China vs United Arab Emirates: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 0.6 per 100 live births in China and 0.5 per 100 live births in United Arab Emirates, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in China, by 0.1 per 100 live births, or 1.19 times that in United Arab Emirates.

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

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What the numbers say

China has been higher since 1968, when it overtook United Arab Emirates.
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	China	United Arab Emirates	World
2024	0.6	0.5	3.7
2023	0.6	0.5	3.8
2022	0.7	0.5	4
2021	0.7	0.6	4
2020	0.8	0.6	3.9
2019	0.8	0.6	4
2018	0.9	0.7	4
2017	0.9	0.7	4.1
2016	1	0.7	4.2
2015	1.1	0.8	4.3
2014	1.2	0.8	4.4
2013	1.3	0.8	4.5
2012	1.4	0.8	4.7
2011	1.5	0.9	5
2010	1.6	0.9	5.1
2009	1.7	0.9	5.3
2008	1.9	0.9	5.5
2007	2	0.9	5.7
2006	2.2	1	6
2005	2.4	1	6.2
2004	2.6	1	6.6
2003	2.9	1	6.8
2002	3.1	1	7.1
2001	3.4	1.1	7.4
2000	3.7	1.1	7.7
1999	3.9	1.1	7.9
1998	4.1	1.1	8.3
1997	4.4	1.2	8.4
1996	4.6	1.2	8.6
1995	4.7	1.2	8.8
1994	4.9	1.3	8.9
1993	5.1	1.3	9.1
1992	5.2	1.4	9.2
1991	5.3	1.4	9.3
1990	5.4	1.5	9.4
1989	5.4	1.6	9.5
1988	5.4	1.7	10
1987	5.4	1.8	9.9
1986	5.4	2	10.3
1985	5.4	2.1	10.6
1984	5.5	2.3	10.9
1983	5.6	2.5	11.1
1982	5.8	2.8	11.2
1981	6	3.1	11.6
1980	6.3	3.4	11.9
1979	6.6	3.8	11.9
1978	7	4.2	12.3
1977	7.4	4.7	12.6
1976	7.9	5.3	12.8
1975	8.4	5.8	13.1
1974	9	6.5	13.3
1973	9.5	7.2	13.5
1972	10.1	7.9	13.7
1971	10.6	8.7	13.9
1970	11.2	9.7	14.2
1969	11.8	10.6	14.6
1968	13.2	11.6	15
1967	–	12.7	15.3
1966	–	13.7	15.1
1965	11.5	14.8	15.1
1964	–	15.9	15.7
1963	–	17	16.2
1962	16.8	18	17
1961	26.2	19.1	18.8
1960	30.9	20.1	20.2
1959	26.9	–	19.9
1958	23.3	–	19.7
1957	–	–	20.5
1956	–	–	21.3
1955	29.1	–	22.3
1954	–	–	22.8
1953	–	–	23.3
1952	–	–	23.9
1951	–	–	24.3
1950	31.7	–	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.

How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time