Argentina vs Poland: Child mortality
Child mortality in 2024: 1 per 100 live births in Argentina and 0.4 per 100 live births in Poland, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Argentina, by 0.5 per 100 live births, or 2.26 times that in Poland.
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Watch it change on the mapdeaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME · log scale
Latest figures
deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME
| Country | Latest | 10 years before | Rank in 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | 1 2024 | 1.2 | 128 of 200 |
| Poland | 0.4 2024 | 0.5 | 167 of 200 |
| World | 3.7 2024 | 4.4 |
What the numbers say
- Argentina has been higher since 1957, when it overtook Poland.
- 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 | Poland | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | 0.4 | 3.7 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0.4 | 3.8 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0.4 | 4 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0.4 | 4 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0.4 | 3.9 |
| 2019 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 4 |
| 2018 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 4 |
| 2017 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 4.1 |
| 2016 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 4.2 |
| 2015 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 4.3 |
| 2014 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 4.4 |
| 2013 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 4.5 |
| 2012 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 4.7 |
| 2011 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 5 |
| 2010 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 5.1 |
| 2009 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 5.3 |
| 2008 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 5.5 |
| 2007 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 5.7 |
| 2006 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 6 |
| 2005 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 6.2 |
| 2004 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 6.6 |
| 2003 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 6.8 |
| 2002 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 7.1 |
| 2001 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 7.4 |
| 2000 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 7.7 |
| 1999 | 2 | 1 | 7.9 |
| 1998 | 2.1 | 1.1 | 8.3 |
| 1997 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 8.4 |
| 1996 | 2.3 | 1.3 | 8.6 |
| 1995 | 2.4 | 1.4 | 8.8 |
| 1994 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 8.9 |
| 1993 | 2.7 | 1.6 | 9.1 |
| 1992 | 2.8 | 1.7 | 9.2 |
| 1991 | 2.8 | 1.7 | 9.3 |
| 1990 | 2.9 | 1.7 | 9.4 |
| 1989 | 2.9 | 1.8 | 9.5 |
| 1988 | 2.9 | 1.8 | 10 |
| 1987 | 2.9 | 1.9 | 9.9 |
| 1986 | 3 | 2 | 10.3 |
| 1985 | 3.1 | 2 | 10.6 |
| 1984 | 3.2 | 2.1 | 10.9 |
| 1983 | 3.4 | 2.2 | 11.1 |
| 1982 | 3.7 | 2.3 | 11.2 |
| 1981 | 3.9 | 2.3 | 11.6 |
| 1980 | 4.3 | 2.4 | 11.9 |
| 1979 | 4.7 | 2.5 | 11.9 |
| 1978 | 5.1 | 2.6 | 12.3 |
| 1977 | 5.6 | 2.6 | 12.6 |
| 1976 | 6 | 2.7 | 12.8 |
| 1975 | 6.3 | 2.8 | 13.1 |
| 1974 | 6.6 | 2.9 | 13.3 |
| 1973 | 6.8 | 3.1 | 13.5 |
| 1972 | 7 | 3.2 | 13.7 |
| 1971 | 7.1 | 3.4 | 13.9 |
| 1970 | 7.2 | 3.6 | 14.2 |
| 1969 | 7.3 | 3.8 | 14.6 |
| 1968 | 5.8 | 3.9 | 15 |
| 1967 | 5.9 | 4.1 | 15.3 |
| 1966 | 5.9 | 4.3 | 15.1 |
| 1965 | 5.8 | 4.6 | 15.1 |
| 1964 | 5.8 | 4.9 | 15.7 |
| 1963 | – | 5.2 | 16.2 |
| 1962 | – | 5.6 | 17 |
| 1961 | – | 6 | 18.8 |
| 1960 | – | 6.5 | 20.2 |
| 1959 | – | 7.1 | 19.9 |
| 1958 | 8.3 | 7.7 | 19.7 |
| 1957 | 9.4 | 8.3 | 20.5 |
| 1956 | 7.7 | 8.9 | 21.3 |
| 1955 | 8.4 | 9.6 | 22.3 |
| 1954 | 8.1 | 10.2 | 22.8 |
| 1953 | 8.6 | 11 | 23.3 |
| 1952 | 8.9 | 11.8 | 23.9 |
| 1951 | 9.2 | 12.7 | 24.3 |
| 1950 | 9.4 | 13.7 | 24.7 |
| 1949 | 9.2 | 16.2 | 24.9 |
| 1948 | 9.5 | 17 | 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 | 22.4 | 28.7 |
| 1937 | 14 | 21.7 | 28.8 |
| 1936 | 14.4 | 22.6 | 29.1 |
| 1935 | 16 | 20 | 29.5 |
| 1934 | 14.4 | 22.6 | 30.7 |
| 1933 | 12.6 | 20.2 | 30.5 |
| 1932 | 14 | 23.2 | 30.7 |
| 1931 | 14.9 | 22.8 | 31.4 |
| 1930 | 14.9 | 23 | 31.6 |
| 1929 | 16.2 | 24.1 | 32 |
| 1928 | 17.3 | 23.3 | 31.9 |
| 1927 | 19.8 | 24.4 | 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 | 27.2 | 33.2 |
| 1921 | 17.9 | 30.4 | 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.
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