Iran vs United States

Iran vs United States: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 1.1 per 100 live births in Iran and 0.7 per 100 live births in United States, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Iran, by 0.5 per 100 live births, or 1.74 times that in United States.

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

Iran vs United States: Child mortalityChild mortality in 2024: 1.1 per 100 live births in Iran and 0.7 per 100 live births in United States, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Iran, by 0.5 per 100 live births, or 1.74 times that in United States.
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What the numbers say

  • Iran has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1958.
  • 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

YearIranUnited StatesWorld
20241.10.73.7
20231.20.73.8
20221.20.74
20211.30.74
20201.30.73.9
20191.30.74
20181.40.74
20171.40.74.1
20161.50.74.2
20151.60.74.3
20141.60.74.4
20131.70.74.5
20121.80.74.7
20111.80.75
20101.90.75.1
200920.85.3
20082.20.85.5
20072.30.85.7
20062.50.86
20052.70.86.2
20042.80.86.6
200330.86.8
20023.20.87.1
20013.40.87.4
20003.60.87.7
19993.80.97.9
199840.98.3
19974.20.98.4
19964.40.98.6
19954.618.8
19944.818.9
1993519.1
19925.31.19.2
19915.51.19.3
19905.81.19.4
19896.11.29.5
19886.51.210
19876.81.29.9
19867.31.210.3
19857.71.310.6
19848.21.310.9
19838.71.311.1
19829.41.411.2
198110.11.411.6
198010.91.511.9
197911.81.611.9
197812.71.612.3
197713.61.712.6
197614.51.812.8
197515.41.913.1
197416.3213.3
197317.22.113.5
1972182.213.7
197118.92.213.9
197022.72.314.2
196924.62.414.6
196826.62.515
196728.82.615.3
1966–2.615.1
1965–2.715.1
1964–2.815.7
1963–2.816.2
1962–2.917
1961–318.8
1960–320.2
1959–3.119.9
195833.93.119.7
1957–3.220.5
1956–3.221.3
1955–3.322.3
1954–3.422.8
1953–3.523.3
1952–3.623.9
1951–3.724.3
1950–3.824.7
1949–3.924.9
1948–424.9
1947–4.325.5
1946–4.725.8
1945–4.826.7
1944–527.4
1943–5.427.7
1942–5.527.9
1941–627.8
1940–6.227.9
1939–6.328
1938–728.7
1937–7.428.8
1936–7.629.1
1935–7.529.5
1934–830.7
1933–7.330.5
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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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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