France vs Saudi Arabia
France vs Saudi Arabia: Child mortality
Child mortality in 2024: 0.4 per 100 live births in France and 0.6 per 100 live births in Saudi Arabia, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Saudi Arabia, by 0.2 per 100 live births, or 1.4 times that in France.
deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME
What the numbers say
- Saudi Arabia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1960.
- In 2024, France ranked 166 and Saudi Arabia ranked 149 of 200 countries, counting from the highest.
- 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 | France | Saudi Arabia | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 3.7 |
| 2023 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 3.8 |
| 2022 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 4 |
| 2021 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 4 |
| 2020 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 3.9 |
| 2019 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 4 |
| 2018 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 4 |
| 2017 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 4.1 |
| 2016 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 4.2 |
| 2015 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 4.3 |
| 2014 | 0.4 | 1 | 4.4 |
| 2013 | 0.4 | 1 | 4.5 |
| 2012 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 4.7 |
| 2011 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 5 |
| 2010 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 5.1 |
| 2009 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 5.3 |
| 2008 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 5.5 |
| 2007 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 5.7 |
| 2006 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 6 |
| 2005 | 0.5 | 1.6 | 6.2 |
| 2004 | 0.5 | 1.7 | 6.6 |
| 2003 | 0.5 | 1.8 | 6.8 |
| 2002 | 0.5 | 1.9 | 7.1 |
| 2001 | 0.5 | 2.1 | 7.4 |
| 2000 | 0.5 | 2.2 | 7.7 |
| 1999 | 0.6 | 2.3 | 7.9 |
| 1998 | 0.6 | 2.5 | 8.3 |
| 1997 | 0.6 | 2.7 | 8.4 |
| 1996 | 0.6 | 2.8 | 8.6 |
| 1995 | 0.7 | 3 | 8.8 |
| 1994 | 0.7 | 3.3 | 8.9 |
| 1993 | 0.8 | 3.5 | 9.1 |
| 1992 | 0.8 | 3.8 | 9.2 |
| 1991 | 0.9 | 4.1 | 9.3 |
| 1990 | 0.9 | 4.4 | 9.4 |
| 1989 | 0.9 | 4.8 | 9.5 |
| 1988 | 1 | 5.2 | 10 |
| 1987 | 1 | 5.6 | 9.9 |
| 1986 | 1 | 6 | 10.3 |
| 1985 | 1 | 6.5 | 10.6 |
| 1984 | 1.1 | 7 | 10.9 |
| 1983 | 1.1 | 7.5 | 11.1 |
| 1982 | 1.2 | 8.1 | 11.2 |
| 1981 | 1.2 | 8.7 | 11.6 |
| 1980 | 1.2 | 9.3 | 11.9 |
| 1979 | 1.3 | 10 | 11.9 |
| 1978 | 1.3 | 10.7 | 12.3 |
| 1977 | 1.4 | 11.4 | 12.6 |
| 1976 | 1.4 | 12.2 | 12.8 |
| 1975 | 1.5 | 13 | 13.1 |
| 1974 | 1.5 | 13.9 | 13.3 |
| 1973 | 1.6 | 14.9 | 13.5 |
| 1972 | 1.7 | 15.9 | 13.7 |
| 1971 | 1.7 | 17.1 | 13.9 |
| 1970 | 1.8 | 18.3 | 14.2 |
| 1969 | 1.9 | – | 14.6 |
| 1968 | 2 | – | 15 |
| 1967 | 2.1 | – | 15.3 |
| 1966 | 2.1 | – | 15.1 |
| 1965 | 2.2 | – | 15.1 |
| 1964 | 2.3 | – | 15.7 |
| 1963 | 2.5 | – | 16.2 |
