Iran vs Iraq

Iran vs Iraq: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 1.1 per 100 live births in Iran and 2.2 per 100 live births in Iraq, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Iraq, by 1.1 per 100 live births, or 1.93 times that in Iran.

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

Iran vs Iraq: Child mortalityChild mortality in 2024: 1.1 per 100 live births in Iran and 2.2 per 100 live births in Iraq, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Iraq, by 1.1 per 100 live births, or 1.93 times that in Iran.
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What the numbers say

  • Iraq has been higher since 1993, when it overtook Iran.
  • 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

YearIranIraqWorld
20241.12.23.7
20231.22.33.8
20221.22.34
20211.32.44
20201.32.53.9
20191.32.64
20181.42.74
20171.42.84.1
20161.52.84.2
20151.62.94.3
20141.634.4
20131.73.14.5
20121.83.24.7
20111.83.35
20101.93.55.1
200923.65.3
20082.23.75.5
20072.33.85.7
20062.53.96
20052.746.2
20042.84.16.6
200334.26.8
20023.24.37.1
20013.44.37.4
20003.64.47.7
19993.84.57.9
199844.68.3
19974.24.78.4
19964.44.88.6
19954.64.98.8
19944.858.9
199355.19.1
19925.35.29.2
19915.56.69.3
19905.88.19.4
19896.18.39.5
19886.5710
19876.85.89.9
19867.35.910.3
19857.76.110.6
19848.26.310.9
19838.76.511.1
19829.46.711.2
198110.1711.6
198010.97.211.9
197911.87.511.9
197812.77.812.3
197713.68.212.6
197614.58.512.8
197515.48.913.1
197416.39.313.3
197317.29.813.5
19721810.213.7
197118.910.713.9
197022.711.214.2
196924.611.814.6
196826.612.315
196728.81315.3
1966–13.615.1
1965–14.315.1
1964–15.115.7
1963–1616.2
1962–16.917
1961–17.918.8
1960–1920.2
1959–20.219.9
195833.921.519.7
1957–22.820.5
1956–24.321.3
1955–25.922.3
1954–27.722.8
1953–29.423.3
1952–31.423.9
1951–33.424.3
1950–35.624.7
1949–37.824.9
1948–40.124.9
1947–42.625.5
1946–45.125.8
1945–47.826.7
1944–50.727.4
1943–53.727.7
1942–56.927.9
1941––27.8
1940––27.9
1939––28
1938––28.7
1937––28.8
1936––29.1
1935––29.5
1934––30.7
1933––30.5
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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