Morocco vs United Arab Emirates: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 1.6 per 100 live births in Morocco and 0.5 per 100 live births in United Arab Emirates, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Morocco, by 1.1 per 100 live births, or 3.27 times that in United Arab Emirates.

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

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What the numbers say

Morocco has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1960.
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	Morocco	United Arab Emirates	World
2024	1.6	0.5	3.7
2023	1.6	0.5	3.8
2022	1.7	0.5	4
2021	1.8	0.6	4
2020	1.8	0.6	3.9
2019	1.9	0.6	4
2018	2	0.7	4
2017	2.1	0.7	4.1
2016	2.2	0.7	4.2
2015	2.3	0.8	4.3
2014	2.5	0.8	4.4
2013	2.6	0.8	4.5
2012	2.8	0.8	4.7
2011	2.9	0.9	5
2010	3.1	0.9	5.1
2009	3.3	0.9	5.3
2008	3.5	0.9	5.5
2007	3.7	0.9	5.7
2006	3.9	1	6
2005	4.1	1	6.2
2004	4.4	1	6.6
2003	4.6	1	6.8
2002	4.8	1	7.1
2001	5	1.1	7.4
2000	5.2	1.1	7.7
1999	5.5	1.1	7.9
1998	5.7	1.1	8.3
1997	6	1.2	8.4
1996	6.2	1.2	8.6
1995	6.5	1.2	8.8
1994	6.8	1.3	8.9
1993	7.1	1.3	9.1
1992	7.4	1.4	9.2
1991	7.8	1.4	9.3
1990	8.1	1.5	9.4
1989	8.5	1.6	9.5
1988	8.9	1.7	10
1987	9.3	1.8	9.9
1986	9.8	2	10.3
1985	10.4	2.1	10.6
1984	10.9	2.3	10.9
1983	11.5	2.5	11.1
1982	12.2	2.8	11.2
1981	12.8	3.1	11.6
1980	13.5	3.4	11.9
1979	14.2	3.8	11.9
1978	14.9	4.2	12.3
1977	15.7	4.7	12.6
1976	16.3	5.3	12.8
1975	16.9	5.8	13.1
1974	17.5	6.5	13.3
1973	17.9	7.2	13.5
1972	18.4	7.9	13.7
1971	18.8	8.7	13.9
1970	19.2	9.7	14.2
1969	19.7	10.6	14.6
1968	20.2	11.6	15
1967	20.7	12.7	15.3
1966	21.3	13.7	15.1
1965	21.9	14.8	15.1
1964	22.5	15.9	15.7
1963	23	17	16.2
1962	23.5	18	17
1961	24	19.1	18.8
1960	24.5	20.1	20.2
1959	25	–	19.9
1958	25.5	–	19.7
1957	26	–	20.5
1956	26.6	–	21.3
1955	26.9	–	22.3
1954	27.5	–	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.

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