Myanmar (Burma) vs South Africa: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 3.7 per 100 live births in Myanmar (Burma) and 3.5 per 100 live births in South Africa, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Myanmar (Burma), by 0.2 per 100 live births, or 1.05 times that in South Africa.

Watch it change on the map

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

Myanmar (Burma)South AfricaWorld

What the numbers say

Myanmar (Burma) has been higher since 2008, when it overtook South Africa.
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	Myanmar (Burma)	South Africa	World
2024	3.7	3.5	3.7
2023	3.8	3.5	3.8
2022	4	3.4	4
2021	4.1	3.4	4
2020	4.2	3.4	3.9
2019	4.4	3.4	4
2018	4.5	3.5	4
2017	4.7	3.6	4.1
2016	4.9	3.7	4.2
2015	5.1	3.8	4.3
2014	5.2	4	4.4
2013	5.5	4.1	4.5
2012	5.7	4.3	4.7
2011	6	4.6	5
2010	6.2	5	5.1
2009	6.5	5.7	5.3
2008	10.2	6.4	5.5
2007	7.1	7.1	5.7
2006	7.4	7.7	6
2005	7.6	8	6.2
2004	7.9	8.1	6.6
2003	8.2	7.9	6.8
2002	8.4	7.7	7.1
2001	8.7	7.5	7.4
2000	8.9	7.1	7.7
1999	9.1	6.9	7.9
1998	9.4	6.6	8.3
1997	9.6	6.3	8.4
1996	9.9	6.1	8.6
1995	10.2	5.9	8.8
1994	10.4	5.8	8.9
1993	10.7	5.7	9.1
1992	10.9	5.6	9.2
1991	11.2	5.7	9.3
1990	11.5	5.8	9.4
1989	11.7	6	9.5
1988	11.9	6.3	10
1987	12.2	6.6	9.9
1986	12.4	6.9	10.3
1985	12.6	7.2	10.6
1984	12.8	7.6	10.9
1983	13.1	8	11.1
1982	13.3	8.4	11.2
1981	13.6	8.9	11.6
1980	13.9	9.4	11.9
1979	14.2	9.9	11.9
1978	14.5	10.5	12.3
1977	14.8	11.1	12.6
1976	15.2	11.8	12.8
1975	15.6	12.5	13.1
1974	15.9	13.2	13.3
1973	16.3	–	13.5
1972	16.6	–	13.7
1971	17	–	13.9
1970	17.3	–	14.2
1969	17.6	–	14.6
1968	18	–	15
1967	–	–	15.3
1966	–	–	15.1
1965	–	–	15.1
1964	–	–	15.7
1963	–	–	16.2
1962	–	–	17
1961	–	–	18.8
1960	27.5	–	20.2
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.

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