France vs Vietnam
France vs Vietnam: Child mortality
Child mortality in 2024: 0.4 per 100 live births in France and 1.7 per 100 live births in Vietnam, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Vietnam, by 1.3 per 100 live births, or 4.02 times that in France.
deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME
What the numbers say
- Vietnam has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1959.
- In 2024, France ranked 166 and Vietnam ranked 85 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 | Vietnam | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.4 | 1.7 | 3.7 |
| 2023 | 0.4 | 1.8 | 3.8 |
| 2022 | 0.4 | 1.8 | 4 |
| 2021 | 0.4 | 1.9 | 4 |
| 2020 | 0.4 | 2 | 3.9 |
| 2019 | 0.4 | 2 | 4 |
| 2018 | 0.4 | 2.1 | 4 |
| 2017 | 0.4 | 2.1 | 4.1 |
| 2016 | 0.4 | 2.1 | 4.2 |
| 2015 | 0.4 | 2.2 | 4.3 |
| 2014 | 0.4 | 2.2 | 4.4 |
| 2013 | 0.4 | 2.2 | 4.5 |
| 2012 | 0.4 | 2.3 | 4.7 |
| 2011 | 0.4 | 2.3 | 5 |
| 2010 | 0.4 | 2.3 | 5.1 |
| 2009 | 0.4 | 2.3 | 5.3 |
| 2008 | 0.4 | 2.4 | 5.5 |
| 2007 | 0.4 | 2.4 | 5.7 |
| 2006 | 0.5 | 2.5 | 6 |
| 2005 | 0.5 | 2.5 | 6.2 |
| 2004 | 0.5 | 2.6 | 6.6 |
| 2003 | 0.5 | 2.7 | 6.8 |
| 2002 | 0.5 | 2.8 | 7.1 |
| 2001 | 0.5 | 2.9 | 7.4 |
| 2000 | 0.5 | 3 | 7.7 |
| 1999 | 0.6 | 3.2 | 7.9 |
| 1998 | 0.6 | 3.3 | 8.3 |
| 1997 | 0.6 | 3.5 | 8.4 |
| 1996 | 0.6 | 3.7 | 8.6 |
| 1995 | 0.7 | 3.9 | 8.8 |
| 1994 | 0.7 | 4.2 | 8.9 |
| 1993 | 0.8 | 4.4 | 9.1 |
| 1992 | 0.8 | 4.7 | 9.2 |
| 1991 | 0.9 | 4.9 | 9.3 |
| 1990 | 0.9 | 5.2 | 9.4 |
| 1989 | 0.9 | 5.4 | 9.5 |
| 1988 | 1 | 5.6 | 10 |
| 1987 | 1 | 5.9 | 9.9 |
| 1986 | 1 | 6 | 10.3 |
| 1985 | 1 | 6.2 | 10.6 |
| 1984 | 1.1 | 6.4 | 10.9 |
| 1983 | 1.1 | 6.5 | 11.1 |
| 1982 | 1.2 | 6.7 | 11.2 |
| 1981 | 1.2 | 6.8 | 11.6 |
| 1980 | 1.2 | 7 | 11.9 |
| 1979 | 1.3 | 7.2 | 11.9 |
| 1978 | 1.3 | 7.3 | 12.3 |
| 1977 | 1.4 | 7.5 | 12.6 |
| 1976 | 1.4 | 7.7 | 12.8 |
| 1975 | 1.5 | 7.9 | 13.1 |
| 1974 | 1.5 | 11 | 13.3 |
| 1973 | 1.6 | 10.7 | 13.5 |
| 1972 | 1.7 | 12.2 | 13.7 |
| 1971 | 1.7 | 10.8 | 13.9 |
| 1970 | 1.8 | 11 | 14.2 |
| 1969 | 1.9 | 11.1 | 14.6 |
| 1968 | 2 | 12 | 15 |
| 1967 | 2.1 | 10.4 | 15.3 |
| 1966 | 2.1 | 10.3 | 15.1 |
| 1965 | 2.2 | 10.3 | 15.1 |
| 1964 | 2.3 | 9.9 | 15.7 |
| 1963 | 2.5 | 10.9 | 16.2 |
| 1962 | 2.6 | 11.3 | 17 |
| 1961 | 2.7 | 11.7 | 18.8 |
| 1960 | 2.9 | 12.1 | 20.2 |
| 1959 | 3 | 12.5 | 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 Vietnam
Health
- Life expectancyFrance: 83.3 years in 2023Vietnam: 74.6 years in 2023
- Infant mortalityFrance: 3.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023Vietnam: 15.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterFrance: 99.7% in 2022Vietnam: 57.8% in 2022
- DepressionFrance: 4.25% in 2017Vietnam: 2.88% in 2017
- Suicide rateFrance: 12.4 per 100,000 people in 2017Vietnam: 7.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationFrance: 66.4 million people in 2023Vietnam: 100 million people in 2023
- Population growthFrance: 0.17% a year in 2023Vietnam: 0.64% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateFrance: 1.64 births per woman in 2023Vietnam: 1.91 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationFrance: 78.8% in 2025Vietnam: 38.8% in 2025
- Median ageFrance: 41.8 years in 2023Vietnam: 32.4 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overFrance: 21.8% in 2023Vietnam: 8.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateFrance: 1.4 per 1,000 people in 2023Vietnam: -0.8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingFrance: 2.03% of GDP in 2025Vietnam: 2.15% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsFrance: $64.5B in 2025Vietnam: $10.9B in 2025
- Military spending per personFrance: $1,021 in 2025Vietnam: $104 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingFrance: 3.5% of government spending in 2025Vietnam: 9.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelFrance: 304,000 people in 2020Vietnam: 522,000 people in 2020
- National powerFrance: 1.09% of world capability in 2022Vietnam: 1.11% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersFrance: 1% of the labour force in 2020Vietnam: 0.95% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsFrance: 236 million TIV in 2025Vietnam: 177 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsFrance: 3.37 billion TIV in 2025Vietnam: 10 million TIV in 2018