Mexico vs Thailand
Mexico vs Thailand: Child mortality
Child mortality in 2024: 1.3 per 100 live births in Mexico and 0.9 per 100 live births in Thailand, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Mexico, by 0.4 per 100 live births, or 1.46 times that in Thailand.
deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME
What the numbers say
- Mexico has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1951.
- In 2024, Mexico ranked 107 and Thailand ranked 133 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 | Mexico | Thailand | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 3.7 |
| 2023 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 3.8 |
| 2022 | 1.4 | 1 | 4 |
| 2021 | 1.4 | 1 | 4 |
| 2020 | 1.5 | 1 | 3.9 |
| 2019 | 1.5 | 1 | 4 |
| 2018 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 4 |
| 2017 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 4.1 |
| 2016 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 4.2 |
| 2015 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 4.3 |
| 2014 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 4.4 |
| 2013 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 4.5 |
| 2012 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 4.7 |
| 2011 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 5 |
| 2010 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 5.1 |
| 2009 | 2 | 1.5 | 5.3 |
| 2008 | 2 | 1.5 | 5.5 |
| 2007 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 5.7 |
| 2006 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 6 |
| 2005 | 2.2 | 1.7 | 6.2 |
| 2004 | 2.3 | 1.8 | 6.6 |
| 2003 | 2.4 | 1.9 | 6.8 |
| 2002 | 2.5 | 2 | 7.1 |
| 2001 | 2.6 | 2.1 | 7.4 |
| 2000 | 2.7 | 2.2 | 7.7 |
| 1999 | 2.9 | 2.3 | 7.9 |
| 1998 | 3 | 2.4 | 8.3 |
| 1997 | 3.2 | 2.5 | 8.4 |
| 1996 | 3.3 | 2.7 | 8.6 |
| 1995 | 3.5 | 2.8 | 8.8 |
| 1994 | 3.7 | 3 | 8.9 |
| 1993 | 3.9 | 3.1 | 9.1 |
| 1992 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 9.2 |
| 1991 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 9.3 |
| 1990 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 9.4 |
| 1989 | 4.7 | 3.9 | 9.5 |
| 1988 | 4.9 | 4.1 | 10 |
| 1987 | 5.2 | 4.3 | 9.9 |
| 1986 | 5.4 | 4.6 | 10.3 |
| 1985 | 5.7 | 4.8 | 10.6 |
| 1984 | 6 | 5 | 10.9 |
| 1983 | 6.2 | 5.3 | 11.1 |
| 1982 | 6.5 | 5.5 | 11.2 |
| 1981 | 6.9 | 5.8 | 11.6 |
| 1980 | 7.2 | 6.1 | 11.9 |
| 1979 | 7.5 | 6.4 | 11.9 |
| 1978 | 7.9 | 6.7 | 12.3 |
| 1977 | 8.2 | 7 | 12.6 |
| 1976 | 8.5 | 7.4 | 12.8 |
| 1975 | 8.9 | 7.8 | 13.1 |
| 1974 | 9.2 | 8.2 | 13.3 |
| 1973 | 9.6 | 8.6 | 13.5 |
| 1972 | 9.9 | 9 | 13.7 |
| 1971 | 10.3 | 9.5 | 13.9 |
| 1970 | 10.7 | 10 | 14.2 |
| 1969 | 11.1 | 10.5 | 14.6 |
| 1968 | 11.5 | 10.9 | 15 |
| 1967 | 11.9 | 11.4 | 15.3 |
| 1966 | 12.3 | 11.9 | 15.1 |
| 1965 | 12.7 | 12.3 | 15.1 |
| 1964 | 13.2 | 12.8 | 15.7 |
| 1963 | 13.7 | 13.3 | 16.2 |
| 1962 | 14.2 | 13.8 | 17 |
| 1961 | 14.8 | 14.3 | 18.8 |
| 1960 | 15.5 | 14.8 | 20.2 |
| 1959 | 16.2 | 15.3 | 19.9 |
| 1958 | 17 | 15.8 | 19.7 |
| 1957 | 17.8 | 16.3 | 20.5 |
| 1956 | 18.7 | 16.9 | 21.3 |
| 1955 | 19.7 | 17.5 | 22.3 |
| 1954 | 20.8 | 18.1 | 22.8 |
| 1953 | 21.9 | 18.7 | 23.3 |
| 1952 | 23.1 | 19.4 | 23.9 |
| 1951 | 24.3 | 20 | 24.3 |
| 1950 | – | 20.7 | 24.7 |
| 1949 | – | 21.5 | 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Mexico vs Thailand
Health
- Life expectancyMexico: 75.1 years in 2023Thailand: 76.4 years in 2023
- Infant mortalityMexico: 10.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023Thailand: 6.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionMexico: 2.79% in 2017Thailand: 3.09% in 2017
- Suicide rateMexico: 5.9 per 100,000 people in 2017Thailand: 10.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationMexico: 130 million people in 2023Thailand: 71.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthMexico: 0.88% a year in 2023Thailand: -0.04% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateMexico: 1.91 births per woman in 2023Thailand: 1.21 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationMexico: 80% in 2025Thailand: 62.8% in 2025
- Median ageMexico: 28.9 years in 2023Thailand: 39.7 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overMexico: 8% in 2023Thailand: 14.7% in 2023
- Net migration rateMexico: -0.8 per 1,000 people in 2023Thailand: 0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingMexico: 0.74% of GDP in 2025Thailand: 1.04% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsMexico: $13.8B in 2025Thailand: $5.57B in 2025
- Military spending per personMexico: $104 in 2025Thailand: $84 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingMexico: 2.5% of government spending in 2025Thailand: 4.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelMexico: 341,000 people in 2020Thailand: 455,000 people in 2020
- National powerMexico: 1.14% of world capability in 2022Thailand: 0.79% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersMexico: 0.64% of the labour force in 2020Thailand: 1.13% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsMexico: 9 million TIV in 2025Thailand: 33 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsMexico: 1 million TIV in 2019Thailand: 15 million TIV in 2024