Dominica

Child mortality in Dominica

Child mortality in Dominica: 13.6 per 100 live births in 1960 and 3.6 per 100 live births in 2024, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates.

Latest, 2024
3.6 per 100 live births
Since 1960
−10.1 per 100 live births
Rank, 2024
52 of 200
counting from the highest
World, 2024
3.7 per 100 live births
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deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME

Child mortality in DominicaChild mortality in Dominica: 13.6 per 100 live births in 1960 and 3.6 per 100 live births in 2024, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. The highest was 13.6 per 100 live births in 1960, the lowest 1.8 per 100 live births in 1992.
Estimates, Gapminder and UN IGMEWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 13.6 per 100 live births in 1960, the lowest 1.8 per 100 live births in 1992.

Every year

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

YearDominicaWorld
20243.63.7
20233.53.8
20223.54
20213.44
20203.43.9
20193.34
20183.24
20173.14.1
201634.2
20152.94.3
20142.84.4
20132.74.5
20122.74.7
20112.65
20102.55.1
20092.45.3
20082.45.5
20072.35.7
20062.26
20052.26.2
20042.16.6
20032.16.8
200227.1
200127.4
20001.97.7
19991.97.9
19981.98.3
19971.98.4
19961.88.6
19951.88.8
19941.88.9
19931.89.1
19921.89.2
19911.89.3
19901.99.4
19891.99.5
19881.910
198729.9
1986210.3
19852.110.6
19842.110.9
19832.211.1
19822.311.2
19812.511.6
19802.611.9
19793.311.9
19782.912.3
19773.112.6
19763.412.8
19753.613.1
19743.913.3
19734.213.5
19724.613.7
1971513.9
19705.514.2
1969614.6
19686.615
19677.215.3
19667.815.1
19658.615.1
19649.415.7
196310.316.2
196211.317
196112.418.8
196013.620.2
1959–19.9
1958–19.7
1957–20.5
1956–21.3
1955–22.3
1954–22.8
1953–23.3
1952–23.9
1951–24.3
1950–24.7
1949–24.9
1948–24.9
1947–25.5
1946–25.8
1945–26.7
1944–27.4
1943–27.7
1942–27.9
1941–27.8
1940–27.9
1939–28
1938–28.7
1937–28.8
1936–29.1
1935–29.5
1934–30.7
1933–30.5
1932–30.7
1931–31.4
1930–31.6
1929–32
1928–31.9
1927–31.9
1926–32.7
1925–32.4
1924–33.1
1923–33.1
1922–33.2
1921–34.2
1920–34.4
1919–35.7
1918–37.6
1917–35.3
1916–35.1
1915–35.3
1914–35.4
1913–35.1
1912–35.5
1911–36
1910–36.4
1909–36.6
1908–37.2
1907–37.4
1906–38.1
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

Good to know

  • 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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