Philippines vs Russia
Philippines vs Russia: Child mortality
Child mortality in 2024: 2.7 per 100 live births in Philippines and 0.5 per 100 live births in Russia, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Philippines, by 2.1 per 100 live births, or 5.1 times that in Russia.
deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME
What the numbers say
- Philippines has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1958.
- In 2024, Philippines ranked 64 and Russia ranked 160 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 | Philippines | Russia | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.7 | 0.5 | 3.7 |
| 2023 | 2.7 | 0.5 | 3.8 |
| 2022 | 2.8 | 0.5 | 4 |
| 2021 | 2.8 | 0.6 | 4 |
| 2020 | 2.8 | 0.6 | 3.9 |
| 2019 | 2.8 | 0.6 | 4 |
| 2018 | 2.8 | 0.6 | 4 |
| 2017 | 2.8 | 0.7 | 4.1 |
| 2016 | 2.8 | 0.8 | 4.2 |
| 2015 | 2.8 | 0.8 | 4.3 |
| 2014 | 2.8 | 0.9 | 4.4 |
| 2013 | 2.8 | 1 | 4.5 |
| 2012 | 2.9 | 1 | 4.7 |
| 2011 | 2.9 | 1 | 5 |
| 2010 | 3 | 1 | 5.1 |
| 2009 | 3 | 1.1 | 5.3 |
| 2008 | 3.1 | 1.1 | 5.5 |
| 2007 | 3.1 | 1.2 | 5.7 |
| 2006 | 3.2 | 1.3 | 6 |
| 2005 | 3.3 | 1.4 | 6.2 |
| 2004 | 3.4 | 1.5 | 6.6 |
| 2003 | 3.4 | 1.6 | 6.8 |
| 2002 | 3.5 | 1.7 | 7.1 |
| 2001 | 3.6 | 1.8 | 7.4 |
| 2000 | 3.7 | 1.9 | 7.7 |
| 1999 | 3.8 | 2 | 7.9 |
| 1998 | 3.9 | 2.1 | 8.3 |
| 1997 | 4 | 2.1 | 8.4 |
| 1996 | 4.1 | 2.2 | 8.6 |
| 1995 | 4.3 | 2.2 | 8.8 |
| 1994 | 4.5 | 2.2 | 8.9 |
| 1993 | 4.7 | 2.2 | 9.1 |
| 1992 | 5 | 2.2 | 9.2 |
| 1991 | 5.3 | 2.2 | 9.3 |
| 1990 | 5.6 | 2.2 | 9.4 |
| 1989 | 5.9 | 2.2 | 9.5 |
| 1988 | 6.3 | 2.3 | 10 |
| 1987 | 6.6 | 2.3 | 9.9 |
| 1986 | 6.9 | 2.4 | 10.3 |
| 1985 | 7.2 | 2.5 | 10.6 |
| 1984 | 7.4 | 2.6 | 10.9 |
| 1983 | 7.6 | 2.6 | 11.1 |
| 1982 | 7.7 | 2.7 | 11.2 |
| 1981 | 7.8 | 2.7 | 11.6 |
| 1980 | 7.9 | 2.7 | 11.9 |
| 1979 | 8 | 2.8 | 11.9 |
| 1978 | 8.1 | 2.8 | 12.3 |
| 1977 | 8.1 | 2.8 | 12.6 |
| 1976 | 8.2 | 2.8 | 12.8 |
| 1975 | 8.2 | 2.8 | 13.1 |
| 1974 | 8.2 | 2.8 | 13.3 |
| 1973 | 8.2 | 2.8 | 13.5 |
| 1972 | 8.2 | 2.8 | 13.7 |
| 1971 | 8.3 | 2.8 | 13.9 |
| 1970 | 8.3 | 2.9 | 14.2 |
| 1969 | 8.4 | 2.9 | 14.6 |
| 1968 | 8.6 | 3 | 15 |
| 1967 | 8.7 | 3.1 | 15.3 |
| 1966 | 8.9 | 3.2 | 15.1 |
| 1965 | 9.1 | 3.4 | 15.1 |
| 1964 | 9.3 | 3.6 | 15.7 |
