Iraq vs United Arab Emirates: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 2.2 per 100 live births in Iraq and 0.5 per 100 live births in United Arab Emirates, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Iraq, by 1.7 per 100 live births, or 4.54 times that in United Arab Emirates.

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

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What the numbers say

Iraq has been higher since 1967, when it overtook United Arab Emirates.
In 2024, Iraq ranked 71 and United Arab Emirates ranked 162 of 200 countries, counting from the highest.
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	Iraq	United Arab Emirates	World
2024	2.2	0.5	3.7
2023	2.3	0.5	3.8
2022	2.3	0.5	4
2021	2.4	0.6	4
2020	2.5	0.6	3.9
2019	2.6	0.6	4
2018	2.7	0.7	4
2017	2.8	0.7	4.1
2016	2.8	0.7	4.2
2015	2.9	0.8	4.3
2014	3	0.8	4.4
2013	3.1	0.8	4.5
2012	3.2	0.8	4.7
2011	3.3	0.9	5
2010	3.5	0.9	5.1
2009	3.6	0.9	5.3
2008	3.7	0.9	5.5
2007	3.8	0.9	5.7
2006	3.9	1	6
2005	4	1	6.2
2004	4.1	1	6.6
2003	4.2	1	6.8
2002	4.3	1	7.1
2001	4.3	1.1	7.4
2000	4.4	1.1	7.7
1999	4.5	1.1	7.9
1998	4.6	1.1	8.3
1997	4.7	1.2	8.4
1996	4.8	1.2	8.6
1995	4.9	1.2	8.8
1994	5	1.3	8.9
1993	5.1	1.3	9.1
1992	5.2	1.4	9.2
1991	6.6	1.4	9.3
1990	8.1	1.5	9.4
1989	8.3	1.6	9.5
1988	7	1.7	10
1987	5.8	1.8	9.9
1986	5.9	2	10.3
1985	6.1	2.1	10.6
1984	6.3	2.3	10.9
1983	6.5	2.5	11.1
1982	6.7	2.8	11.2
1981	7	3.1	11.6
1980	7.2	3.4	11.9
1979	7.5	3.8	11.9
1978	7.8	4.2	12.3
1977	8.2	4.7	12.6
1976	8.5	5.3	12.8
1975	8.9	5.8	13.1
1974	9.3	6.5	13.3
1973	9.8	7.2	13.5
1972	10.2	7.9	13.7
1971	10.7	8.7	13.9
1970	11.2	9.7	14.2
1969	11.8	10.6	14.6
1968	12.3	11.6	15
1967	13	12.7	15.3
1966	13.6	13.7	15.1
1965	14.3	14.8	15.1
1964	15.1	15.9	15.7
1963	16	17	16.2
1962	16.9	18	17
1961	17.9	19.1	18.8
1960	19	20.1	20.2
1959	20.2	–	19.9
1958	21.5	–	19.7
1957	22.8	–	20.5
1956	24.3	–	21.3
1955	25.9	–	22.3
1954	27.7	–	22.8
1953	29.4	–	23.3
1952	31.4	–	23.9
1951	33.4	–	24.3
1950	35.6	–	24.7
1949	37.8	–	24.9
1948	40.1	–	24.9
1947	42.6	–	25.5
1946	45.1	–	25.8
1945	47.8	–	26.7
1944	50.7	–	27.4
1943	53.7	–	27.7
1942	56.9	–	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