Number of under-five deaths in Caribbean small states
Caribbean small states: Number of under-five deaths was 1,188 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Number of under-five deaths in Caribbean small states, 1990–2024
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
Analysis
Caribbean small states recorded 1,188 for number of under-five deaths in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.4% on the previous year and down 28.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of under-five deaths in Caribbean small states peaked at 3,582 in 1990 and was at its lowest, 1,188, in 2024.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2,988 | 2,502 | 3,582 | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,074 | 1,847 | 2,420 | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,621 | 1,449 | 1,803 | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,278 | 1,188 | 1,379 | 5 |
More health data for Caribbean small states
- Population ages 0-14, female 483,831 (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, male 205,795 (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, female 271,727 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, total 3.09 million (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, male 68.5% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, male 1.54 million (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female 67.4% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male 500,360 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total 984,192 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male 22.3% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of under-five deaths in Caribbean small states?
- Number of under-five deaths in Caribbean small states was 1,188 in 2024, according to UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
- What is the highest number of under-five deaths recorded in Caribbean small states?
- The highest recorded value was 3,582 in 1990.
- What is the lowest number of under-five deaths recorded in Caribbean small states?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,188 in 2024.
- Is number of under-five deaths rising or falling in Caribbean small states?
- Over the last ten years it is down 28.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Caribbean small states data come from?
- The figures come from UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as part of Number of under-five deaths. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Number of children dying before reaching age five.