead
1990s	1.77 deaths per 100 live births	1.82 deaths per 100 live births	0.0581 deaths per 100 live births	Barbados
2000s	1.61 deaths per 100 live births	1.7 deaths per 100 live births	0.0873 deaths per 100 live births	Barbados
2010s	1.34 deaths per 100 live births	1.48 deaths per 100 live births	0.1331 deaths per 100 live births	Barbados
2020s	1.16 deaths per 100 live births	1.2 deaths per 100 live births	0.0372 deaths per 100 live births	Barbados

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher youth mortality rate, Antigua and Barbuda or Barbados?: Barbados, at 1.13 deaths per 100 live births against 1.11 deaths per 100 live births in Antigua and Barbuda as of 2024.
What is the difference in youth mortality rate between Antigua and Barbuda and Barbados?: 0.02 deaths per 100 live births, with Barbados ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Antigua and Barbuda and Barbados?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Antigua and Barbuda and Barbados rank globally for youth mortality rate?: Antigua and Barbuda ranks 132nd and Barbados ranks 130th 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 Youth mortality rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Youth 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, 9,824 data points, 1950–2024
Last refreshed: 30 October 2026

Estimated number of deaths of children aged under fifteen years, per 100 live births.