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Jamaica - Infant Mortality Rate 1998

Name: Jamaica Infant Mortality Rate 1998
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Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births · World Bank

20.1 −0.6 from 1997 Global rank: 79th

Jamaica's infant mortality rate was 20.1 in 1998, decreased +0.6 from 20.7 in 1997. This was the 79th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1998▾

Infant Mortality Rate by Country - 1998
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Singapore	3.4	-5.6%
2nd	Sweden	3.5	-2.8%
3rd	Iceland	3.6	-5.3%
4th	Japan	3.6	-5.3%
5th	Finland	3.8	-2.6%
6th	Norway	4.1	-2.4%
7th	France	4.4	-4.3%
8th	Luxembourg	4.4	-6.4%
9th	Monaco	4.5	-4.3%
10th	Germany	4.7	-2.1%
11th	Spain	4.7	-4.1%
12th	Austria	4.8	-4.0%
13th	Switzerland	4.8	-2.0%
14th	Denmark	4.8	-4.0%
15th	Slovenia	5.1	-5.6%
16th	Czechia	5.2	-8.8%
17th	Australia	5.3	-1.9%
18th	Belgium	5.3	-5.4%
19th	Italy	5.3	-5.4%
20th	Netherlands	5.3	-1.9%
21st	Canada	5.4	-1.8%
22nd	United Kingdom	5.7	-1.7%
23rd	San Marino	5.8	-7.9%
24th	Ireland	6.1	0.0%
25th	Israel	6.1	-4.7%
26th	Greece	6.3	-6.0%
27th	Portugal	6.3	-4.5%
28th	New Zealand	6.4	-3.0%
29th	European Union	6.5	-5.0%
30th	Cyprus	6.6	-5.7%
31st	Korea	6.6	-5.7%
32nd	Andorra	7.1	-4.1%
33rd	Malta	7.2	-5.3%
34th	United States	7.3	-2.7%
35th	Cuba	7.4	-5.1%
36th	Croatia	7.7	-3.8%
37th	United Arab Emirates	8.8	-2.2%
38th	Brunei Darussalam	8.8	-3.3%
39th	Slovak Republic	8.8	-4.3%
40th	Turks and Caicos Islands	8.8	-5.4%
41st	Malaysia	8.9	-5.3%
42nd	Lithuania	9.3	-5.1%
43rd	Hungary	9.5	-4.0%
44th	Poland	9.5	-8.7%
45th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	9.6	-5.9%
46th	Chile	10.0	-2.0%
47th	Estonia	10.3	-7.2%
48th	Kuwait	11.2	-2.6%
49th	Qatar	11.2	-4.3%
50th	Belarus	11.4	-4.2%
51st	Seychelles	11.8	0.0%
52nd	Bahrain	11.9	-8.5%
53rd	Costa Rica	12.1	-1.6%
54th	Serbia	12.3	-8.9%
55th	Antigua and Barbuda	12.6	-0.8%
56th	Barbados	12.8	-0.8%
57th	Montenegro	13.3	-1.5%
58th	Latvia	13.4	-6.9%
59th	Bahamas, The	13.9	-2.8%
60th	Grenada	13.9	-2.1%
61st	Sri Lanka	14.1	-4.7%
62nd	Tonga	14.5	-2.0%
63rd	British Virgin Islands	15.0	-2.0%
64th	Bulgaria	15.4	-1.9%
65th	Oman	15.4	-7.2%
66th	Dominica	16.0	1.9%
67th	St. Lucia	16.0	-0.6%
68th	Uruguay	16.0	-4.8%
69th	North Macedonia	16.3	-5.2%
70th	Russian Federation	16.8	-2.3%
71st	Fiji	16.9	-1.7%
72nd	Samoa	17.5	-3.3%
73rd	Argentina	18.1	-4.2%
74th	Ukraine	18.9	-2.1%
75th	Mauritius	19.0	-3.6%
76th	Lebanon	19.4	-4.4%
77th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	19.4	1.0%
78th	Albania	19.6	-4.4%
79th	Jamaica	20.1	-2.9%
80th	Romania	20.2	-5.2%
81st	Thailand	20.5	-4.7%
82nd	Belize	21.1	-3.7%
83rd	Panama	21.2	-1.4%
84th	St. Kitts and Nevis	21.6	-2.7%
85th	Vanuatu	22.2	-2.2%
86th	Syrian Arab Republic	22.5	-4.7%
87th	Saudi Arabia	22.6	-6.6%
88th	Libya	22.8	-3.0%
89th	Colombia	23.0	-3.0%
90th	Solomon Islands	23.8	-1.7%
91st	Viet Nam	23.9	-5.5%
92nd	Palau	24.0	-3.2%
93rd	Jordan	24.2	-3.2%
94th	Mexico	26.1	-4.4%
95th	Tunisia	26.7	-5.3%
96th	Trinidad and Tobago	26.8	-1.1%
97th	Ecuador	27.1	-5.9%
98th	West Bank and Gaza	28.2	-3.4%
99th	Philippines	28.3	-2.4%
100th	Suriname	29.2	-3.0%
101st	El Salvador	29.8	-5.7%
102nd	Paraguay	29.9	-2.3%
103rd	Armenia	30.9	-4.9%
104th	Moldova	32.1	-4.2%
105th	Georgia	32.7	-4.1%
106th	Brazil	33.0	-6.0%
107th	Marshall Islands	33.1	1.2%
108th	China	33.8	-5.1%
