Argentina vs China
Argentina vs China: Child mortality
Child mortality in 2024: 1 per 100 live births in Argentina and 0.6 per 100 live births in China, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Argentina, by 0.4 per 100 live births, or 1.67 times that in China.
deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME
What the numbers say
- Argentina has been higher since 2013, when it overtook China.
- The world as a whole: 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024.
Every year
deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME
| Year | Argentina | China | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | 0.6 | 3.7 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0.6 | 3.8 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0.7 | 4 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0.7 | 4 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0.8 | 3.9 |
| 2019 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 4 |
| 2018 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 4 |
| 2017 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 4.1 |
| 2016 | 1.1 | 1 | 4.2 |
| 2015 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 4.3 |
| 2014 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 4.4 |
| 2013 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 4.5 |
| 2012 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 4.7 |
| 2011 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 5 |
| 2010 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 5.1 |
| 2009 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 5.3 |
| 2008 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 5.5 |
| 2007 | 1.6 | 2 | 5.7 |
| 2006 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 6 |
| 2005 | 1.7 | 2.4 | 6.2 |
| 2004 | 1.7 | 2.6 | 6.6 |
| 2003 | 1.8 | 2.9 | 6.8 |
| 2002 | 1.8 | 3.1 | 7.1 |
| 2001 | 1.9 | 3.4 | 7.4 |
| 2000 | 1.9 | 3.7 | 7.7 |
| 1999 | 2 | 3.9 | 7.9 |
| 1998 | 2.1 | 4.1 | 8.3 |
| 1997 | 2.2 | 4.4 | 8.4 |
| 1996 | 2.3 | 4.6 | 8.6 |
| 1995 | 2.4 | 4.7 | 8.8 |
| 1994 | 2.5 | 4.9 | 8.9 |
| 1993 | 2.7 | 5.1 | 9.1 |
| 1992 | 2.8 | 5.2 | 9.2 |
| 1991 | 2.8 | 5.3 | 9.3 |
| 1990 | 2.9 | 5.4 | 9.4 |
| 1989 | 2.9 | 5.4 | 9.5 |
| 1988 | 2.9 | 5.4 | 10 |
| 1987 | 2.9 | 5.4 | 9.9 |
| 1986 | 3 | 5.4 | 10.3 |
| 1985 | 3.1 | 5.4 | 10.6 |
| 1984 | 3.2 | 5.5 | 10.9 |
| 1983 | 3.4 | 5.6 | 11.1 |
| 1982 | 3.7 | 5.8 | 11.2 |
| 1981 | 3.9 | 6 | 11.6 |
| 1980 | 4.3 | 6.3 | 11.9 |
| 1979 | 4.7 | 6.6 | 11.9 |
| 1978 | 5.1 | 7 | 12.3 |
| 1977 | 5.6 | 7.4 | 12.6 |
| 1976 | 6 | 7.9 | 12.8 |
| 1975 | 6.3 | 8.4 | 13.1 |
| 1974 | 6.6 | 9 | 13.3 |
| 1973 | 6.8 | 9.5 | 13.5 |
| 1972 | 7 | 10.1 | 13.7 |
| 1971 | 7.1 | 10.6 | 13.9 |
| 1970 | 7.2 | 11.2 | 14.2 |
| 1969 | 7.3 | 11.8 | 14.6 |
| 1968 | 5.8 | 13.2 | 15 |
| 1967 | 5.9 | – | 15.3 |
| 1966 | 5.9 | – | 15.1 |
| 1965 | 5.8 | 11.5 | 15.1 |
| 1964 | 5.8 | – | 15.7 |
| 1963 | – | – | 16.2 |
| 1962 | – | 16.8 | 17 |
| 1961 | – | 26.2 | 18.8 |
| 1960 | – | 30.9 | 20.2 |
| 1959 | – | 26.9 | 19.9 |
| 1958 | 8.3 | 23.3 | 19.7 |
| 1957 | 9.4 | – | 20.5 |
| 1956 | 7.7 | – | 21.3 |
| 1955 | 8.4 | 29.1 | 22.3 |
| 1954 | 8.1 | – | 22.8 |
| 1953 | 8.6 | – | 23.3 |
| 1952 | 8.9 | – | 23.9 |
| 1951 | 9.2 | – | 24.3 |
| 1950 | 9.4 | 31.7 | 24.7 |
| 1949 | 9.2 | – | 24.9 |
| 1948 | 9.5 | – | 24.9 |
| 1947 | 11 | – | 25.5 |
| 1946 | 10.4 | – | 25.8 |
| 1945 | 11.7 | – | 26.7 |
| 1944 | 11.5 | – | 27.4 |
| 1943 | 11.4 | – | 27.7 |
| 1942 | 12.4 | – | 27.9 |
| 1941 | 12.2 | – | 27.8 |
| 1940 | 13.1 | – | 27.9 |
| 1939 | 13.1 | – | 28 |
| 1938 | 15.5 | – | 28.7 |
| 1937 | 14 | – | 28.8 |
| 1936 | 14.4 | – | 29.1 |
| 1935 | 16 | – | 29.5 |
| 1934 | 14.4 | – | 30.7 |
| 1933 | 12.6 | – | 30.5 |
| 1932 | 14 | – | 30.7 |
| 1931 | 14.9 | – | 31.4 |
| 1930 | 14.9 | – | 31.6 |
| 1929 | 16.2 | – | 32 |
| 1928 | 17.3 | – | 31.9 |
| 1927 | 19.8 | – | 31.9 |
| 1926 | 18.5 | – | 32.7 |
| 1925 | 18.8 | – | 32.4 |
| 1924 | 17.9 | – | 33.1 |
| 1923 | 17.2 | – | 33.1 |
| 1922 | 17.2 | – | 33.2 |
| 1921 | 17.9 | – | 34.2 |
| 1920 | 20 | – | 34.4 |
| 1919 | 21.3 | – | 35.7 |
| 1918 | 22 | – | 37.6 |
| 1917 | 20.2 | – | 35.3 |
| 1916 | 19.4 | – | 35.1 |
| 1915 | 19.4 | – | 35.3 |
| 1914 | 19.6 | – | 35.4 |
| 1913 | 20.5 | – | 35.1 |
| 1912 | 23 | – | 35.5 |
| 1911 | 23.9 | – | 36 |
| 1910 | – | – | 36.4 |
| 1909 | – | – | 36.6 |
| 1908 | – | – | 37.2 |
| 1907 | – | – | 37.4 |
| 1906 | – | – | 38.1 |
| 1905 | – | – | 38.8 |
| 1904 | – | – | 38.9 |
| 1903 | – | – | 39.5 |
| 1902 | – | – | 40.1 |
| 1901 | – | – | 40.8 |
| 1900 | – | – | 40.9 |
| 1899 | – | – | 40.8 |
| 1898 | – | – | 41.2 |
| 1897 | – | – | 41 |
| 1896 | – | – | 41.1 |
| 1895 | – | – | 41.3 |
| 1894 | – | – | 41.2 |
| 1893 | – | – | 41.2 |
| 1892 | – | – | 41.7 |
| 1891 | – | – | 41.3 |
| 1890 | – | – | 41.5 |
| 1889 | – | – | 41.2 |
| 1888 | – | – | 41 |
| 1887 | – | – | 41.1 |
| 1886 | – | – | 41.1 |
| 1885 | – | – | 41.2 |
| 1884 | – | – | 41.1 |
| 1883 | – | – | 41.4 |
| 1882 | – | – | 41.5 |
| 1881 | – | – | 41.1 |
| 1880 | – | – | 41.6 |
| 1879 | – | – | 41.1 |
| 1878 | – | – | 41.6 |
| 1877 | – | – | 41.2 |
| 1876 | – | – | 41.4 |
