Laos vs Myanmar (Burma)

Laos vs Myanmar (Burma): Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 2.9 per 100 live births in Laos and 3.7 per 100 live births in Myanmar (Burma), by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Myanmar (Burma), by 0.8 per 100 live births, or 1.26 times that in Laos.

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

Laos vs Myanmar (Burma): Child mortalityChild mortality in 2024: 2.9 per 100 live births in Laos and 3.7 per 100 live births in Myanmar (Burma), by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Myanmar (Burma), by 0.8 per 100 live births, or 1.26 times that in Laos.
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What the numbers say

  • Myanmar (Burma) has been higher since 2006, when it overtook Laos.
  • 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

YearLaosMyanmar (Burma)World
20242.93.73.7
20233.13.83.8
20223.244
20213.34.14
20203.54.23.9
20193.74.44
20183.84.54
201744.74.1
20164.24.94.2
20154.45.14.3
20144.75.24.4
20134.95.54.5
20125.25.74.7
20115.565
20105.86.25.1
20096.26.55.3
20086.610.25.5
200777.15.7
20067.47.46
20057.87.66.2
20048.27.96.6
20038.78.26.8
20029.18.47.1
20019.68.77.4
2000108.97.7
199910.59.17.9
199810.99.48.3
199711.49.68.4
199611.89.98.6
199512.310.28.8
199412.810.48.9
199313.310.79.1
199213.810.99.2
199114.411.29.3
199014.911.59.4
198915.411.79.5
19881611.910
198716.512.29.9
19861712.410.3
198517.512.610.6
19841812.810.9
198318.513.111.1
19821913.311.2
198119.513.611.6
198020.113.911.9
197920.714.211.9
197821.314.512.3
1977–14.812.6
1976–15.212.8
1975–15.613.1
1974–15.913.3
1973–16.313.5
1972–16.613.7
1971–1713.9
1970–17.314.2
1969–17.614.6
1968–1815
1967––15.3
1966––15.1
1965––15.1
1964––15.7
1963––16.2
1962––17
1961––18.8
196025.227.520.2
1959––19.9
1958––19.7
1957––20.5
1956––21.3
1955––22.3
1954––22.8
1953––23.3
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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