Azerbaijan vs Belgium: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 1.8 per 100 live births in Azerbaijan and 0.4 per 100 live births in Belgium, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Azerbaijan, by 1.4 per 100 live births, or 4.84 times that in Belgium.

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deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME

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What the numbers say

Azerbaijan has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1982.
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	Azerbaijan	Belgium	World
2024	1.8	0.4	3.7
2023	1.9	0.4	3.8
2022	2	0.4	4
2021	2.1	0.4	4
2020	2.2	0.4	3.9
2019	2.3	0.4	4
2018	2.4	0.4	4
2017	2.5	0.4	4.1
2016	2.7	0.4	4.2
2015	2.8	0.4	4.3
2014	3	0.4	4.4
2013	3.1	0.4	4.5
2012	3.3	0.4	4.7
2011	3.6	0.4	5
2010	3.8	0.5	5.1
2009	4	0.5	5.3
2008	4.3	0.5	5.5
2007	4.6	0.5	5.7
2006	4.9	0.5	6
2005	5.2	0.5	6.2
2004	5.6	0.5	6.6
2003	6	0.5	6.8
2002	6.4	0.6	7.1
2001	6.9	0.6	7.4
2000	7.4	0.6	7.7
1999	7.9	0.6	7.9
1998	8.4	0.6	8.3
1997	8.8	0.7	8.4
1996	9.2	0.7	8.6
1995	9.4	0.8	8.8
1994	9.5	0.8	8.9
1993	9.6	0.9	9.1
1992	9.6	0.9	9.2
1991	9.5	1	9.3
1990	9.5	1	9.4
1989	9.6	1	9.5
1988	9.7	1.1	10
1987	9.9	1.1	9.9
1986	10.1	1.1	10.3
1985	10.3	1.2	10.6
1984	10.5	1.2	10.9
1983	10.8	1.3	11.1
1982	11.1	1.3	11.2
1981	–	1.4	11.6
1980	–	1.5	11.9
1979	–	1.5	11.9
1978	–	1.6	12.3
1977	–	1.7	12.6
1976	–	1.8	12.8
1975	–	1.9	13.1
1974	–	2	13.3
1973	–	2.1	13.5
1972	–	2.2	13.7
1971	–	2.3	13.9
1970	–	2.4	14.2
1969	–	2.5	14.6
1968	–	2.6	15
1967	–	2.6	15.3
1966	–	2.7	15.1
1965	–	2.8	15.1
1964	–	2.9	15.7
1963	–	3	16.2
1962	–	3.1	17
1961	–	3.3	18.8
1960	–	3.4	20.2
1959	–	3.6	19.9
1958	–	3.8	19.7
1957	–	4	20.5
1956	–	4.3	21.3
1955	–	4.5	22.3
1954	–	4.8	22.8
1953	–	5.1	23.3
1952	–	5.4	23.9
1951	–	5.7	24.3
1950	–	6	24.7
1949	–	6.4	24.9
1948	–	6.8	24.9
1947	–	7.8	25.5
1946	–	9.4	25.8
1945	–	11.8	26.7
1944	–	10.2	27.4
1943	–	9.8	27.7
1942	–	10.4	27.9
1941	–	10.4	27.8
1940	–	10.7	27.9
1939	–	10	28
1938	–	10.2	28.7
1937	–	10.3	28.8
1936	–	10.5	29.1
1935	–	10.3	29.5
1934	–	10	30.7
1933	–	11.2	30.5
1932	–	11.5	30.7
1931	–	11	31.4
1930	–	12.9	31.6
1929	–	14	32
1928	–	12.1	31.9
1927	–	12.6	31.9
1926	–	13.2	32.7
1925	–	13	32.4
1924	–	12	33.1
1923	–	13	33.1
1922	–	14.6	33.2
1921	–	15.8	34.2
1920	–	16	34.4
1919	–	18.3	35.7
1918	–	21.3	37.6
1917	–	22.4	35.3
1916	–	17.9	35.1
1915	–	19.6	35.3
1914	–	20.5	35.4
1913	–	17.9	35.1
1912	–	17.7	35.5
1911	–	21.8	36
1910	–	19.4	36.4
1909	–	19.6	36.6
1908	–	20.7	37.2
1907	–	18.9	37.4
1906	–	21.1	38.1
1905	–	20.2	38.8
1904	–	21.2	38.9
1903	–	21.3	39.5
1902	–	20.8	40.1
1901	–	20.4	40.8
1900	–	23.5	40.9
1899	–	24	40.8
1898	–	22.4	41.2
1897	–	21.1	41
1896	–	21.7	41.1
1895	–	24.7	41.3
1894	–	22.6	41.2
1893	–	25.5	41.2
1892	–	26.2	41.7
1891	–	25.5	41.3
1890	–	25.6	41.5
1889	–	25.1	41.2
1888	–	24.8	41
1887	–	23.2	41.1
1886	–	26.6	41.1
1885	–	23	41.2
1884	–	24.9	41.1
1883	–	23.5	41.4
1882	–	23.4	41.5
1881	–	24.2	41.1
1880	–	27.5	41.6
1879	–	24.6	41.1
1878	–	24	41.6
1877	–	24	41.2
1876	–	25.1	41.4
1875	–	27.3	41.5
1874	–	24.4	41.7
1873	–	25.2	41.8
1872	–	29.4	42.1
1871	–	34.1	42.2
1870	–	27.5	41.9
1869	–	26.5	42.1
1868	–	27	42.4
1867	–	25.8	42
1866	–	32	42.1
1865	–	31.8	42.3
1864	–	28.9	42.2
1863	–	28	42.5
1862	–	25.9	42.6
1861	–	27.3	42.9
1860	–	22.4	42.9
1859	–	29.2	43.7
1858	–	27.9	43.8
1857	–	28.3	44.2
1856	–	27.9	44.2
1855	–	30.8	44
1854	–	28	43.7
1853	–	25.4	43.2
1852	–	25.8	42.9
1851	–	25.9	42.4
1850	–	24.4	42
1849	–	29.2	42.3
1848	–	27	42.3
1847	–	30.5	42.2
1846	–	29.4	42.4
1845	–	26.2	42
1844	–	25	42.1
1843	–	27.5	42.1
1842	–	29.3	42.2
1841	–	27.5	42.1
1840	–	29.6	42.1
1839	–	30.1	42.1
1838	–	30.9	42.2
1837	–	30.1	42.2
1836	–	28.1	42.2
1835	–	27.2	42.2
1834	–	31.2	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

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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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