China vs United States

China vs United States: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 0.6 per 100 live births in China and 0.7 per 100 live births in United States, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in United States, by 0.1 per 100 live births, or 1.14 times that in China.

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

China vs United States: Child mortalityChild mortality in 2024: 0.6 per 100 live births in China and 0.7 per 100 live births in United States, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in United States, by 0.1 per 100 live births, or 1.14 times that in China.
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What the numbers say

  • United States has been higher since 2023, 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

YearChinaUnited StatesWorld
20240.60.73.7
20230.60.73.8
20220.70.74
20210.70.74
20200.80.73.9
20190.80.74
20180.90.74
20170.90.74.1
201610.74.2
20151.10.74.3
20141.20.74.4
20131.30.74.5
20121.40.74.7
20111.50.75
20101.60.75.1
20091.70.85.3
20081.90.85.5
200720.85.7
20062.20.86
20052.40.86.2
20042.60.86.6
20032.90.86.8
20023.10.87.1
20013.40.87.4
20003.70.87.7
19993.90.97.9
19984.10.98.3
19974.40.98.4
19964.60.98.6
19954.718.8
19944.918.9
19935.119.1
19925.21.19.2
19915.31.19.3
19905.41.19.4
19895.41.29.5
19885.41.210
19875.41.29.9
19865.41.210.3
19855.41.310.6
19845.51.310.9
19835.61.311.1
19825.81.411.2
198161.411.6
19806.31.511.9
19796.61.611.9
197871.612.3
19777.41.712.6
19767.91.812.8
19758.41.913.1
19749213.3
19739.52.113.5
197210.12.213.7
197110.62.213.9
197011.22.314.2
196911.82.414.6
196813.22.515
1967–2.615.3
1966–2.615.1
196511.52.715.1
1964–2.815.7
1963–2.816.2
196216.82.917
196126.2318.8
196030.9320.2
195926.93.119.9
195823.33.119.7
1957–3.220.5
1956–3.221.3
195529.13.322.3
1954–3.422.8
1953–3.523.3
1952–3.623.9
1951–3.724.3
195031.73.824.7
1949–3.924.9
1948–424.9
1947–4.325.5
1946–4.725.8
1945–4.826.7
1944–527.4
1943–5.427.7
1942–5.527.9
1941–627.8
1940–6.227.9
1939–6.328
1938–728.7
1937–7.428.8
1936–7.629.1
1935–7.529.5
1934–830.7
1933–7.330.5
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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