Barbados vs Greenland: Probability of dying in infancy, by sex
Barbados
0.8%
in 2023
Greenland
0.9%
in 2023
Barbados rank
129th
Greenland rank
127th
Probability of dying in infancy, by sex over time
- Barbados
- Greenland
How they compare
Greenland currently reports 0.9% against 0.8% in Barbados, a difference of 0.1%.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Barbados ahead.
Barbados ranks 129th and Greenland ranks 127th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Barbados averaged higher in 4 and Greenland in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | Greenland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 10.5% | 9.5% | 1.1% | Barbados |
| 1960s | 5.1% | 5.6% | 0.5% | Greenland |
| 1970s | 3.0% | 3.6% | 0.7% | Greenland |
| 1980s | 1.8% | 3.0% | 1.2% | Greenland |
| 1990s | 1.3% | 2.2% | 0.9% | Greenland |
| 2000s | 1.2% | 1.2% | 0.1% | Barbados |
| 2010s | 1.1% | 0.8% | 0.2% | Barbados |
| 2020s | 0.9% | 0.9% | 0.0% | Barbados |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher probability of dying in infancy, by sex, Barbados or Greenland?
- Greenland, 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 Greenland?
- 0.1%, with Greenland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Greenland?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Barbados and Greenland rank globally for probability of dying in infancy, by sex?
- Barbados ranks 129th and Greenland ranks 127th 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.