Jamaica
Infant mortality in Jamaica
Infant mortality in Jamaica: 99.8 per 1,000 live births in 1950 and 15.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 15.9 per 1,000 live births
- Since 1950
- −83.9 per 1,000 live births
- Rank, 2023
- 81 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 27.3 per 1,000 live births
- Projected, 2100
- 4.4 per 1,000 live births
- UN projection (medium variant)
deaths per 1,000 live births · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 4.4 per 1,000 live births in 2100, between 1.5 per 1,000 live births and 26.4 per 1,000 live births (95% prediction interval).
- The highest was 99.8 per 1,000 live births in 1950, the lowest 15.7 per 1,000 live births in 2016.
Every year
deaths per 1,000 live births · UN
| Year | Jamaica | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 15.9 | 27.3 |
| 2022 | 15.9 | 28.2 |
| 2021 | 15.9 | 28.4 |
| 2020 | 15.9 | 28.7 |
| 2019 | 15.9 | 29.2 |
| 2018 | 15.8 | 29.7 |
| 2017 | 15.7 | 30.3 |
| 2016 | 15.7 | 31.1 |
| 2015 | 15.7 | 32.1 |
| 2014 | 15.7 | 32.9 |
| 2013 | 15.8 | 33.9 |
| 2012 | 15.8 | 35 |
| 2011 | 15.9 | 36.8 |
| 2010 | 15.9 | 37.7 |
| 2009 | 15.9 | 39.1 |
| 2008 | 16 | 40.4 |
| 2007 | 16 | 42 |
| 2006 | 16 | 43.7 |
| 2005 | 16.1 | 45.4 |
| 2004 | 16.2 | 47.2 |
| 2003 | 16.3 | 48.8 |
| 2002 | 16.6 | 50.6 |
| 2001 | 17 | 52.2 |
| 2000 | 17.3 | 53.7 |
| 1999 | 17.8 | 55.5 |
| 1998 | 18.3 | 57.1 |
| 1997 | 18.9 | 58.3 |
| 1996 | 19.5 | 59.6 |
| 1995 | 20.1 | 60.8 |
| 1994 | 20.7 | 62 |
| 1993 | 21.4 | 62.9 |
| 1992 | 21.9 | 64.1 |
| 1991 | 22.6 | 64.9 |
| 1990 | 23.1 | 64.9 |
| 1989 | 23.7 | 66.2 |
| 1988 | 24.5 | 68 |
| 1987 | 25.1 | 68.6 |
| 1986 | 26 | 70.8 |
| 1985 | 26.5 | 72.9 |
| 1984 | 27.3 | 74.6 |
| 1983 | 28.1 | 76.1 |
| 1982 | 29 | 76.6 |
| 1981 | 30 | 78.7 |
| 1980 | 31 | 80.6 |
| 1979 | 32.2 | 82.5 |
| 1978 | 33.2 | 84.7 |
| 1977 | 34.4 | 86.4 |
| 1976 | 35.6 | 88.1 |
| 1975 | 37 | 89.6 |
| 1974 | 38.5 | 90.9 |
| 1973 | 40 | 92.1 |
| 1972 | 41.7 | 93.6 |
| 1971 | 43.3 | 96.1 |
| 1970 | 45 | 96.9 |
| 1969 | 46.6 | 98.3 |
| 1968 | 48.2 | 100.2 |
| 1967 | 49.8 | 103.1 |
| 1966 | 51.4 | 104.9 |
| 1965 | 53.1 | 106.4 |
| 1964 | 54.8 | 106.1 |
| 1963 | 56.7 | 107.7 |
| 1962 | 58.9 | 110.2 |
| 1961 | 61.2 | 121.5 |
| 1960 | 63.9 | 131.8 |
| 1959 | 66.8 | 125.7 |
| 1958 | 69.9 | 117.7 |
| 1957 | 73.3 | 120 |
| 1956 | 76.9 | 121.9 |
| 1955 | 80.5 | 124.8 |
| 1954 | 84.2 | 127.7 |
| 1953 | 88 | 130.1 |
| 1952 | 91.8 | 132.7 |
| 1951 | 96.1 | 136 |
| 1950 | 99.8 | 138.1 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Jamaica | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 15.411.8–20.3 | 26.9 |
| 2025 | 15.110.5–22 | 26.4 |
| 2026 | 14.79.2–23.1 | 25.9 |
| 2027 | 14.38.3–24.1 | 25.4 |
