What is neonatal mortality rate in Barbados?

Neonatal mortality rate in Barbados was 0.6629 deaths per 100 live births in 2024, according to United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.

What is the highest neonatal mortality rate recorded in Barbados?

The highest recorded value was 3.11 deaths per 100 live births in 1968.

What is the lowest neonatal mortality rate recorded in Barbados?

The lowest recorded value was 0.6629 deaths per 100 live births in 2024.

How does Barbados rank for neonatal mortality rate?

Barbados ranks 115th out of 199 countries with data for 2024.

Is neonatal mortality rate rising or falling in Barbados?

Over the last ten years it is down 26.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.

Where does this Barbados data come from?

The figures come from United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Neonatal mortality rate. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Neonatal mortality rate in Barbados

Name: Neonatal mortality rate in Barbados
Creator: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

Barbados: Neonatal mortality rate was 0.6629 deaths per 100 live births in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)

0.6629 deaths per 100 live births

Change on year

down 3.0%

World rank

115th

of 199 countries

All-time high

3.11 deaths per 100 live births

in 1968

All-time low

0.6629 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Years of data

1968–2024

Neonatal mortality rate in Barbados, 1968–2024

Source: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in deaths per 100 live births.

Analysis

In 2024, neonatal mortality rate in Barbados stood at 0.6629 deaths per 100 live births. That is the lowest value across all 57 years on record.

The figure is down 3.0% on the previous year and down 26.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, neonatal mortality rate in Barbados peaked at 3.11 deaths per 100 live births in 1968 and was at its lowest, 0.6629 deaths per 100 live births, in 2024.

That places Barbados 115th out of 199 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 57 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	3.04 deaths per 100 live births	2.97 deaths per 100 live births	3.11 deaths per 100 live births	2
1970s	2.33 deaths per 100 live births	1.81 deaths per 100 live births	2.83 deaths per 100 live births	10
1980s	1.48 deaths per 100 live births	1.26 deaths per 100 live births	1.72 deaths per 100 live births	10
1990s	0.9895 deaths per 100 live births	0.8936 deaths per 100 live births	1.18 deaths per 100 live births	10
2000s	0.9531 deaths per 100 live births	0.8964 deaths per 100 live births	0.9886 deaths per 100 live births	10
2010s	0.8776 deaths per 100 live births	0.7797 deaths per 100 live births	0.9583 deaths per 100 live births	10
2020s	0.7078 deaths per 100 live births	0.6629 deaths per 100 live births	0.7542 deaths per 100 live births	5

Countries ranked near Barbados

112 Cook Islands 0.7033 deaths per 100 live births compare
113 Ecuador 0.6994 deaths per 100 live births compare
114 Albania 0.6735 deaths per 100 live births compare
116 Peru 0.6517 deaths per 100 live births compare
117 British Virgin Islands 0.6436 deaths per 100 live births compare
118 Sao Tome and Principe 0.6404 deaths per 100 live births compare

See the full ranking of 199 places →

More health data for Barbados

Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,453 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
Number of infants who die before age 1 4 deaths (2100)
Deaths in armed conflicts based on where they occurred 0 deaths (2026)
Deaths in armed conflicts by region 0 deaths (2026)
Age population, age 25, male, interpolated 1,942 (2025)
Age population, age 25, female, interpolated 1,864 (2025)
Age population, age 24, male, interpolated 1,956 (2025)
Age population, age 24, female, interpolated 1,880 (2025)
Age population, age 23, male, interpolated 1,913 (2025)
Age population, age 23, female, interpolated 1,852 (2025)

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Frequently asked questions

What is neonatal mortality rate in Barbados?: Neonatal mortality rate in Barbados was 0.6629 deaths per 100 live births in 2024, according to United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest neonatal mortality rate recorded in Barbados?: The highest recorded value was 3.11 deaths per 100 live births in 1968.
What is the lowest neonatal mortality rate recorded in Barbados?: The lowest recorded value was 0.6629 deaths per 100 live births in 2024.
How does Barbados rank for neonatal mortality rate?: Barbados ranks 115th out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
Is neonatal mortality rate rising or falling in Barbados?: Over the last ten years it is down 26.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Barbados data come from?: The figures come from United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Neonatal mortality rate. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Neonatal 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, 10,377 data points, 1951–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The estimated number of deaths of children aged less than 28 days, per 100 live births .