Laos vs Vietnam

Laos vs Vietnam: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 2.9 per 100 live births in Laos and 1.7 per 100 live births in Vietnam, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Laos, by 1.2 per 100 live births, or 1.7 times that in Vietnam.

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

Laos vs Vietnam: Child mortalityChild mortality in 2024: 2.9 per 100 live births in Laos and 1.7 per 100 live births in Vietnam, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Laos, by 1.2 per 100 live births, or 1.7 times that in Vietnam.
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What the numbers say

  • Laos has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1960.
  • In 2024, Laos ranked 59 and Vietnam ranked 85 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

YearLaosVietnamWorld
20242.91.73.7
20233.11.83.8
20223.21.84
20213.31.94
20203.523.9
20193.724
20183.82.14
201742.14.1
20164.22.14.2
20154.42.24.3
20144.72.24.4
20134.92.24.5
20125.22.34.7
20115.52.35
20105.82.35.1
20096.22.35.3
20086.62.45.5
200772.45.7
20067.42.56
20057.82.56.2
20048.22.66.6
20038.72.76.8
20029.12.87.1
20019.62.97.4
20001037.7
199910.53.27.9
199810.93.38.3
199711.43.58.4
199611.83.78.6
199512.33.98.8
199412.84.28.9
199313.34.49.1
199213.84.79.2
199114.44.99.3
199014.95.29.4
198915.45.49.5
1988165.610
198716.55.99.9
198617610.3
198517.56.210.6
1984186.410.9
198318.56.511.1
1982196.711.2
198119.56.811.6
198020.1711.9
197920.77.211.9
197821.37.312.3
1977–7.512.6
1976–7.712.8
1975–7.913.1
1974–1113.3
1973–10.713.5
1972–12.213.7
1971–10.813.9
1970–1114.2
1969–11.114.6
1968–1215
1967–10.415.3
1966–10.315.1
1965–10.315.1
1964–9.915.7
1963–10.916.2
1962–11.317
1961–11.718.8
196025.212.120.2
1959–12.519.9
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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