Germany vs Vietnam

Germany vs Vietnam: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 0.4 per 100 live births in Germany and 1.7 per 100 live births in Vietnam, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Vietnam, by 1.4 per 100 live births, or 4.68 times that in Germany.

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

All yearsSince 1950Since 1990Since 2010
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Germany vs Vietnam: Child mortalityChild mortality in 2024: 0.4 per 100 live births in Germany and 1.7 per 100 live births in Vietnam, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Vietnam, by 1.4 per 100 live births, or 4.68 times that in Germany.
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Latest figures

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

CountryLatest10 years beforeRank in 2024
Germany0.4 20240.4173 of 200
Vietnam1.7 20242.285 of 200
World3.7 20244.4

What the numbers say

  • Vietnam has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1960.
  • 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

YearGermanyVietnamWorld
20240.41.73.7
20230.41.83.8
20220.41.84
20210.41.94
20200.423.9
20190.424
20180.42.14
20170.42.14.1
20160.42.14.2
20150.42.24.3
20140.42.24.4
20130.42.24.5
20120.42.34.7
20110.42.35
20100.42.35.1
20090.42.35.3
20080.42.45.5
20070.52.45.7
20060.52.56
20050.52.56.2
20040.52.66.6
20030.52.76.8
20020.52.87.1
20010.52.97.4
20000.537.7
19990.63.27.9
19980.63.38.3
19970.63.58.4
19960.63.78.6
19950.73.98.8
19940.74.28.9
19930.74.49.1
19920.84.79.2
19910.84.99.3
19900.95.29.4
19890.95.49.5
198815.610
198715.99.9
19861.1610.3
19851.16.210.6
19841.26.410.9
19831.36.511.1
19821.36.711.2
19811.46.811.6
19801.5711.9
19791.67.211.9
19781.77.312.3
19771.87.512.6
197627.712.8
19752.17.913.1
19742.21113.3
19732.310.713.5
19722.412.213.7
19712.510.813.9
19702.61114.2
19692.611.114.6
19682.71215
19672.910.415.3
1966–10.315.1
1965–10.315.1
1964–9.915.7
1963–10.916.2
1962–11.317
1961–11.718.8
19604.312.120.2
1959–12.519.9
1958––19.7
1957––20.5
1956––21.3
1955––22.3
1954––22.8
1953––23.3
1952––23.9
1951––24.3
1950––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
19408.7–27.9
193910–28
19388.1–28.7
19378.7–28.8
19369–29.1
193514.7–29.5
19349–30.7
193310.9–30.5
193211.2–30.7
193111.9–31.4
193012.2–31.6
192914.4–32
192812.9–31.9
192714.4–31.9
192615.3–32.7
192515.9–32.4
192416.4–33.1
192320.7–33.1
192220.5–33.2
192121.3–34.2
192020.7–34.4
191923.3–35.7
191825.7–37.6
191724.1–35.3
191622.4–35.1
191523.9–35.3
191426.7–35.4
191324.4–35.1
191223.7–35.5
191131.2–36
191026.4–36.4
190927.6–36.6
190828.9–37.2
190728.6–37.4
190630.1–38.1
190533.3–38.8
190431.9–38.9
190333.2–39.5
190229.8–40.1
190133.7–40.8
190037.2–40.9
189935.1–40.8
189834.2–41.2
189736.1–41
189633.8–41.1
189537.4–41.3
189435.6–41.2
189336.4–41.2
189237.4–41.7
189135.6–41.3
189036.7–41.5
188936.7–41.2
188835.4–41
188735.3–41.1
188638.2–41.1
188536.7–41.2
188438.2–41.1
188337.7–41.4
188237.1–41.5
188136.4–41.1
188039–41.6
187935.4–41.1
187836.7–41.6
187736.6–41.2
187637.1–41.4
187539.3–41.5
187448.2–41.7
187349.9–41.8
187248.9–42.1
187153.6–42.2
187048.4–41.9
186947.6–42.1
186849.9–42.4
186750.7–42
186648.9–42.1
186553.9–42.3
186448.2–42.2
186348.4–42.5
1862––42.6
1861––42.9
186042.2–42.9
185952.6–43.7
185846.9–43.8
185749.9–44.2
185641.1–44.2
185546.3–44
185447.3–43.7
185346.3–43.2
185248.4–42.9
185146.6–42.4
185048.2–42
184946.3–42.3
184850.7–42.3
184746.5–42.2
184651.6–42.4
184546.9–42
184446.6–42.1
184346.6–42.1
184251.6–42.2
184148.7–42.1
184048.6–42.1
183946.3–42.1
183848.2–42.2
183749–42.2
183647.4–42.2
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