Iran vs Jordan

Iran vs Jordan: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 1.1 per 100 live births in Iran and 1.3 per 100 live births in Jordan, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Jordan, by 0.2 per 100 live births, or 1.14 times that in Iran.

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Change since 2010, % · Gapminder and UN IGME

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Iran vs Jordan: Child mortalityChild mortality in 2024: 1.1 per 100 live births in Iran and 1.3 per 100 live births in Jordan, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Jordan, by 0.2 per 100 live births, or 1.14 times that in Iran.
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Latest figures

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

CountryLatest10 years beforeRank in 2024
Iran1.1 20241.6116 of 200
Jordan1.3 20241.7108 of 200
World3.7 20244.4

What the numbers say

  • Jordan has been higher since 2011, 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

YearIranJordanWorld
20241.11.33.7
20231.21.33.8
20221.21.44
20211.31.44
20201.31.53.9
20191.31.54
20181.41.54
20171.41.64.1
20161.51.64.2
20151.61.74.3
20141.61.74.4
20131.71.74.5
20121.81.84.7
20111.81.85
20101.91.95.1
2009225.3
20082.225.5
20072.32.15.7
20062.52.16
20052.72.26.2
20042.82.36.6
200332.46.8
20023.22.47.1
20013.42.57.4
20003.62.67.7
19993.82.77.9
199842.88.3
19974.22.88.4
19964.42.98.6
19954.638.8
19944.83.18.9
199353.29.1
19925.33.39.2
19915.53.49.3
19905.83.69.4
19896.13.79.5
19886.53.810
19876.849.9
19867.34.210.3
19857.74.410.6
19848.24.610.9
19838.74.811.1
19829.4511.2
198110.15.311.6
198010.95.511.9
197911.85.811.9
197812.76.112.3
197713.66.412.6
197614.56.712.8
197515.4713.1
197416.37.413.3
197317.27.713.5
1972188.113.7
197118.98.613.9
197022.7914.2
196924.69.514.6
196826.69.915
196728.810.515.3
1966–1115.1
1965–11.715.1
1964–12.315.7
1963–13.116.2
1962–13.817
1961–14.718.8
1960–15.520.2
1959–16.519.9
195833.917.519.7
1957–18.620.5
1956–19.721.3
1955–20.822.3
1954–22.122.8
1953–23.323.3
1952–24.623.9
1951–2624.3
1950–27.524.7
1949–2924.9
1948–30.624.9
1947–32.225.5
1946–3425.8
1945–35.826.7
1944––27.4
1943––27.7
1942––27.9
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.

How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time