Jamaica
Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births)

Infant mortality rate is the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.

Global rank#78out of 196 countries
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Historical trend

65.353.140.828.616.4196019922024Jamaica · 2024: 16.40Jamaica

Analytical takeaways

  • Jamaica records 16.40 for Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) in 2024, ranking #78 globally out of 196 countries.
  • Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) declined from 65.30 in 1960 to 16.40 in 2024, a decrease of 48.90.
  • The country sits in the middle of the global distribution for this metric, making the page a balanced entry point for comparative analysis beyond the extremes.

Comparison

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