India vs Türkiye: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 2.7 per 100 live births in India and 1 per 100 live births in Türkiye, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in India, by 1.7 per 100 live births, or 2.77 times that in Türkiye.

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

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What the numbers say

India has been higher since 1963, when it overtook Türkiye.
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	India	Türkiye	World
2024	2.7	1	3.7
2023	2.8	1.4	3.8
2022	3	1	4
2021	3.1	1.1	4
2020	3.3	1.1	3.9
2019	3.5	1.1	4
2018	3.7	1.2	4
2017	3.9	1.2	4.1
2016	4.1	1.3	4.2
2015	4.4	1.3	4.3
2014	4.6	1.4	4.4
2013	4.9	1.5	4.5
2012	5.2	1.6	4.7
2011	5.5	1.7	5
2010	5.8	1.8	5.1
2009	6.1	1.9	5.3
2008	6.5	2	5.5
2007	6.8	2.2	5.7
2006	7.1	2.4	6
2005	7.4	2.5	6.2
2004	7.8	2.7	6.6
2003	8.1	3	6.8
2002	8.5	3.2	7.1
2001	8.8	3.5	7.4
2000	9.2	3.7	7.7
1999	9.5	4	7.9
1998	9.9	4.3	8.3
1997	10.3	4.6	8.4
1996	10.6	5	8.6
1995	11	5.3	8.8
1994	11.3	5.7	8.9
1993	11.7	6.1	9.1
1992	12	6.5	9.2
1991	12.3	6.9	9.3
1990	12.7	7.4	9.4
1989	13.1	7.8	9.5
1988	13.5	8.3	10
1987	13.9	8.8	9.9
1986	14.3	9.3	10.3
1985	14.7	9.8	10.6
1984	15.1	10.4	10.9
1983	15.5	11	11.1
1982	16	11.6	11.2
1981	16.5	12.2	11.6
1980	17	12.8	11.9
1979	17.5	13.4	11.9
1978	18.1	14	12.3
1977	18.6	14.6	12.6
1976	19.1	15.2	12.8
1975	19.6	15.8	13.1
1974	20.1	16.4	13.3
1973	20.5	17	13.5
1972	20.8	17.5	13.7
1971	21.1	18	13.9
1970	21.4	18.6	14.2
1969	21.7	19.1	14.6
1968	22	19.7	15
1967	22.2	20.2	15.3
1966	22.5	20.9	15.1
1965	22.7	21.5	15.1
1964	23	22.3	15.7
1963	23.2	23.1	16.2
1962	23.5	23.9	17
1961	23.8	24.7	18.8
1960	24.1	25.5	20.2
1959	24.5	26.2	19.9
1958	24.8	26.8	19.7
1957	25.2	27.3	20.5
1956	25.6	27.8	21.3
1955	26	28.2	22.3
1954	26.4	28.6	22.8
1953	26.8	29	23.3
1952	–	–	23.9
1951	–	–	24.3
1950	26.7	–	24.7
1949	–	–	24.9
1948	–	–	24.9
1947	–	–	25.5
1946	–	–	25.8
1945	24.4	–	26.7
1944	27.5	–	27.4
1943	26.9	–	27.7
1942	26.5	–	27.9
1941	25.7	–	27.8
1940	26	–	27.9
1939	25.3	–	28
1938	27.2	–	28.7
1937	26.4	–	28.8
1936	26.4	–	29.1
1935	26.7	–	29.5
1934	30.4	–	30.7
1933	27.8	–	30.5
1932	27.5	–	30.7
1931	29.1	–	31.4
1930	29.4	–	31.6
1929	28.9	–	32
1928	28.1	–	31.9
1927	27.2	–	31.9
1926	30.7	–	32.7
1925	28.3	–	32.4
1924	30.7	–	33.1
1923	28.6	–	33.1
1922	28.4	–	33.2
1921	32.2	–	34.2
1920	31.7	–	34.4
1919	36.4	–	35.7
1918	43.4	–	37.6
1917	33.3	–	35.3
1916	32.9	–	35.1
1915	32.9	–	35.3
1914	34.5	–	35.4
1913	31.7	–	35.1
1912	33.8	–	35.5
1911	33.3	–	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

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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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