Number of under-five deaths, female in Bahamas
Bahamas: Number of under-five deaths, female was 24 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Number of under-five deaths, female in Bahamas, 1973–2024
Source: Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.
Analysis
Bahamas recorded 24 for number of under-five deaths, female in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 52 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.0% on the previous year and down 29.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of under-five deaths, female in Bahamas peaked at 84 in 1973 and was at its lowest, 24, in 2024.
That places Bahamas 169th out of 197 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 52 years of available data.
Number of under-five deaths, female in Bahamas, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 84 | — |
| 1974 | 82 | -2.4% |
| 1975 | 80 | -2.4% |
| 1976 | 78 | -2.5% |
| 1977 | 76 | -2.6% |
| 1978 | 74 | -2.6% |
| 1979 | 72 | -2.7% |
| 1980 | 71 | -1.4% |
| 1981 | 70 | -1.4% |
| 1982 | 69 | -1.4% |
| 1983 | 69 | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 69 | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 68 | -1.4% |
| 1986 | 68 | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 67 | -1.5% |
| 1988 | 66 | -1.5% |
| 1989 | 65 | -1.5% |
| 1990 | 64 | -1.5% |
| 1991 | 62 | -3.1% |
| 1992 | 62 | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 61 | -1.6% |
| 1994 | 57 | -6.6% |
| 1995 | 54 | -5.3% |
| 1996 | 51 | -5.6% |
| 1997 | 48 | -5.9% |
| 1998 | 46 | -4.2% |
| 1999 | 44 | -4.3% |
| 2000 | 43 | -2.3% |
| 2001 | 42 | -2.3% |
| 2002 | 42 | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 42 | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 42 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 42 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 43 | +2.4% |
| 2007 | 42 | -2.3% |
| 2008 | 42 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 41 | -2.4% |
| 2010 | 39 | -4.9% |
| 2011 | 37 | -5.1% |
| 2012 | 36 | -2.7% |
| 2013 | 35 | -2.8% |
| 2014 | 34 | -2.9% |
| 2015 | 32 | -5.9% |
| 2016 | 30 | -6.2% |
| 2017 | 29 | -3.3% |
| 2018 | 28 | -3.4% |
| 2019 | 52 | +85.7% |
| 2020 | 27 | -48.1% |
| 2021 | 26 | -3.7% |
| 2022 | 26 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 25 | -3.8% |
| 2024 | 24 | -4.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 78 | 72 | 84 | 7 |
| 1980s | 68.2 | 65 | 71 | 10 |
| 1990s | 54.9 | 44 | 64 | 10 |
| 2000s | 42.1 | 41 | 43 | 10 |
| 2010s | 35.2 | 28 | 52 | 10 |
| 2020s | 25.6 | 24 | 27 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Bahamas
- 166 Cape Verde 32 compare
- 166 Cyprus 32 compare
- 168 Brunei 27 compare
- 169 Micronesia (country) 24 compare
- 171 North Macedonia 22 compare
- 172 Slovenia 18 compare
More education data for Bahamas
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,021 tertiary education (2022)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2022)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 1,497 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 70.4% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 17.5% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of under-five deaths, female in Bahamas?
- Number of under-five deaths, female in Bahamas was 24 in 2024, according to Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.
- What is the highest number of under-five deaths, female recorded in Bahamas?
- The highest recorded value was 84 in 1973.
- What is the lowest number of under-five deaths, female recorded in Bahamas?
- The lowest recorded value was 24 in 2024.
- How does Bahamas rank for number of under-five deaths, female?
- Bahamas ranks 169th out of 197 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of under-five deaths, female rising or falling in Bahamas?
- Over the last ten years it is down 29.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bahamas data come from?
- The figures come from Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org, published as part of Number of under-five deaths, female. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Number of female children dying before reaching age five.