| 1962 | 2.6 | – | 17 |
| 1961 | 2.7 | – | 18.8 |
| 1960 | 2.9 | 24.3 | 20.2 |
| 1959 | 3 | – | 19.9 |
| 1958 | 3.2 | – | 19.7 |
| 1957 | 3.5 | – | 20.5 |
| 1956 | 3.7 | – | 21.3 |
| 1955 | 4 | – | 22.3 |
| 1954 | 4.3 | – | 22.8 |
| 1953 | 4.6 | – | 23.3 |
| 1952 | 5 | – | 23.9 |
| 1951 | 5.3 | – | 24.3 |
| 1950 | 5.7 | – | 24.7 |
| 1949 | 6.1 | – | 24.9 |
| 1948 | 6.5 | – | 24.9 |
| 1947 | 8.3 | – | 25.5 |
| 1946 | 9.7 | – | 25.8 |
| 1945 | 13.6 | – | 26.7 |
| 1944 | 10.5 | – | 27.4 |
| 1943 | 10.1 | – | 27.7 |
| 1942 | 9.7 | – | 27.9 |
| 1941 | 9.4 | – | 27.8 |
| 1940 | 11.5 | – | 27.9 |
| 1939 | 8.6 | – | 28 |
| 1938 | 9 | – | 28.7 |
| 1937 | 9 | – | 28.8 |
| 1936 | 9.2 | – | 29.1 |
| 1935 | 9.2 | – | 29.5 |
| 1934 | 9.8 | – | 30.7 |
| 1933 | 10 | – | 30.5 |
| 1932 | 10.6 | – | 30.7 |
| 1931 | 10.5 | – | 31.4 |
| 1930 | 10.9 | – | 31.6 |
| 1929 | 13 | – | 32 |
| 1928 | 12.7 | – | 31.9 |
| 1927 | 11.8 | – | 31.9 |
| 1926 | 13.4 | – | 32.7 |
| 1925 | 12.8 | – | 32.4 |
| 1924 | 11.9 | – | 33.1 |
| 1923 | 13.4 | – | 33.1 |
| 1922 | 11.9 | – | 33.2 |
| 1921 | 15.5 | – | 34.2 |
| 1920 | 16.8 | – | 34.4 |
| 1919 | 17.8 | – | 35.7 |
| 1918 | 22.2 | – | 37.6 |
| 1917 | 18.1 | – | 35.3 |
| 1916 | 16.4 | – | 35.1 |
| 1915 | 16.6 | – | 35.3 |
| 1914 | 15.5 | – | 35.4 |
| 1913 | 16.3 | – | 35.1 |
| 1912 | 15.7 | – | 35.5 |
| 1911 | 20.4 | – | 36 |
| 1910 | 16 | – | 36.4 |
| 1909 | 16.8 | – | 36.6 |
| 1908 | 18.2 | – | 37.2 |
| 1907 | 18.4 | – | 37.4 |
| 1906 | 20 | – | 38.1 |
| 1905 | 19.1 | – | 38.8 |
| 1904 | 20.2 | – | 38.9 |
| 1903 | 19.4 | – | 39.5 |
| 1902 | 19.7 | – | 40.1 |
| 1901 | 20.7 | – | 40.8 |
| 1900 | 22.4 | – | 40.9 |
| 1899 | 23.4 | – | 40.8 |
| 1898 | 22.9 | – | 41.2 |
| 1897 | 20.7 | – | 41 |
| 1896 | 20.3 | – | 41.1 |
| 1895 | 22.8 | – | 41.3 |
| 1894 | 22.6 | – | 41.2 |
| 1893 | 24.9 | – | 41.2 |
| 1892 | 25 | – | 41.7 |
| 1891 | 23.6 | – | 41.3 |
| 1890 | 25.1 | – | 41.5 |
| 1889 | 23 | – | 41.2 |
| 1888 | 24.2 | – | 41 |
| 1887 | 24.3 | – | 41.1 |
| 1886 | 25 | – | 41.1 |
| 1885 | 24 | – | 41.2 |
| 1884 | 26 | – | 41.1 |
| 1883 | 24.8 | – | 41.4 |
| 1882 | 24.8 | – | 41.5 |
| 1881 | 24.4 | – | 41.1 |
| 1880 | 25.7 | – | 41.6 |
| 1879 | 23.5 | – | 41.1 |
| 1878 | 25 | – | 41.6 |
| 1877 | 23.7 | – | 41.2 |
| 1876 | 24 | – | 41.4 |
| 1875 | 24.6 | – | 41.5 |
| 1874 | 24.2 | – | 41.7 |
| 1873 | 26.7 | – | 41.8 |
| 1872 | 25.5 | – | 42.1 |
| 1871 | 34.4 | – | 42.2 |
| 1870 | 30 | – | 41.9 |
| 1869 | 27.4 | – | 42.1 |
| 1868 | 28.8 | – | 42.4 |
| 1867 | 26.4 | – | 42 |
| 1866 | 25.3 | – | 42.1 |
| 1865 | 28.3 | – | 42.3 |
| 1864 | 26.5 | – | 42.2 |
| 1863 | 27.5 | – | 42.5 |
| 1862 | 25.8 | – | 42.6 |
| 1861 | 29.1 | – | 42.9 |
| 1860 | 24.3 | – | 42.9 |
| 1859 | 34.7 | – | 43.7 |
| 1858 | 28.3 | – | 43.8 |
| 1857 | 28.6 | – | 44.2 |
| 1856 | 26.9 | – | 44.2 |
| 1855 | 27.9 | – | 44 |
| 1854 | 29.8 | – | 43.7 |
| 1853 | 24.4 | – | 43.2 |
| 1852 | 26.5 | – | 42.9 |
| 1851 | 26.2 | – | 42.4 |
