What is the difference in youth mortality rate between Bahamas and British Virgin Islands?

0.02 deaths per 100 live births, with British Virgin Islands ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Bahamas and British Virgin Islands?

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.

Bahamas vs British Virgin Islands: Youth mortality rate

Bahamas

1.47 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

British Virgin Islands

1.49 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Bahamas rank

115th

British Virgin Islands rank

112th

Youth mortality rate over time

Bahamas
British Virgin Islands

How they compare

British Virgin Islands currently reports 1.49 deaths per 100 live births against 1.47 deaths per 100 live births in Bahamas, a difference of 0.02 deaths per 100 live births.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Bahamas ahead.

Bahamas ranks 115th and British Virgin Islands ranks 112th of 199 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Bahamas averaged higher in 3 and British Virgin Islands in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bahamas	British Virgin Islands	Difference	Ahead
1990s	2.34 deaths per 100 live births	2.29 deaths per 100 live births	0.0556 deaths per 100 live births	Bahamas
2000s	2.05 deaths per 100 live births	1.9 deaths per 100 live births	0.1462 deaths per 100 live births	Bahamas
2010s	1.94 deaths per 100 live births	1.81 deaths per 100 live births	0.1306 deaths per 100 live births	Bahamas
2020s	1.53 deaths per 100 live births	1.57 deaths per 100 live births	0.0383 deaths per 100 live births	British Virgin Islands

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher youth mortality rate, Bahamas or British Virgin Islands?: British Virgin Islands, at 1.49 deaths per 100 live births against 1.47 deaths per 100 live births in Bahamas as of 2024.
What is the difference in youth mortality rate between Bahamas and British Virgin Islands?: 0.02 deaths per 100 live births, with British Virgin Islands ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bahamas and British Virgin Islands?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Bahamas and British Virgin Islands rank globally for youth mortality rate?: Bahamas ranks 115th and British Virgin Islands ranks 112th 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: 28 August 2026

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