Bhutan vs China

Bhutan vs China: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 1.7 per 100 live births in Bhutan and 0.6 per 100 live births in China, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Bhutan, by 1.2 per 100 live births, or 3.02 times that in China.

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

Bhutan vs China: Child mortalityChild mortality in 2024: 1.7 per 100 live births in Bhutan and 0.6 per 100 live births in China, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Bhutan, by 1.2 per 100 live births, or 3.02 times that in China.
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What the numbers say

  • Bhutan has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1968.
  • 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

YearBhutanChinaWorld
20241.70.63.7
20231.80.63.8
20221.90.74
202120.74
20202.10.83.9
20192.30.84
20182.40.94
20172.60.94.1
20162.714.2
20152.91.14.3
20143.11.24.4
20133.31.34.5
20123.61.44.7
20113.81.55
20104.11.65.1
20094.31.75.3
20084.61.95.5
2007525.7
20065.32.26
20055.72.46.2
20046.12.66.6
20036.52.96.8
20026.93.17.1
20017.33.47.4
20007.83.77.7
19998.23.97.9
19988.74.18.3
19979.24.48.4
19969.74.68.6
199510.24.78.8
199410.74.98.9
199311.25.19.1
199211.75.29.2
199112.25.39.3
199012.85.49.4
198913.45.49.5
1988145.410
198714.65.49.9
198615.35.410.3
1985165.410.6
198416.65.510.9
198317.35.611.1
1982185.811.2
198118.8611.6
198019.56.311.9
197920.36.611.9
197821712.3
197721.77.412.6
197622.47.912.8
1975238.413.1
197423.7913.3
197324.49.513.5
19722510.113.7
197125.710.613.9
197026.311.214.2
196926.911.814.6
196827.613.215
1967––15.3
1966––15.1
1965–11.515.1
1964––15.7
1963––16.2
1962–16.817
1961–26.218.8
1960–30.920.2
1959–26.919.9
1958–23.319.7
1957––20.5
1956––21.3
1955–29.122.3
1954––22.8
1953––23.3
1952––23.9
1951––24.3
1950–31.724.7
1949––24.9
1948––24.9
1947––25.5
1946––25.8
1945––26.7
1944––27.4
1943––27.7
1942––27.9
1941––27.8
1940––27.9
1939––28
1938––28.7
1937––28.8
1936––29.1
1935––29.5
1934––30.7
1933––30.5
1932––30.7
1931––31.4
1930––31.6
1929––32
1928––31.9
1927––31.9
1926––32.7
1925––32.4
1924––33.1
1923––33.1
1922––33.2
1921––34.2
1920––34.4
1919––35.7
1918––37.6
1917––35.3
1916––35.1
1915––35.3
1914––35.4
1913––35.1
1912––35.5
1911––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

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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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