Jordan vs Palestinian Territories: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 1.3 per 100 live births in Jordan and 3.8 per 100 live births in Palestinian Territories, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Palestinian Territories, by 2.5 per 100 live births, or 2.94 times that in Jordan.

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

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What the numbers say

Palestinian Territories has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1975.
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	Jordan	Palestinian Territories	World
2024	1.3	3.8	3.7
2023	1.3	4.2	3.8
2022	1.4	1.4	4
2021	1.4	1.5	4
2020	1.5	1.5	3.9
2019	1.5	1.6	4
2018	1.5	1.6	4
2017	1.6	1.7	4.1
2016	1.6	1.8	4.2
2015	1.7	1.8	4.3
2014	1.7	2.2	4.4
2013	1.7	2	4.5
2012	1.8	2	4.7
2011	1.8	2.1	5
2010	1.9	2.2	5.1
2009	2	2.3	5.3
2008	2	2.4	5.5
2007	2.1	2.4	5.7
2006	2.1	2.5	6
2005	2.2	2.6	6.2
2004	2.3	2.7	6.6
2003	2.4	2.8	6.8
2002	2.4	2.9	7.1
2001	2.5	2.9	7.4
2000	2.6	3	7.7
1999	2.7	3.1	7.9
1998	2.8	3.3	8.3
1997	2.8	3.4	8.4
1996	2.9	3.5	8.6
1995	3	3.6	8.8
1994	3.1	3.8	8.9
1993	3.2	3.9	9.1
1992	3.3	4.1	9.2
1991	3.4	4.3	9.3
1990	3.6	4.5	9.4
1989	3.7	4.7	9.5
1988	3.8	5	10
1987	4	5.3	9.9
1986	4.2	5.6	10.3
1985	4.4	5.9	10.6
1984	4.6	6.3	10.9
1983	4.8	6.7	11.1
1982	5	7.1	11.2
1981	5.3	7.5	11.6
1980	5.5	8	11.9
1979	5.8	8.5	11.9
1978	6.1	9.1	12.3
1977	6.4	9.6	12.6
1976	6.7	10.3	12.8
1975	7	10.9	13.1
1974	7.4	–	13.3
1973	7.7	–	13.5
1972	8.1	–	13.7
1971	8.6	–	13.9
1970	9	–	14.2
1969	9.5	–	14.6
1968	9.9	–	15
1967	10.5	–	15.3
1966	11	–	15.1
1965	11.7	–	15.1
1964	12.3	–	15.7
1963	13.1	–	16.2
1962	13.8	–	17
1961	14.7	–	18.8
1960	15.5	–	20.2
1959	16.5	–	19.9
1958	17.5	–	19.7
1957	18.6	–	20.5
1956	19.7	–	21.3
1955	20.8	–	22.3
1954	22.1	–	22.8
1953	23.3	–	23.3
1952	24.6	–	23.9
1951	26	–	24.3
1950	27.5	–	24.7
1949	29	–	24.9
1948	30.6	–	24.9
1947	32.2	–	25.5
1946	34	–	25.8
1945	35.8	–	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.

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