Oman vs United Arab Emirates: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 1 per 100 live births in Oman and 0.5 per 100 live births in United Arab Emirates, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Oman, by 0.6 per 100 live births, or 2.15 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

Oman has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1960.
In 2024, Oman ranked 121 and United Arab Emirates ranked 162 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	Oman	United Arab Emirates	World
2024	1	0.5	3.7
2023	1	0.5	3.8
2022	1.1	0.5	4
2021	1.1	0.6	4
2020	1.1	0.6	3.9
2019	1.1	0.6	4
2018	1.1	0.7	4
2017	1.1	0.7	4.1
2016	1.1	0.7	4.2
2015	1.1	0.8	4.3
2014	1.1	0.8	4.4
2013	1.1	0.8	4.5
2012	1.1	0.8	4.7
2011	1.2	0.9	5
2010	1.2	0.9	5.1
2009	1.2	0.9	5.3
2008	1.2	0.9	5.5
2007	1.2	0.9	5.7
2006	1.3	1	6
2005	1.3	1	6.2
2004	1.3	1	6.6
2003	1.4	1	6.8
2002	1.5	1	7.1
2001	1.6	1.1	7.4
2000	1.7	1.1	7.7
1999	1.8	1.1	7.9
1998	1.9	1.1	8.3
1997	2.1	1.2	8.4
1996	2.2	1.2	8.6
1995	2.4	1.2	8.8
1994	2.7	1.3	8.9
1993	2.9	1.3	9.1
1992	3.2	1.4	9.2
1991	3.6	1.4	9.3
1990	3.9	1.5	9.4
1989	4.4	1.6	9.5
1988	4.8	1.7	10
1987	5.4	1.8	9.9
1986	6	2	10.3
1985	6.6	2.1	10.6
1984	7.4	2.3	10.9
1983	8.3	2.5	11.1
1982	9.2	2.8	11.2
1981	10.2	3.1	11.6
1980	11.3	3.4	11.9
1979	12.4	3.8	11.9
1978	13.5	4.2	12.3
1977	14.7	4.7	12.6
1976	15.9	5.3	12.8
1975	17	5.8	13.1
1974	18.2	6.5	13.3
1973	19.4	7.2	13.5
1972	20.6	7.9	13.7
1971	21.8	8.7	13.9
1970	23.1	9.7	14.2
1969	24.4	10.6	14.6
1968	25.6	11.6	15
1967	26.9	12.7	15.3
1966	28.3	13.7	15.1
1965	29.6	14.8	15.1
1964	31	15.9	15.7
1963	32.4	17	16.2
1962	33.9	18	17
1961	35.4	19.1	18.8
1960	37.1	20.1	20.2
1959	38.9	–	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

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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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