What is the difference in youth mortality rate between Suriname and Vanuatu?

0.11 deaths per 100 live births, with Vanuatu ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Suriname and Vanuatu?

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.

Suriname vs Vanuatu: Youth mortality rate

Suriname

1.98 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Vanuatu

2.09 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Suriname rank

89th

Vanuatu rank

86th

Youth mortality rate over time

Suriname
Vanuatu

How they compare

Vanuatu currently reports 2.09 deaths per 100 live births against 1.98 deaths per 100 live births in Suriname, a difference of 0.11 deaths per 100 live births.

That makes Vanuatu's figure about 1.1 times Suriname's.

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

Suriname ranks 89th and Vanuatu ranks 86th of 199 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Suriname averaged higher in 3 and Vanuatu in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Suriname	Vanuatu	Difference	Ahead
1990s	4.2 deaths per 100 live births	3.64 deaths per 100 live births	0.5511 deaths per 100 live births	Suriname
2000s	3.03 deaths per 100 live births	2.96 deaths per 100 live births	0.0777 deaths per 100 live births	Suriname
2010s	2.4 deaths per 100 live births	2.32 deaths per 100 live births	0.0774 deaths per 100 live births	Suriname
2020s	2.06 deaths per 100 live births	2.15 deaths per 100 live births	0.097 deaths per 100 live births	Vanuatu

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher youth mortality rate, Suriname or Vanuatu?: Vanuatu, at 2.09 deaths per 100 live births against 1.98 deaths per 100 live births in Suriname as of 2024.
What is the difference in youth mortality rate between Suriname and Vanuatu?: 0.11 deaths per 100 live births, with Vanuatu ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Suriname and Vanuatu?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Suriname and Vanuatu rank globally for youth mortality rate?: Suriname ranks 89th and Vanuatu ranks 86th 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.