Youth mortality rate in Vanuatu
Vanuatu: Youth mortality rate was 2.09 deaths per 100 live births in 2024. ▼ Falling
Youth mortality rate in Vanuatu, 1990–2024
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, youth mortality rate in Vanuatu stood at 2.09 deaths per 100 live births. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.0% on the previous year and down 8.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, youth mortality rate in Vanuatu peaked at 4.18 deaths per 100 live births in 1990 and was at its lowest, 2.09 deaths per 100 live births, in 2024.
Vanuatu ranks 86th of 199 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3.64 deaths per 100 live births | 3.31 deaths per 100 live births | 4.18 deaths per 100 live births | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.96 deaths per 100 live births | 2.65 deaths per 100 live births | 3.2 deaths per 100 live births | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.32 deaths per 100 live births | 2.21 deaths per 100 live births | 2.55 deaths per 100 live births | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.15 deaths per 100 live births | 2.09 deaths per 100 live births | 2.2 deaths per 100 live births | 5 |
Countries ranked near Vanuatu
- 83 Trinidad and Tobago 2.1 deaths per 100 live births compare
- 84 Azerbaijan 2.1 deaths per 100 live births compare
- 85 Jamaica 2.1 deaths per 100 live births compare
- 87 North Korea 2.03 deaths per 100 live births compare
- 88 Vietnam 1.98 deaths per 100 live births compare
- 89 Suriname 1.98 deaths per 100 live births compare
More health data for Vanuatu
- Number of infants who die before age 1 44 deaths (2100)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 695.7 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Deaths in armed conflicts by region 0 deaths (2026)
- Deaths in armed conflicts based on where they occurred 0 deaths (2026)
- Age population, age 15, male, interpolated 3,729 (2025)
- Age population, age 17, male, interpolated 3,405 (2025)
- Age population, age 17, female, interpolated 3,221 (2025)
- Age population, age 16, male, interpolated 3,581 (2025)
- Age population, age 16, female, interpolated 3,380 (2025)
- Age population, age 14, male, interpolated 3,858 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is youth mortality rate in Vanuatu?
- Youth mortality rate in Vanuatu was 2.09 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 youth mortality rate recorded in Vanuatu?
- The highest recorded value was 4.18 deaths per 100 live births in 1990.
- What is the lowest youth mortality rate recorded in Vanuatu?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.09 deaths per 100 live births in 2024.
- How does Vanuatu rank for youth mortality rate?
- Vanuatu ranks 86th out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
- Is youth mortality rate rising or falling in Vanuatu?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Vanuatu 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 Youth mortality rate. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The estimated number of deaths of children aged under fifteen years, per 100 live births.