Child mortality in Barbados

Child mortality in Barbados: 68.2 per 100 live births in 1906 and 1 per 100 live births in 2024, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates.

Latest, 2024: 1 per 100 live births
Since 1906: −67.2 per 100 live births
World, 2024: 3.7 per 100 live births

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deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME

Estimates, Gapminder and UN IGMEWorld

Every year

deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME

Year	Barbados	World
2024	1	3.7
2023	1	3.8
2022	1	4
2021	1.1	4
2020	1.1	3.9
2019	1.1	4
2018	1.2	4
2017	1.2	4.1
2016	1.2	4.2
2015	1.3	4.3
2014	1.3	4.4
2013	1.3	4.5
2012	1.4	4.7
2011	1.4	5
2010	1.4	5.1
2009	1.4	5.3
2008	1.4	5.5
2007	1.5	5.7
2006	1.5	6
2005	1.5	6.2
2004	1.5	6.6
2003	1.5	6.8
2002	1.5	7.1
2001	1.5	7.4
2000	1.4	7.7
1999	1.4	7.9
1998	1.4	8.3
1997	1.4	8.4
1996	1.5	8.6
1995	1.5	8.8
1994	1.5	8.9
1993	1.6	9.1
1992	1.7	9.2
1991	1.7	9.3
1990	1.8	9.4
1989	1.9	9.5
1988	2	10
1987	2.1	9.9
1986	2.1	10.3
1985	2.2	10.6
1984	2.3	10.9
1983	2.3	11.1
1982	2.4	11.2
1981	2.6	11.6
1980	2.7	11.9
1979	2.9	11.9
1978	3	12.3
1977	3.2	12.6
1976	3.4	12.8
1975	3.6	13.1
1974	3.9	13.3
1973	4.1	13.5
1972	4.3	13.7
1971	4.6	13.9
1970	4.8	14.2
1969	5	14.6
1968	5.3	15
1967	5.5	15.3
1966	5.8	15.1
1965	6.1	15.1
1964	6.5	15.7
1963	6.9	16.2
1962	7.3	17
1961	7.9	18.8
1960	8.5	20.2
1959	9.2	19.9
1958	10.1	19.7
1957	11.2	20.5
1956	12.5	21.3
1955	13.8	22.3
1954	15	22.8
1953	16.1	23.3
1952	17	23.9
1951	17.8	24.3
1950	18.4	24.7
1949	19	24.9
1948	25	24.9
1947	27	25.5
1946	26	25.8
1945	24.1	26.7
1944	27.8	27.4
1943	26.7	27.7
1942	28.4	27.9
1941	36.4	27.8
1940	29.3	27.9
1939	31.6	28
1938	35.9	28.7
1937	35.3	28.8
1936	32.2	29.1
1935	35.8	29.5
1934	41.6	30.7
1933	38.2	30.5
1932	32.2	30.7
1931	48.4	31.4
1930	37.5	31.6
1929	38.8	32
1928	53.8	31.9
1927	32.7	31.9
1926	51	32.7
1925	50.7	32.4
1924	48.4	33.1
1923	59.8	33.1
1922	30.4	33.2
1921	65.1	34.2
1920	43.9	34.4
1919	57.2	35.7
1918	33.3	37.6
1917	46.9	35.3
1916	39.3	35.1
1915	31.4	35.3
1914	65.5	35.4
1913	39.5	35.1
1912	67.6	35.5
1911	42.7	36
1910	43.5	36.4
1909	40.9	36.6
1908	51.8	37.2
1907	49	37.4
1906	68.2	38.1
1905	–	38.8
1904	–	38.9
1903	–	39.5
1902	–	40.1
1901	–	40.8
1900	–	40.9
1899	–	40.8
1898	–	41.2
1897	–	41
1896	–	41.1
1895	–	41.3
1894	–	41.2
1893	–	41.2
1892	–	41.7
1891	–	41.3
1890	–	41.5
1889	–	41.2
1888	–	41
1887	–	41.1
1886	–	41.1
1885	–	41.2
1884	–	41.1
1883	–	41.4
1882	–	41.5
1881	–	41.1
1880	–	41.6
1879	–	41.1
1878	–	41.6
1877	–	41.2
1876	–	41.4
1875	–	41.5
1874	–	41.7
1873	–	41.8
1872	–	42.1
1871	–	42.2
1870	–	41.9
1869	–	42.1
1868	–	42.4
1867	–	42
1866	–	42.1
1865	–	42.3
1864	–	42.2
1863	–	42.5
1862	–	42.6
1861	–	42.9
1860	–	42.9
1859	–	43.7
1858	–	43.8
1857	–	44.2
1856	–	44.2
1855	–	44
1854	–	43.7
1853	–	43.2
1852	–	42.9
1851	–	42.4
1850	–	42
1849	–	42.3
1848	–	42.3
1847	–	42.2
1846	–	42.4
1845	–	42
1844	–	42.1
1843	–	42.1
1842	–	42.2
1841	–	42.1
1840	–	42.1
1839	–	42.1
1838	–	42.2
1837	–	42.2
1836	–	42.2
1835	–	42.2
1834	–	42.3
1833	–	42.2
1832	–	42.2
1831	–	42.2
1830	–	42.2
1829	–	42.1
1828	–	42.1
1827	–	42.1
1826	–	42.1
1825	–	42.1
1824	–	42.1
1823	–	42.1
1822	–	42.1
1821	–	42.1
1820	–	42.1
1819	–	42.2
1818	–	42.2
1817	–	42.2
1816	–	42.2
1815	–	42.2
1814	–	42.3
1813	–	42.3
1812	–	42.4
1811	–	42.4
1810	–	42.5
1809	–	42.5
1808	–	42.5
1807	–	42.5
1806	–	42.6
1805	–	42.6
1804	–	42.6
1803	–	42.6
1802	–	42.7
1801	–	42.7
1800	–	42.8

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The share of children who die before their fifth birthday.
Source: Gapminder (2015) and UN IGME (2025), via Our World in Data.
Ranks count the 200 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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