| 1875 | – | – | 41.5 |
| 1874 | – | – | 41.7 |
| 1873 | – | – | 41.8 |
| 1872 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1871 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1870 | – | – | 41.9 |
| 1869 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1868 | – | – | 42.4 |
| 1867 | – | – | 42 |
| 1866 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1865 | – | – | 42.3 |
| 1864 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1863 | – | – | 42.5 |
| 1862 | – | – | 42.6 |
| 1861 | – | – | 42.9 |
| 1860 | – | – | 42.9 |
| 1859 | – | – | 43.7 |
| 1858 | – | – | 43.8 |
| 1857 | – | – | 44.2 |
| 1856 | – | – | 44.2 |
| 1855 | – | – | 44 |
| 1854 | – | – | 43.7 |
| 1853 | – | – | 43.2 |
| 1852 | – | – | 42.9 |
| 1851 | – | – | 42.4 |
| 1850 | – | – | 42 |
| 1849 | – | – | 42.3 |
| 1848 | – | – | 42.3 |
| 1847 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1846 | – | – | 42.4 |
| 1845 | – | – | 42 |
| 1844 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1843 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1842 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1841 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1840 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1839 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1838 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1837 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1836 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1835 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1834 | – | – | 42.3 |
| 1833 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1832 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1831 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1830 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1829 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1828 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1827 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1826 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1825 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1824 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1823 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1822 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1821 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1820 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1819 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1818 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1817 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1816 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1815 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1814 | – | – | 42.3 |
| 1813 | – | – | 42.3 |
| 1812 | – | – | 42.4 |
| 1811 | – | – | 42.4 |
| 1810 | – | – | 42.5 |
| 1809 | – | – | 42.5 |
| 1808 | – | – | 42.5 |
| 1807 | – | – | 42.5 |
| 1806 | – | – | 42.6 |
| 1805 | – | – | 42.6 |
| 1804 | – | – | 42.6 |
| 1803 | – | – | 42.6 |
| 1802 | – | – | 42.7 |
| 1801 | – | – | 42.7 |
| 1800 | – | – | 42.8 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of children who die before their fifth birthday.
- Source: Gapminder (2015) and UN IGME (2025), via Our World in Data.
- Ranks count the 200 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Argentina vs China
Health
- Life expectancyArgentina: 77.4 years in 2023China: 78 years in 2023
- Infant mortalityArgentina: 9 per 1,000 live births in 2023China: 5.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionArgentina: 3.67% in 2017China: 3.31% in 2017
- Suicide rateArgentina: 10.6 per 100,000 people in 2017China: 7.2 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationArgentina: 45.5 million people in 2023China: 1.42 billion people in 2023
- Population growthArgentina: 0.35% a year in 2023China: -0.24% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateArgentina: 1.5 births per woman in 2023China: 1 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationArgentina: 92.4% in 2025China: 66.3% in 2025
- Median ageArgentina: 32.1 years in 2023China: 39.1 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overArgentina: 12.2% in 2023China: 14.3% in 2023
- Net migration rateArgentina: 0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023China: -0.4 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingArgentina: 0.56% of GDP in 2025China: 1.73% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsArgentina: $3.73B in 2025China: $335B in 2025
- Military spending per personArgentina: $85 in 2025China: $237 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingArgentina: 1.8% of government spending in 2025China: 5.1% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelArgentina: 103,000 people in 2020China: 2.54 million people in 2020
- National powerArgentina: 0.45% of world capability in 2022China: 23.41% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersArgentina: 0.53% of the labour force in 2020China: 0.33% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsArgentina: 108 million TIV in 2025China: 207 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsArgentina: 1 million TIV in 2011China: 880 million TIV in 2025