Iran vs Tanzania: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 1.1 per 100 live births in Iran and 3.7 per 100 live births in Tanzania, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Tanzania, by 2.6 per 100 live births, or 3.27 times that in Iran.

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

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What the numbers say

Tanzania has been higher since 1971, 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

Year	Iran	Tanzania	World
2024	1.1	3.7	3.7
2023	1.2	3.9	3.8
2022	1.2	4	4
2021	1.3	4.2	4
2020	1.3	4.4	3.9
2019	1.3	4.6	4
2018	1.4	4.8	4
2017	1.4	5	4.1
2016	1.5	5.2	4.2
2015	1.6	5.4	4.3
2014	1.6	5.6	4.4
2013	1.7	5.9	4.5
2012	1.8	6.2	4.7
2011	1.8	6.5	5
2010	1.9	6.8	5.1
2009	2	7.2	5.3
2008	2.2	7.7	5.5
2007	2.3	8.1	5.7
2006	2.5	8.7	6
2005	2.7	9.2	6.2
2004	2.8	9.8	6.6
2003	3	10.5	6.8
2002	3.2	11.2	7.1
2001	3.4	12	7.4
2000	3.6	12.8	7.7
1999	3.8	13.6	7.9
1998	4	14.2	8.3
1997	4.2	14.8	8.4
1996	4.4	15.2	8.6
1995	4.6	15.6	8.8
1994	4.8	15.9	8.9
1993	5	16.1	9.1
1992	5.3	16.4	9.2
1991	5.5	16.6	9.3
1990	5.8	16.8	9.4
1989	6.1	17	9.5
1988	6.5	17.2	10
1987	6.8	17.5	9.9
1986	7.3	17.7	10.3
1985	7.7	17.8	10.6
1984	8.2	17.9	10.9
1983	8.7	17.9	11.1
1982	9.4	17.9	11.2
1981	10.1	17.9	11.6
1980	10.9	18	11.9
1979	11.8	18.2	11.9
1978	12.7	18.5	12.3
1977	13.6	18.8	12.6
1976	14.5	19.3	12.8
1975	15.4	19.7	13.1
1974	16.3	20.1	13.3
1973	17.2	20.5	13.5
1972	18	20.8	13.7
1971	18.9	21.2	13.9
1970	22.7	21.5	14.2
1969	24.6	21.8	14.6
1968	26.6	22.1	15
1967	28.8	22.4	15.3
1966	–	22.7	15.1
1965	–	23	15.1
1964	–	23.3	15.7
1963	–	23.5	16.2
1962	–	23.7	17
1961	–	23.9	18.8
1960	–	24.1	20.2
1959	–	24.3	19.9
1958	33.9	24.4	19.7
1957	–	24.6	20.5
1956	–	24.8	21.3
1955	–	25	22.3
1954	–	25.2	22.8
1953	–	25.3	23.3
1952	–	25.5	23.9
1951	–	25.7	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
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

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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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