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Jamaica - Infant Mortality Rate 2016

Name: Jamaica Infant Mortality Rate 2016
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Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births · World Bank

17.6 +0.0 from 2015 Global rank: 113th

Jamaica's infant mortality rate was 17.6 in 2016, increased +0.0 from 17.6 in 2015. This was the 113th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2016▾

Infant Mortality Rate by Country - 2016
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	San Marino	1.8	-5.3%
2nd	Finland	1.9	-5.0%
3rd	Iceland	2.0	0.0%
4th	Japan	2.0	0.0%
5th	Luxembourg	2.1	-4.5%
6th	Norway	2.1	-4.5%
7th	Slovenia	2.1	0.0%
8th	Singapore	2.2	0.0%
9th	Estonia	2.3	-8.0%
10th	Sweden	2.3	0.0%
11th	Cyprus	2.4	0.0%
12th	Czechia	2.6	0.0%
13th	Spain	2.7	0.0%
14th	Korea	2.8	-3.4%
15th	Monaco	2.8	-3.4%
16th	Belarus	2.9	-6.5%
17th	Italy	2.9	-3.3%
18th	Portugal	2.9	0.0%
19th	Austria	3.0	-3.2%
20th	Ireland	3.1	-3.1%
21st	Israel	3.1	0.0%
22nd	Andorra	3.2	-5.9%
23rd	Australia	3.2	-3.0%
24th	France	3.2	0.0%
25th	Montenegro	3.2	-8.6%
26th	Germany	3.3	0.0%
27th	Belgium	3.4	0.0%
28th	European Union	3.5	-1.7%
29th	Denmark	3.5	0.0%
30th	Netherlands	3.5	0.0%
31st	Greece	3.6	0.0%
32nd	Switzerland	3.7	0.0%
33rd	United Kingdom	3.8	-2.6%
34th	Hungary	4.0	-4.8%
35th	Lithuania	4.0	-2.4%
36th	Latvia	4.0	-7.0%
37th	Croatia	4.1	-2.4%
38th	Poland	4.1	-2.4%
39th	Canada	4.6	-2.1%
40th	New Zealand	4.6	-2.1%
41st	Turks and Caicos Islands	4.8	-2.0%
42nd	Cuba	4.9	2.1%
43rd	Slovak Republic	5.1	0.0%
44th	Serbia	5.2	-3.7%
45th	Malta	5.7	-1.7%
46th	United States	5.7	-1.7%
47th	United Arab Emirates	5.8	-4.9%
48th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	5.9	0.0%
49th	Russian Federation	6.1	-7.6%
50th	Qatar	6.2	-3.1%
51st	Bahrain	6.3	0.0%
52nd	Bulgaria	6.4	-5.9%
53rd	Chile	6.7	-1.5%
54th	Malaysia	6.7	1.5%
55th	Saudi Arabia	6.9	-6.8%
56th	Sri Lanka	7.0	-5.4%
57th	Romania	7.1	-7.8%
58th	Uruguay	7.2	-4.0%
59th	Albania	7.6	0.0%
60th	China	7.6	-7.3%
61st	Costa Rica	7.7	-1.3%
62nd	Kuwait	7.7	-1.3%
63rd	Maldives	8.0	-5.9%
64th	Antigua and Barbuda	8.4	-2.3%
65th	Brunei Darussalam	8.6	1.2%
66th	Georgia	8.7	-2.2%
67th	Kazakhstan	8.8	-7.4%
68th	Ukraine	8.9	-3.3%
69th	Oman	9.0	-1.1%
70th	Tonga	9.4	-2.1%
71st	North Macedonia	9.5	-4.0%
72nd	Argentina	9.7	-3.0%
73rd	Thailand	10.0	-2.9%
74th	Libya	10.2	-3.8%
75th	Türkiye	10.4	-5.5%
76th	Lebanon	11.4	1.8%
77th	Barbados	11.5	-2.5%
78th	El Salvador	12.0	-4.0%
79th	Armenia	12.2	-4.7%
80th	Bahamas, The	12.2	-0.8%
81st	Kosovo	12.3	-5.4%
82nd	Ecuador	12.5	-3.1%
83rd	Belize	12.6	-3.8%
84th	Mauritius	13.0	0.0%
85th	Seychelles	13.3	0.8%
86th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	13.5	-2.9%
87th	Mexico	13.5	-2.9%
88th	Panama	13.5	-0.7%
89th	Colombia	13.6	-2.9%
90th	British Virgin Islands	13.8	-1.4%
91st	Nicaragua	13.9	-4.8%
92nd	São Tomé and Principe	13.9	-7.9%
93rd	Moldova	14.0	-1.4%
94th	Peru	14.5	-1.4%
95th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	14.5	-5.8%
96th	Brazil	14.6	6.6%
97th	Jordan	14.7	-2.0%
98th	Samoa	14.7	-0.7%
99th	Nauru	14.8	-8.6%
100th	Mongolia	15.0	-4.5%
101st	West Bank and Gaza	15.2	-3.8%
102nd	Vanuatu	15.3	-0.6%
103rd	Viet Nam	15.4	-1.3%
104th	St. Lucia	15.5	-0.6%
105th	Tunisia	15.8	-1.3%
106th	Grenada	16.1	1.9%
107th	Cabo Verde	16.2	-8.0%
