# Child mortality rate: Jamaica

1.78% in 2024, the latest year published. Figures for 146 years from 1879 to 2024 are below.

Long-run estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.

Source: Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. [Source and method](/sources/child-mortality) · [All countries and regions](/child-mortality).

## Every year

| Year | Value (deaths per 100 live births) |
| ---: | ---: |
| 2024 | 1.78 |
| 2023 | 1.81 |
| 2022 | 1.84 |
| 2021 | 1.86 |
| 2020 | 1.87 |
| 2019 | 1.88 |
| 2018 | 1.87 |
| 2017 | 1.87 |
| 2016 | 1.87 |
| 2015 | 1.87 |
| 2014 | 1.88 |
| 2013 | 1.89 |
| 2012 | 1.89 |
| 2011 | 1.9 |
| 2010 | 1.9 |
| 2009 | 1.91 |
| 2008 | 1.91 |
| 2007 | 1.91 |
| 2006 | 1.91 |
| 2005 | 1.91 |
| 2004 | 1.91 |
| 2003 | 1.93 |
| 2002 | 1.96 |
| 2001 | 2 |
| 2000 | 2.05 |
| 1999 | 2.11 |
| 1998 | 2.19 |
| 1997 | 2.26 |
| 1996 | 2.34 |
| 1995 | 2.43 |
| 1994 | 2.5 |
| 1993 | 2.58 |
| 1992 | 2.65 |
| 1991 | 2.73 |
| 1990 | 2.8 |
| 1989 | 2.87 |
| 1988 | 2.94 |
| 1987 | 3.02 |
| 1986 | 3.1 |
| 1985 | 3.2 |
| 1984 | 3.29 |
| 1983 | 3.39 |
| 1982 | 3.5 |
| 1981 | 3.62 |
| 1980 | 3.75 |
| 1979 | 3.88 |
| 1978 | 4.01 |
| 1977 | 4.16 |
| 1976 | 4.32 |
| 1975 | 4.5 |
| 1974 | 4.69 |
| 1973 | 4.91 |
| 1972 | 5.14 |
| 1971 | 5.38 |
| 1970 | 5.61 |
| 1969 | 5.84 |
| 1968 | 6.06 |
| 1967 | 6.27 |
| 1966 | 6.48 |
| 1965 | 6.69 |
| 1964 | 6.92 |
| 1963 | 7.18 |
| 1962 | 7.48 |
| 1961 | 7.82 |
| 1960 | 8.2 |
| 1959 | 8.62 |
| 1958 | 9.09 |
| 1957 | 9.6 |
| 1956 | 10.13 |
| 1955 | 10.69 |
| 1954 | 11.28 |
| 1953 | 11.91 |
| 1952 | 12.56 |
| 1951 | 13.32 |
| 1950 | 14.05 |
| 1949 | 13 |
| 1948 | 13.43 |
| 1947 | 13.96 |
| 1946 | 14.51 |
| 1945 | 15.3 |
| 1944 | 14.74 |
| 1943 | 13.66 |
| 1942 | 14.56 |
| 1941 | 15.66 |
| 1940 | 17.16 |
| 1939 | 18.84 |
| 1938 | 20.35 |
| 1937 | 18.28 |
| 1936 | 20.72 |
| 1935 | 22.03 |
| 1934 | 20.91 |
| 1933 | 24.25 |
| 1932 | 22.59 |
| 1931 | 24.97 |
| 1930 | 22.59 |
| 1929 | 26.02 |
| 1928 | 25.5 |
| 1927 | 28.11 |
| 1926 | 27.32 |
| 1925 | 28.11 |
| 1924 | 26.19 |
| 1923 | 27.78 |
| 1922 | 28.77 |
| 1921 | 32.04 |
| 1920 | 28.11 |
| 1919 | 26.35 |
| 1918 | 28.6 |
| 1917 | 30.08 |
| 1916 | 28.6 |
| 1915 | 28.6 |
| 1914 | 27.16 |
| 1913 | 27.94 |
| 1912 | 31.55 |
| 1911 | 30.57 |
| 1910 | 28.93 |
| 1909 | 28.44 |
| 1908 | 27.94 |
| 1907 | 36.41 |
| 1906 | 32.2 |
| 1905 | 26.85 |
| 1904 | 31.39 |
| 1903 | 30.41 |
| 1902 | 26.35 |
| 1901 | 26.52 |
| 1900 | 28.27 |
| 1899 | 27.62 |
| 1898 | 28.44 |
| 1897 | 28.77 |
| 1896 | 28.6 |
| 1895 | 28.93 |
| 1894 | 27.32 |
| 1893 | 27.47 |
| 1892 | 26.68 |
| 1891 | 28.44 |
| 1890 | 30.57 |
| 1889 | 28.44 |
| 1888 | 26.35 |
| 1887 | 27.62 |
| 1886 | 24.97 |
| 1885 | 25.85 |
| 1884 | 27 |
| 1883 | 24.79 |
| 1882 | 22.59 |
| 1881 | 28.11 |
| 1880 | 32.04 |
| 1879 | 26.52 |

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