109th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	34.7	-4.4%
110th	Peru	35.1	-7.9%
111th	Micronesia, Federated States of	35.3	-2.5%
112th	Cabo Verde	35.5	-7.6%
113th	Dominican Republic	35.5	-3.3%
114th	Türkiye	35.8	-6.8%
115th	Algeria	36.6	-2.1%
116th	Nicaragua	37.3	1.9%
117th	Tuvalu	38.0	-2.8%
118th	Iraq	39.7	-1.5%
119th	Kazakhstan	40.5	-4.7%
120th	Nauru	40.9	-4.2%
121st	Honduras	41.2	23.4%
122nd	Maldives	41.2	-8.6%
123rd	Botswana	41.7	0.2%
124th	Guyana	43.3	-2.3%
125th	Guatemala	43.9	-3.7%
126th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	44.3	-5.7%
127th	Indonesia	45.2	-4.4%
128th	South Africa	45.9	0.2%
129th	Morocco	48.7	-3.6%
130th	Namibia	48.7	-1.8%
131st	Kyrgyz Republic	48.8	-4.9%
132nd	Kosovo	51.4	-7.7%
133rd	Kiribati	52.2	-3.0%
134th	Gabon	53.0	-2.0%
135th	Mongolia	54.1	-5.4%
136th	Eritrea	55.0	-4.5%
137th	São Tomé and Principe	56.9	-4.4%
138th	Papua New Guinea	57.6	-1.4%
139th	Zimbabwe	58.3	-0.3%
140th	Uzbekistan	58.5	-1.8%
141st	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	61.4	-1.4%
142nd	Turkmenistan	64.0	-2.9%
143rd	Ghana	65.3	-1.8%
144th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	65.9	-4.5%
145th	Bhutan	66.8	-5.2%
146th	Bangladesh	66.9	-5.1%
147th	Azerbaijan	67.8	-4.6%
148th	Kenya	67.9	-2.2%
149th	Nepal	68.6	-5.0%
150th	Comoros	69.6	-3.6%
151st	Eswatini	69.7	3.0%
152nd	India	70.2	-2.5%
153rd	Madagascar	71.0	-3.8%
154th	Mauritania	71.3	-1.2%
155th	Tajikistan	71.8	-5.9%
156th	Congo, Republic of	73.3	2.2%
157th	Sudan	74.4	-2.2%
158th	Togo	74.9	-2.3%
159th	Haiti	75.7	-3.3%
160th	Lesotho	76.7	0.4%
161st	Senegal	77.0	-0.1%
162nd	Myanmar	77.2	-2.0%
163rd	Gambia, The	78.1	-3.2%
164th	Yemen, Republic of	82.1	-2.8%
165th	Djibouti	83.1	-1.0%
166th	Benin	83.2	-2.0%
167th	Cameroon	85.5	-0.7%
168th	Lao PDR	92.1	-2.6%
169th	Burundi	93.0	-1.8%
170th	Tanzania	93.8	-3.1%
171st	Pakistan	93.9	-2.6%
172nd	Zambia	94.4	-1.5%
173rd	Cambodia	94.8	-1.0%
174th	Côte d'Ivoire	94.9	-1.5%
175th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	95.0	-1.5%
176th	Uganda	95.5	-1.6%
177th	Burkina Faso	96.0	-1.7%
178th	Nigeria	101.6	-1.7%
179th	Central African Republic	102.5	-1.1%
180th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	104.3	0.0%
181st	Guinea	104.6	-3.4%
182nd	Chad	105.3	-1.4%
183rd	Guinea-Bissau	105.5	-2.2%
184th	Mali	108.7	-2.2%
185th	Malawi	109.1	-2.1%
186th	Equatorial Guinea	111.6	-1.7%
187th	Niger	115.0	-3.4%
188th	Afghanistan	115.9	-2.4%
189th	Mozambique	118.8	-5.0%
190th	Angola	119.8	-1.4%
191st	Rwanda	124.3	-2.9%
192nd	Timor-Leste	126.2	0.2%
193rd	Sierra Leone	127.8	-1.5%
194th	Liberia	139.5	-4.9%
195th	South Sudan	234.6	67.0%

FAQ

What was Jamaica's infant mortality rate in 1998?▾

Jamaica's infant mortality rate in 1998 was 20.1. This ranked 79th globally.

How did Jamaica's infant mortality rate change in 1998?▾

Jamaica's infant mortality rate decreased by 2.9% in 1998 compared to 1997.

Which country had the highest infant mortality rate in 1998?▾

South Sudan had the highest infant mortality rate in 1998 at 234.6.

What is the infant mortality rate of Jamaica in 1998?▾

The infant mortality rate of Jamaica in 1998 was 20.1. This ranked 79th globally.

How does 1998 compare to 1997 for Jamaica's infant mortality rate?▾

Jamaica's infant mortality rate went from 20.7 in 1997 to 20.1 in 1998, a 2.9% decrease.

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