Barbados vs Cape Verde: Probability of dying in infancy, by sex
Barbados
0.8%
in 2023
Cape Verde
0.9%
in 2023
Barbados rank
129th
Cape Verde rank
126th
Probability of dying in infancy, by sex over time
- Barbados
- Cape Verde
How they compare
Cape Verde currently reports 0.9% against 0.8% in Barbados, a difference of 0.1%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Barbados ahead.
Barbados ranks 129th and Cape Verde ranks 126th of 236 countries.
Cape Verde has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | Cape Verde | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 10.5% | 12.3% | 1.7% | Cape Verde |
| 1960s | 5.1% | 10.4% | 5.3% | Cape Verde |
| 1970s | 3.0% | 7.3% | 4.3% | Cape Verde |
| 1980s | 1.8% | 5.2% | 3.4% | Cape Verde |
| 1990s | 1.3% | 3.7% | 2.5% | Cape Verde |
| 2000s | 1.2% | 2.1% | 0.9% | Cape Verde |
| 2010s | 1.1% | 1.4% | 0.3% | Cape Verde |
| 2020s | 0.9% | 0.9% | 0.0% | Cape Verde |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher probability of dying in infancy, by sex, Barbados or Cape Verde?
- Cape Verde, at 0.9% against 0.8% in Barbados as of 2023.
- What is the difference in probability of dying in infancy, by sex between Barbados and Cape Verde?
- 0.1%, with Cape Verde ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Cape Verde?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Barbados and Cape Verde rank globally for probability of dying in infancy, by sex?
- Barbados ranks 129th and Cape Verde ranks 126th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Probability of dying in infancy, by sex. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Probability of dying in a given interval, among people who survived to the start of that interval.