| 1850 | 23.8 | – | 42 |
| 1849 | 30.1 | – | 42.3 |
| 1848 | 26.5 | – | 42.3 |
| 1847 | 25.8 | – | 42.2 |
| 1846 | 27.2 | – | 42.4 |
| 1845 | 23.7 | – | 42 |
| 1844 | 25.2 | – | 42.1 |
| 1843 | 26.9 | – | 42.1 |
| 1842 | 27 | – | 42.2 |
| 1841 | 26.3 | – | 42.1 |
| 1840 | 26.1 | – | 42.1 |
| 1839 | 26.8 | – | 42.1 |
| 1838 | 28.7 | – | 42.2 |
| 1837 | 27.4 | – | 42.2 |
| 1836 | 25.9 | – | 42.2 |
| 1835 | 27.7 | – | 42.2 |
| 1834 | 33.8 | – | 42.3 |
| 1833 | 28.7 | – | 42.2 |
| 1832 | 29.8 | – | 42.2 |
| 1831 | 28.4 | – | 42.2 |
| 1830 | 28.3 | – | 42.2 |
| 1829 | 28.4 | – | 42.1 |
| 1828 | 31.3 | – | 42.1 |
| 1827 | 28.5 | – | 42.1 |
| 1826 | 30.4 | – | 42.1 |
| 1825 | 30.6 | – | 42.1 |
| 1824 | 30.6 | – | 42.1 |
| 1823 | 28.9 | – | 42.1 |
| 1822 | 30.9 | – | 42.1 |
| 1821 | 28.7 | – | 42.1 |
| 1820 | 28.5 | – | 42.1 |
| 1819 | 31.2 | – | 42.2 |
| 1818 | 29.4 | – | 42.2 |
| 1817 | 28.4 | – | 42.2 |
| 1816 | 27.3 | – | 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
France vs Saudi Arabia
Health
- Life expectancyFrance: 83.3 years in 2023Saudi Arabia: 78.7 years in 2023
- Infant mortalityFrance: 3.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023Saudi Arabia: 5.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionFrance: 4.25% in 2017Saudi Arabia: 3.54% in 2017
- Suicide rateFrance: 12.4 per 100,000 people in 2017Saudi Arabia: 2.9 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationFrance: 66.4 million people in 2023Saudi Arabia: 33.3 million people in 2023
- Population growthFrance: 0.17% a year in 2023Saudi Arabia: 2.39% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateFrance: 1.64 births per woman in 2023Saudi Arabia: 2.28 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationFrance: 78.8% in 2025Saudi Arabia: 84.6% in 2025
- Median ageFrance: 41.8 years in 2023Saudi Arabia: 29.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overFrance: 21.8% in 2023Saudi Arabia: 2.8% in 2023
- Net migration rateFrance: 1.4 per 1,000 people in 2023Saudi Arabia: 9.8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingFrance: 2.03% of GDP in 2025Saudi Arabia: 6.48% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsFrance: $64.5B in 2025Saudi Arabia: $81.5B in 2025
- Military spending per personFrance: $1,021 in 2025Saudi Arabia: $2,428 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingFrance: 3.5% of government spending in 2025Saudi Arabia: 23.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelFrance: 304,000 people in 2020Saudi Arabia: 282,000 people in 2020
- National powerFrance: 1.09% of world capability in 2022Saudi Arabia: 1.34% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersFrance: 1% of the labour force in 2020Saudi Arabia: 1.92% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsFrance: 236 million TIV in 2025Saudi Arabia: 3.04 billion TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsFrance: 3.37 billion TIV in 2025Saudi Arabia: 3 million TIV in 2023