Mexico vs Vietnam
Mexico vs Vietnam: Child mortality
Child mortality in 2024: 1.3 per 100 live births in Mexico and 1.7 per 100 live births in Vietnam, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Vietnam, by 0.4 per 100 live births, or 1.32 times that in Mexico.
deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME
What the numbers say
- Vietnam has been higher since 1982, when it overtook Mexico.
- In 2024, Mexico ranked 107 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
| Year | Mexico | Vietnam | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 3.7 |
| 2023 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 3.8 |
| 2022 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 4 |
| 2021 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 4 |
| 2020 | 1.5 | 2 | 3.9 |
| 2019 | 1.5 | 2 | 4 |
| 2018 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 4 |
| 2017 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 4.1 |
| 2016 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 4.2 |
| 2015 | 1.7 | 2.2 | 4.3 |
| 2014 | 1.7 | 2.2 | 4.4 |
| 2013 | 1.8 | 2.2 | 4.5 |
| 2012 | 1.8 | 2.3 | 4.7 |
| 2011 | 1.8 | 2.3 | 5 |
| 2010 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 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 | 2.5 | 6.2 |
| 2004 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 6.6 |
| 2003 | 2.4 | 2.7 | 6.8 |
| 2002 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 7.1 |
| 2001 | 2.6 | 2.9 | 7.4 |
| 2000 | 2.7 | 3 | 7.7 |
| 1999 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 7.9 |
| 1998 | 3 | 3.3 | 8.3 |
| 1997 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 8.4 |
| 1996 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 8.6 |
| 1995 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 8.8 |
| 1994 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 8.9 |
| 1993 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 9.1 |
| 1992 | 4.1 | 4.7 | 9.2 |
| 1991 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 9.3 |
| 1990 | 4.5 | 5.2 | 9.4 |
| 1989 | 4.7 | 5.4 | 9.5 |
| 1988 | 4.9 | 5.6 | 10 |
| 1987 | 5.2 | 5.9 | 9.9 |
| 1986 | 5.4 | 6 | 10.3 |
| 1985 | 5.7 | 6.2 | 10.6 |
| 1984 | 6 | 6.4 | 10.9 |
| 1983 | 6.2 | 6.5 | 11.1 |
| 1982 | 6.5 | 6.7 | 11.2 |
| 1981 | 6.9 | 6.8 | 11.6 |
| 1980 | 7.2 | 7 | 11.9 |
| 1979 | 7.5 | 7.2 | 11.9 |
| 1978 | 7.9 | 7.3 | 12.3 |
| 1977 | 8.2 | 7.5 | 12.6 |
| 1976 | 8.5 | 7.7 | 12.8 |
| 1975 | 8.9 | 7.9 | 13.1 |
| 1974 | 9.2 | 11 | 13.3 |
| 1973 | 9.6 | 10.7 | 13.5 |
| 1972 | 9.9 | 12.2 | 13.7 |
| 1971 | 10.3 | 10.8 | 13.9 |
| 1970 | 10.7 | 11 | 14.2 |
| 1969 | 11.1 | 11.1 | 14.6 |
| 1968 | 11.5 | 12 | 15 |
| 1967 | 11.9 | 10.4 | 15.3 |
| 1966 | 12.3 | 10.3 | 15.1 |
| 1965 | 12.7 | 10.3 | 15.1 |
| 1964 | 13.2 | 9.9 | 15.7 |
| 1963 | 13.7 | 10.9 | 16.2 |
| 1962 | 14.2 | 11.3 | 17 |
| 1961 | 14.8 | 11.7 | 18.8 |
| 1960 | 15.5 | 12.1 | 20.2 |
| 1959 | 16.2 | 12.5 | 19.9 |
| 1958 | 17 | – | 19.7 |
| 1957 | 17.8 | – | 20.5 |
| 1956 | 18.7 | – | 21.3 |
| 1955 | 19.7 | – | 22.3 |
| 1954 | 20.8 | – | 22.8 |
| 1953 | 21.9 | – | 23.3 |
| 1952 | 23.1 | – | 23.9 |
| 1951 | 24.3 | – | 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Mexico vs Vietnam
Health
- Life expectancyMexico: 75.1 years in 2023Vietnam: 74.6 years in 2023
- Infant mortalityMexico: 10.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023Vietnam: 15.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterMexico: 43% in 2022Vietnam: 57.8% in 2022
- DepressionMexico: 2.79% in 2017Vietnam: 2.88% in 2017
- Suicide rateMexico: 5.9 per 100,000 people in 2017Vietnam: 7.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationMexico: 130 million people in 2023Vietnam: 100 million people in 2023
- Population growthMexico: 0.88% a year in 2023Vietnam: 0.64% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateMexico: 1.91 births per woman in 2023Vietnam: 1.91 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationMexico: 80% in 2025Vietnam: 38.8% in 2025
- Median ageMexico: 28.9 years in 2023Vietnam: 32.4 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overMexico: 8% in 2023Vietnam: 8.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateMexico: -0.8 per 1,000 people in 2023Vietnam: -0.8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingMexico: 0.74% of GDP in 2025Vietnam: 2.15% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsMexico: $13.8B in 2025Vietnam: $10.9B in 2025
- Military spending per personMexico: $104 in 2025Vietnam: $104 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingMexico: 2.5% of government spending in 2025Vietnam: 9.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelMexico: 341,000 people in 2020Vietnam: 522,000 people in 2020
- National powerMexico: 1.14% of world capability in 2022Vietnam: 1.11% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersMexico: 0.64% of the labour force in 2020Vietnam: 0.95% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsMexico: 9 million TIV in 2025Vietnam: 177 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsMexico: 1 million TIV in 2019Vietnam: 10 million TIV in 2018