Child mortality in Jamaica

Child mortality in Jamaica: 26.5 per 100 live births in 1879 and 1.8 per 100 live births in 2024, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates.

Latest, 2024: 1.8 per 100 live births
Since 1879: −24.7 per 100 live births
Rank, 2024: 82 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

Estimates, Gapminder and UN IGMEWorld

What the numbers say

The highest was 36.4 per 100 live births in 1907, the lowest 1.8 per 100 live births in 2024.

Every year

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

Year	Jamaica	World
2024	1.8	3.7
2023	1.8	3.8
2022	1.8	4
2021	1.9	4
2020	1.9	3.9
2019	1.9	4
2018	1.9	4
2017	1.9	4.1
2016	1.9	4.2
2015	1.9	4.3
2014	1.9	4.4
2013	1.9	4.5
2012	1.9	4.7
2011	1.9	5
2010	1.9	5.1
2009	1.9	5.3
2008	1.9	5.5
2007	1.9	5.7
2006	1.9	6
2005	1.9	6.2
2004	1.9	6.6
2003	1.9	6.8
2002	2	7.1
2001	2	7.4
2000	2.1	7.7
1999	2.1	7.9
1998	2.2	8.3
1997	2.3	8.4
1996	2.3	8.6
1995	2.4	8.8
1994	2.5	8.9
1993	2.6	9.1
1992	2.7	9.2
1991	2.7	9.3
1990	2.8	9.4
1989	2.9	9.5
1988	2.9	10
1987	3	9.9
1986	3.1	10.3
1985	3.2	10.6
1984	3.3	10.9
1983	3.4	11.1
1982	3.5	11.2
1981	3.6	11.6
1980	3.8	11.9
1979	3.9	11.9
1978	4	12.3
1977	4.2	12.6
1976	4.3	12.8
1975	4.5	13.1
1974	4.7	13.3
1973	4.9	13.5
1972	5.1	13.7
1971	5.4	13.9
1970	5.6	14.2
1969	5.8	14.6
1968	6.1	15
1967	6.3	15.3
1966	6.5	15.1
1965	6.7	15.1
1964	6.9	15.7
1963	7.2	16.2
1962	7.5	17
1961	7.8	18.8
1960	8.2	20.2
1959	8.6	19.9
1958	9.1	19.7
1957	9.6	20.5
1956	10.1	21.3
1955	10.7	22.3
1954	11.3	22.8
1953	11.9	23.3
1952	12.6	23.9
1951	13.3	24.3
1950	14.1	24.7
1949	13	24.9
1948	13.4	24.9
1947	14	25.5
1946	14.5	25.8
1945	15.3	26.7
1944	14.7	27.4
1943	13.7	27.7
1942	14.6	27.9
1941	15.7	27.8
1940	17.2	27.9
1939	18.8	28
1938	20.4	28.7
1937	18.3	28.8
1936	20.7	29.1
1935	22	29.5
1934	20.9	30.7
1933	24.3	30.5
1932	22.6	30.7
1931	25	31.4
1930	22.6	31.6
1929	26	32
1928	25.5	31.9
1927	28.1	31.9
1926	27.3	32.7
1925	28.1	32.4
1924	26.2	33.1
1923	27.8	33.1
1922	28.8	33.2
1921	32	34.2
1920	28.1	34.4
1919	26.4	35.7
1918	28.6	37.6
1917	30.1	35.3
1916	28.6	35.1
1915	28.6	35.3
1914	27.2	35.4
1913	27.9	35.1
1912	31.6	35.5
1911	30.6	36
1910	28.9	36.4
1909	28.4	36.6
1908	27.9	37.2
1907	36.4	37.4
1906	32.2	38.1
1905	26.9	38.8
1904	31.4	38.9
1903	30.4	39.5
1902	26.4	40.1
1901	26.5	40.8
1900	28.3	40.9
1899	27.6	40.8
1898	28.4	41.2
1897	28.8	41
1896	28.6	41.1
1895	28.9	41.3
1894	27.3	41.2
1893	27.5	41.2
1892	26.7	41.7
1891	28.4	41.3
1890	30.6	41.5
1889	28.4	41.2
1888	26.4	41
1887	27.6	41.1
1886	25	41.1
1885	25.9	41.2
1884	27	41.1
1883	24.8	41.4
1882	22.6	41.5
1881	28.1	41.1
1880	32	41.6
1879	26.5	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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