| 2028 | 13.97.7–24.8 | 24.9 |
| 2029 | 13.57.4–25.9 | 24.5 |
| 2030 | 13.26.7–26.1 | 24 |
| 2031 | 12.86.2–26.4 | 23.6 |
| 2032 | 12.55.9–26.2 | 23.2 |
| 2033 | 12.35.5–27.3 | 22.8 |
| 2034 | 125.3–27.4 | 22.3 |
| 2035 | 11.75.3–27.7 | 21.9 |
| 2036 | 11.55–27.9 | 21.5 |
| 2037 | 11.34.8–28 | 21.1 |
| 2038 | 11.14.7–28.4 | 20.8 |
| 2039 | 10.94.5–28.4 | 20.4 |
| 2040 | 10.74.3–28.2 | 20 |
| 2041 | 10.54.1–28.4 | 19.7 |
| 2042 | 10.33.9–28.1 | 19.4 |
| 2043 | 10.13.8–28.3 | 19 |
| 2044 | 9.93.7–28.5 | 18.7 |
| 2045 | 9.73.6–28.2 | 18.4 |
| 2046 | 9.53.5–29 | 18.2 |
| 2047 | 9.33.5–30.2 | 17.9 |
| 2048 | 9.13.3–29.8 | 17.7 |
| 2049 | 8.93.2–29.5 | 17.5 |
| 2050 | 8.73.1–29.6 | 17.3 |
| 2051 | 8.63.1–29.8 | 17.1 |
| 2052 | 8.43–30.4 | 16.9 |
| 2053 | 8.33–29.9 | 16.7 |
| 2054 | 8.12.9–30.1 | 16.5 |
| 2055 | 82.9–30.6 | 16.3 |
| 2056 | 7.82.8–31.6 | 16.1 |
| 2057 | 7.72.7–30.4 | 15.9 |
| 2058 | 7.52.6–30.4 | 15.7 |
| 2059 | 7.42.6–30.1 | 15.5 |
| 2060 | 7.22.5–29.5 | 15.3 |
| 2061 | 7.12.5–29.8 | 15.1 |
| 2062 | 72.4–28.7 | 14.9 |
| 2063 | 6.92.4–29.3 | 14.7 |
| 2064 | 6.72.3–28.1 | 14.5 |
| 2065 | 6.62.2–27.8 | 14.3 |
| 2066 | 6.52.2–27.4 | 14.1 |
| 2067 | 6.42.2–27.1 | 13.9 |
| 2068 | 6.32.2–27.8 | 13.8 |
| 2069 | 6.22.1–27.8 | 13.6 |
| 2070 | 6.12.1–27.3 | 13.4 |
| 2071 | 62.1–27.7 | 13.2 |
| 2072 | 62–28 | 13 |
| 2073 | 5.92–27 | 12.9 |
| 2074 | 5.82–27.2 | 12.7 |
| 2075 | 5.82–27.2 | 12.6 |
| 2076 | 5.71.9–26.8 | 12.4 |
| 2077 | 5.61.9–26.5 | 12.3 |
| 2078 | 5.61.8–27 | 12.1 |
| 2079 | 5.51.8–27.2 | 12 |
| 2080 | 5.41.8–26.5 | 11.8 |
| 2081 | 5.41.8–27.1 | 11.7 |
| 2082 | 5.31.8–27.1 | 11.6 |
| 2083 | 5.21.8–26.7 | 11.5 |
| 2084 | 5.21.8–26.9 | 11.4 |
| 2085 | 5.11.7–26.4 | 11.3 |
| 2086 | 51.7–25.5 | 11.1 |
| 2087 | 51.7–25.8 | 11 |
| 2088 | 4.91.7–26.3 | 10.9 |
| 2089 | 4.91.7–27 | 10.8 |
| 2090 | 4.81.6–27 | 10.7 |
| 2091 | 4.81.6–27 | 10.6 |
| 2092 | 4.71.6–26.5 | 10.5 |
| 2093 | 4.71.6–26.9 | 10.4 |
| 2094 | 4.71.6–26.9 | 10.3 |
| 2095 | 4.61.6–27.2 | 10.1 |
| 2096 | 4.61.6–26.7 | 10 |
| 2097 | 4.51.6–26.6 | 9.9 |
| 2098 | 4.51.6–27 | 9.8 |
| 2099 | 4.41.5–26.3 | 9.7 |
| 2100 | 4.41.5–26.4 | 9.6 |
Good to know
- Babies who die before their first birthday, per 1,000 born alive.
- Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
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- Military spending1.37% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$280M in 2025
- Military spending per person$101 in 2025
- Military share of state spending4.1% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel6,000 people in 2020
- National power0.02% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.41% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports10 million TIV in 2024