Bhutan vs India

Bhutan vs India: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 1.7 per 100 live births in Bhutan and 2.7 per 100 live births in India, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in India, by 0.9 per 100 live births, or 1.55 times that in Bhutan.

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

Bhutan vs India: Child mortalityChild mortality in 2024: 1.7 per 100 live births in Bhutan and 2.7 per 100 live births in India, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in India, by 0.9 per 100 live births, or 1.55 times that in Bhutan.
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What the numbers say

  • India has been higher since 1991, when it overtook Bhutan.
  • 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

YearBhutanIndiaWorld
20241.72.73.7
20231.82.83.8
20221.934
202123.14
20202.13.33.9
20192.33.54
20182.43.74
20172.63.94.1
20162.74.14.2
20152.94.44.3
20143.14.64.4
20133.34.94.5
20123.65.24.7
20113.85.55
20104.15.85.1
20094.36.15.3
20084.66.55.5
200756.85.7
20065.37.16
20055.77.46.2
20046.17.86.6
20036.58.16.8
20026.98.57.1
20017.38.87.4
20007.89.27.7
19998.29.57.9
19988.79.98.3
19979.210.38.4
19969.710.68.6
199510.2118.8
199410.711.38.9
199311.211.79.1
199211.7129.2
199112.212.39.3
199012.812.79.4
198913.413.19.5
19881413.510
198714.613.99.9
198615.314.310.3
19851614.710.6
198416.615.110.9
198317.315.511.1
1982181611.2
198118.816.511.6
198019.51711.9
197920.317.511.9
19782118.112.3
197721.718.612.6
197622.419.112.8
19752319.613.1
197423.720.113.3
197324.420.513.5
19722520.813.7
197125.721.113.9
197026.321.414.2
196926.921.714.6
196827.62215
1967–22.215.3
1966–22.515.1
1965–22.715.1
1964–2315.7
1963–23.216.2
1962–23.517
1961–23.818.8
1960–24.120.2
1959–24.519.9
1958–24.819.7
1957–25.220.5
1956–25.621.3
1955–2622.3
1954–26.422.8
1953–26.823.3
1952––23.9
1951––24.3
1950–26.724.7
1949––24.9
1948––24.9
1947––25.5
1946––25.8
1945–24.426.7
1944–27.527.4
1943–26.927.7
1942–26.527.9
1941–25.727.8
1940–2627.9
1939–25.328
1938–27.228.7
1937–26.428.8
1936–26.429.1
1935–26.729.5
1934–30.430.7
1933–27.830.5
1932–27.530.7
1931–29.131.4
1930–29.431.6
1929–28.932
1928–28.131.9
1927–27.231.9
1926–30.732.7
1925–28.332.4
1924–30.733.1
1923–28.633.1
1922–28.433.2
1921–32.234.2
1920–31.734.4
1919–36.435.7
1918–43.437.6
1917–33.335.3
1916–32.935.1
1915–32.935.3
1914–34.535.4
1913–31.735.1
1912–33.835.5
1911–33.336
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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