China vs Myanmar (Burma)

China vs Myanmar (Burma): Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 0.6 per 100 live births in China and 3.7 per 100 live births in Myanmar (Burma), by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Myanmar (Burma), by 3.1 per 100 live births, or 6.47 times that in China.

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

China vs Myanmar (Burma): Child mortalityChild mortality in 2024: 0.6 per 100 live births in China and 3.7 per 100 live births in Myanmar (Burma), by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Myanmar (Burma), by 3.1 per 100 live births, or 6.47 times that in China.
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What the numbers say

  • Myanmar (Burma) has been higher since 1968, when it overtook China.
  • 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

YearChinaMyanmar (Burma)World
20240.63.73.7
20230.63.83.8
20220.744
20210.74.14
20200.84.23.9
20190.84.44
20180.94.54
20170.94.74.1
201614.94.2
20151.15.14.3
20141.25.24.4
20131.35.54.5
20121.45.74.7
20111.565
20101.66.25.1
20091.76.55.3
20081.910.25.5
200727.15.7
20062.27.46
20052.47.66.2
20042.67.96.6
20032.98.26.8
20023.18.47.1
20013.48.77.4
20003.78.97.7
19993.99.17.9
19984.19.48.3
19974.49.68.4
19964.69.98.6
19954.710.28.8
19944.910.48.9
19935.110.79.1
19925.210.99.2
19915.311.29.3
19905.411.59.4
19895.411.79.5
19885.411.910
19875.412.29.9
19865.412.410.3
19855.412.610.6
19845.512.810.9
19835.613.111.1
19825.813.311.2
1981613.611.6
19806.313.911.9
19796.614.211.9
1978714.512.3
19777.414.812.6
19767.915.212.8
19758.415.613.1
1974915.913.3
19739.516.313.5
197210.116.613.7
197110.61713.9
197011.217.314.2
196911.817.614.6
196813.21815
1967––15.3
1966––15.1
196511.5–15.1
1964––15.7
1963––16.2
196216.8–17
196126.2–18.8
196030.927.520.2
195926.9–19.9
195823.3–19.7
1957––20.5
1956––21.3
195529.1–22.3
1954––22.8
1953––23.3
1952––23.9
1951––24.3
195031.7–24.7
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

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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