Belgium vs Thailand
Belgium vs Thailand: Child mortality
Child mortality in 2024: 0.4 per 100 live births in Belgium and 0.9 per 100 live births in Thailand, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Thailand, by 0.5 per 100 live births, or 2.43 times that in Belgium.
deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME
What the numbers say
- Thailand has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1949.
- 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 | Belgium | Thailand | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 3.7 |
| 2023 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 3.8 |
| 2022 | 0.4 | 1 | 4 |
| 2021 | 0.4 | 1 | 4 |
| 2020 | 0.4 | 1 | 3.9 |
| 2019 | 0.4 | 1 | 4 |
| 2018 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 4 |
| 2017 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 4.1 |
| 2016 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 4.2 |
| 2015 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 4.3 |
| 2014 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 4.4 |
| 2013 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 4.5 |
| 2012 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 4.7 |
| 2011 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 5 |
| 2010 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 5.1 |
| 2009 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 5.3 |
| 2008 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 5.5 |
| 2007 | 0.5 | 1.6 | 5.7 |
| 2006 | 0.5 | 1.7 | 6 |
| 2005 | 0.5 | 1.7 | 6.2 |
| 2004 | 0.5 | 1.8 | 6.6 |
| 2003 | 0.5 | 1.9 | 6.8 |
| 2002 | 0.6 | 2 | 7.1 |
| 2001 | 0.6 | 2.1 | 7.4 |
| 2000 | 0.6 | 2.2 | 7.7 |
| 1999 | 0.6 | 2.3 | 7.9 |
| 1998 | 0.6 | 2.4 | 8.3 |
| 1997 | 0.7 | 2.5 | 8.4 |
| 1996 | 0.7 | 2.7 | 8.6 |
| 1995 | 0.8 | 2.8 | 8.8 |
| 1994 | 0.8 | 3 | 8.9 |
| 1993 | 0.9 | 3.1 | 9.1 |
| 1992 | 0.9 | 3.3 | 9.2 |
| 1991 | 1 | 3.5 | 9.3 |
| 1990 | 1 | 3.7 | 9.4 |
| 1989 | 1 | 3.9 | 9.5 |
| 1988 | 1.1 | 4.1 | 10 |
| 1987 | 1.1 | 4.3 | 9.9 |
| 1986 | 1.1 | 4.6 | 10.3 |
| 1985 | 1.2 | 4.8 | 10.6 |
| 1984 | 1.2 | 5 | 10.9 |
| 1983 | 1.3 | 5.3 | 11.1 |
| 1982 | 1.3 | 5.5 | 11.2 |
| 1981 | 1.4 | 5.8 | 11.6 |
| 1980 | 1.5 | 6.1 | 11.9 |
| 1979 | 1.5 | 6.4 | 11.9 |
| 1978 | 1.6 | 6.7 | 12.3 |
| 1977 | 1.7 | 7 | 12.6 |
| 1976 | 1.8 | 7.4 | 12.8 |
| 1975 | 1.9 | 7.8 | 13.1 |
| 1974 | 2 | 8.2 | 13.3 |
| 1973 | 2.1 | 8.6 | 13.5 |
| 1972 | 2.2 | 9 | 13.7 |
| 1971 | 2.3 | 9.5 | 13.9 |
| 1970 | 2.4 | 10 | 14.2 |
| 1969 | 2.5 | 10.5 | 14.6 |
| 1968 | 2.6 | 10.9 | 15 |
| 1967 | 2.6 | 11.4 | 15.3 |
| 1966 | 2.7 | 11.9 | 15.1 |
| 1965 | 2.8 | 12.3 | 15.1 |
| 1964 | 2.9 | 12.8 | 15.7 |
| 1963 | 3 | 13.3 | 16.2 |
| 1962 | 3.1 | 13.8 | 17 |
| 1961 | 3.3 | 14.3 | 18.8 |
| 1960 | 3.4 | 14.8 | 20.2 |
| 1959 | 3.6 | 15.3 | 19.9 |
| 1958 | 3.8 | 15.8 | 19.7 |
| 1957 | 4 | 16.3 | 20.5 |
| 1956 | 4.3 | 16.9 | 21.3 |
| 1955 | 4.5 | 17.5 | 22.3 |
| 1954 | 4.8 | 18.1 | 22.8 |
| 1953 | 5.1 | 18.7 | 23.3 |
| 1952 | 5.4 | 19.4 | 23.9 |
| 1951 | 5.7 | 20 | 24.3 |
| 1950 | 6 | 20.7 | 24.7 |
| 1949 | 6.4 | 21.5 | 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 |
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
Belgium vs Thailand
Health
- Life expectancyBelgium: 82.1 years in 2023Thailand: 76.4 years in 2023
- Infant mortalityBelgium: 3.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Thailand: 6.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionBelgium: 4.11% in 2017Thailand: 3.09% in 2017
- Suicide rateBelgium: 14.3 per 100,000 people in 2017Thailand: 10.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBelgium: 11.7 million people in 2023Thailand: 71.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthBelgium: 0.25% a year in 2023Thailand: -0.04% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBelgium: 1.38 births per woman in 2023Thailand: 1.21 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBelgium: 87.7% in 2025Thailand: 62.8% in 2025
- Median ageBelgium: 41.4 years in 2023Thailand: 39.7 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBelgium: 20.2% in 2023Thailand: 14.7% in 2023
- Net migration rateBelgium: 3.6 per 1,000 people in 2023Thailand: 0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBelgium: 2.01% of GDP in 2025Thailand: 1.04% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsBelgium: $13.6B in 2025Thailand: $5.57B in 2025
- Military spending per personBelgium: $1,237 in 2025Thailand: $84 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBelgium: 3.7% of government spending in 2025Thailand: 4.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBelgium: 24,000 people in 2020Thailand: 455,000 people in 2020
- National powerBelgium: 0.22% of world capability in 2022Thailand: 0.79% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBelgium: 0.47% of the labour force in 2020Thailand: 1.13% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBelgium: 430 million TIV in 2025Thailand: 33 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsBelgium: 86 million TIV in 2025Thailand: 15 million TIV in 2024