Trinidad & Tobago

Child mortality in Trinidad & Tobago

Child mortality in Trinidad & Tobago: 22 per 100 live births in 1918 and 1.9 per 100 live births in 2024, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates.

Latest, 2024
1.9 per 100 live births
Since 1918
−20.2 per 100 live births
Rank, 2024
77 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 Trinidad & TobagoChild mortality in Trinidad & Tobago: 22 per 100 live births in 1918 and 1.9 per 100 live births in 2024, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. The highest was 28.4 per 100 live births in 1920, the lowest 1.9 per 100 live births in 2024.
Estimates, Gapminder and UN IGMEWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 28.4 per 100 live births in 1920, the lowest 1.9 per 100 live births in 2024.

Every year

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

YearTrinidad & TobagoWorld
20241.93.7
20231.93.8
202224
202124
20202.13.9
20192.14
20182.24
20172.24.1
20162.24.2
20152.34.3
20142.34.4
20132.44.5
20122.44.7
20112.45
20102.55.1
20092.55.3
20082.65.5
20072.65.7
20062.76
20052.76.2
20042.76.6
20032.86.8
20022.87.1
20012.97.4
20002.97.7
19992.97.9
199838.3
199738.4
199638.6
199538.8
19943.18.9
19933.19.1
19923.19.2
19913.29.3
19903.29.4
19893.39.5
19883.310
19873.49.9
19863.510.3
19853.510.6
19843.610.9
19833.711.1
19823.811.2
19813.911.6
1980411.9
19794.111.9
19784.212.3
19774.412.6
19764.512.8
19754.613.1
19744.713.3
19734.913.5
1972513.7
19715.113.9
19705.214.2
19695.314.6
19685.415
19675.615.3
19665.715.1
19655.815.1
1964615.7
19636.216.2
19626.417
19616.618.8
19606.820.2
19597.119.9
19587.319.7
19577.520.5
19567.821.3
19558.122.3
19548.322.8
19538.623.3
1952–23.9
1951–24.3
1950–24.7
194911.424.9
194810.524.9
194711.525.5
194611.225.8
194512.126.7
194411.427.4
194313.727.7
194218.527.9
194116.627.8
19401627.9
193915.728
193814.628.7
193718.728.8
193614.429.1
193514.729.5
19342030.7
193320.730.5
193216.630.7
193123.231.4
19302031.6
192920.232
192820.431.9
192718.831.9
19262332.7
192521.332.4
192419.433.1
192320.533.1
192222.233.2
192122.434.2
192028.434.4
191925.235.7
19182237.6
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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