Iran vs Türkiye

Iran vs Türkiye: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 1.1 per 100 live births in Iran and 1 per 100 live births in Türkiye, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Iran, by 0.2 per 100 live births, or 1.18 times that in Türkiye.

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

Iran vs Türkiye: Child mortalityChild mortality in 2024: 1.1 per 100 live births in Iran and 1 per 100 live births in Türkiye, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Iran, by 0.2 per 100 live births, or 1.18 times that in Türkiye.
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What the numbers say

  • Iran has been higher since 2024, 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

YearIranTürkiyeWorld
20241.113.7
20231.21.43.8
20221.214
20211.31.14
20201.31.13.9
20191.31.14
20181.41.24
20171.41.24.1
20161.51.34.2
20151.61.34.3
20141.61.44.4
20131.71.54.5
20121.81.64.7
20111.81.75
20101.91.85.1
200921.95.3
20082.225.5
20072.32.25.7
20062.52.46
20052.72.56.2
20042.82.76.6
2003336.8
20023.23.27.1
20013.43.57.4
20003.63.77.7
19993.847.9
199844.38.3
19974.24.68.4
19964.458.6
19954.65.38.8
19944.85.78.9
199356.19.1
19925.36.59.2
19915.56.99.3
19905.87.49.4
19896.17.89.5
19886.58.310
19876.88.89.9
19867.39.310.3
19857.79.810.6
19848.210.410.9
19838.71111.1
19829.411.611.2
198110.112.211.6
198010.912.811.9
197911.813.411.9
197812.71412.3
197713.614.612.6
197614.515.212.8
197515.415.813.1
197416.316.413.3
197317.21713.5
19721817.513.7
197118.91813.9
197022.718.614.2
196924.619.114.6
196826.619.715
196728.820.215.3
1966–20.915.1
1965–21.515.1
1964–22.315.7
1963–23.116.2
1962–23.917
1961–24.718.8
1960–25.520.2
1959–26.219.9
195833.926.819.7
1957–27.320.5
1956–27.821.3
1955–28.222.3
1954–28.622.8
1953–2923.3
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
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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