108th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	16.5	-4.1%
109th	Honduras	16.6	-3.5%
110th	St. Kitts and Nevis	16.7	-1.2%
111th	Fiji	17.0	4.3%
112th	Uzbekistan	17.4	-6.5%
113th	Jamaica	17.6	0.0%
114th	Kyrgyz Republic	18.4	-5.2%
115th	Suriname	18.6	-2.1%
116th	Palau	18.8	3.3%
117th	Paraguay	18.9	-3.1%
118th	Solomon Islands	19.4	-1.0%
119th	Azerbaijan	19.8	-6.2%
120th	Trinidad and Tobago	20.1	-1.5%
121st	Egypt, Arab Republic of	20.5	-3.3%
122nd	Morocco	20.5	-5.1%
123rd	Indonesia	21.5	-3.6%
124th	Tuvalu	21.5	-3.6%
125th	Algeria	21.6	-1.4%
126th	Philippines	22.3	0.5%
127th	Guatemala	22.5	-3.4%
128th	Bhutan	23.4	-4.1%
129th	Syrian Arab Republic	23.9	-6.6%
130th	Tajikistan	24.1	-2.4%
131st	Micronesia, Federated States of	25.7	-3.0%
132nd	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	25.9	-4.4%
133rd	Iraq	25.9	-3.0%
134th	Cambodia	26.5	-4.3%
135th	Dominica	27.8	3.7%
136th	South Africa	28.4	-4.4%
137th	Bangladesh	28.6	-4.7%
138th	Marshall Islands	28.7	-2.0%
139th	Guyana	29.5	-2.6%
140th	Nepal	31.2	-4.3%
141st	Dominican Republic	31.3	0.3%
142nd	Eritrea	31.4	-3.1%
143rd	Gabon	32.3	-3.6%
144th	Rwanda	33.1	-1.8%
145th	Congo, Republic of	33.9	-3.1%
146th	Turkmenistan	34.0	0.6%
147th	India	34.7	-5.2%
148th	Ghana	36.4	-3.4%
149th	Uganda	36.4	-5.2%
150th	Senegal	36.9	-1.1%
151st	Mauritania	37.6	-2.3%
152nd	Malawi	37.6	-4.3%
153rd	Kenya	38.7	-1.0%
154th	Papua New Guinea	39.3	-2.7%
155th	Tanzania	39.5	-3.9%
156th	Burundi	40.0	-4.3%
157th	Yemen, Republic of	40.5	-1.9%
158th	Zambia	40.9	-3.8%
159th	Comoros	41.7	-1.9%
160th	Gambia, The	42.3	-3.4%
161st	Kiribati	42.6	0.9%
162nd	Timor-Leste	42.6	-2.7%
163rd	Myanmar	43.1	-3.4%
164th	Madagascar	43.8	0.0%
165th	Togo	44.0	-3.1%
166th	Lao PDR	45.2	-4.0%
167th	Botswana	46.7	-1.1%
168th	Namibia	47.6	0.2%
169th	Sudan	47.8	-2.4%
170th	Haiti	48.7	-2.6%
171st	Angola	48.9	-4.3%
172nd	Zimbabwe	50.8	-3.8%
173rd	Cameroon	51.6	-3.0%
174th	Eswatini	52.0	-5.3%
175th	Mozambique	52.9	-1.7%
176th	Guinea-Bissau	53.4	-3.4%
177th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	54.5	-3.0%
178th	Burkina Faso	54.7	-2.8%
179th	Djibouti	55.1	-2.7%
180th	Benin	55.7	-2.3%
181st	Côte d'Ivoire	57.4	-2.7%
182nd	Equatorial Guinea	61.3	-3.3%
183rd	Liberia	61.8	-2.4%
184th	Pakistan	62.2	-3.0%
185th	Afghanistan	62.3	-3.0%
186th	Mali	68.0	-2.0%
187th	Lesotho	68.3	-1.4%
188th	Niger	69.3	0.0%
189th	Nigeria	69.5	-1.0%
190th	Guinea	70.2	-2.0%
191st	Chad	71.0	-2.5%
192nd	Sierra Leone	71.3	-7.3%
193rd	Central African Republic	77.0	6.4%
194th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	82.0	-2.5%
195th	South Sudan	164.1	10.5%

FAQ

What was Jamaica's infant mortality rate in 2016?▾

Jamaica's infant mortality rate in 2016 was 17.6. This ranked 113th globally.

How did Jamaica's infant mortality rate change in 2016?▾

Jamaica's infant mortality rate increased by 0.0% in 2016 compared to 2015.

Which country had the highest infant mortality rate in 2016?▾

South Sudan had the highest infant mortality rate in 2016 at 164.1.

What is the infant mortality rate of Jamaica in 2016?▾

The infant mortality rate of Jamaica in 2016 was 17.6. This ranked 113th globally.

How does 2016 compare to 2015 for Jamaica's infant mortality rate?▾

Jamaica's infant mortality rate went from 17.6 in 2015 to 17.6 in 2016, a 0.0% increase.

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