| 1963 | 9.5 | 3.8 | 16.2 |
| 1962 | 9.7 | 4 | 17 |
| 1961 | 10 | 4.3 | 18.8 |
| 1960 | 10.3 | 4.6 | 20.2 |
| 1959 | 10.7 | 4.9 | 19.9 |
| 1958 | 11.1 | 5.2 | 19.7 |
| 1957 | 11.5 | – | 20.5 |
| 1956 | 12 | – | 21.3 |
| 1955 | 12.5 | – | 22.3 |
| 1954 | 13 | – | 22.8 |
| 1953 | 13.6 | – | 23.3 |
| 1952 | 15.5 | – | 23.9 |
| 1951 | 16.4 | – | 24.3 |
| 1950 | 17.5 | – | 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 | – | 38.5 | 36 |
| 1910 | – | 44 | 36.4 |
| 1909 | – | 40.3 | 36.6 |
| 1908 | – | 39.6 | 37.2 |
| 1907 | – | 36.6 | 37.4 |
| 1906 | – | 40.3 | 38.1 |
| 1905 | – | 44.2 | 38.8 |
| 1904 | – | 37.7 | 38.9 |
| 1903 | – | 40.6 | 39.5 |
| 1902 | – | 41.9 | 40.1 |
| 1901 | – | 44.2 | 40.8 |
| 1900 | – | 40.9 | 40.9 |
| 1899 | – | 39 | 40.8 |
| 1898 | – | 45.3 | 41.2 |
| 1897 | – | 42.2 | 41 |
| 1896 | – | 44.5 | 41.1 |
| 1895 | – | 45.3 | 41.3 |
| 1894 | – | 43 | 41.2 |
| 1893 | – | 40.9 | 41.2 |
| 1892 | – | 49.9 | 41.7 |
| 1891 | – | 44.2 | 41.3 |
| 1890 | – | 47.4 | 41.5 |
| 1889 | – | 44.7 | 41.2 |
| 1888 | – | 40.6 | 41 |
| 1887 | – | 41.6 | 41.1 |
| 1886 | – | 40.3 | 41.1 |
| 1885 | – | 43.9 | 41.2 |
| 1884 | – | 41.3 | 41.1 |
| 1883 | – | 46.1 | 41.4 |
| 1882 | – | 48.9 | 41.5 |
| 1881 | – | 40.9 | 41.1 |
| 1880 | – | 46.5 | 41.6 |
| 1879 | – | 40.9 | 41.1 |
| 1878 | – | 48.7 | 41.6 |
| 1877 | – | 42.2 | 41.2 |
| 1876 | – | 45.2 | 41.4 |
| 1875 | – | 43.2 | 41.5 |
| 1874 | – | 42.6 | 41.7 |
| 1873 | – | 42.6 | 41.8 |
| 1872 | – | 47.9 | 42.1 |
| 1871 | – | 44.5 | 42.2 |
| 1870 | – | 40.3 | 41.9 |
| 1869 | – | 44.7 | 42.1 |
| 1868 | – | 48.6 | 42.4 |
| 1867 | – | 39.5 | 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
Philippines vs Russia
Health
- Life expectancyPhilippines: 69.8 years in 2023Russia: 73.2 years in 2023
- Infant mortalityPhilippines: 20.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023Russia: 3.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterPhilippines: 47.9% in 2022Russia: 76.2% in 2022
- DepressionPhilippines: 2.77% in 2017Russia: 3.71% in 2017
- Suicide ratePhilippines: 6 per 100,000 people in 2017Russia: 25.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationPhilippines: 115 million people in 2023Russia: 145 million people in 2023
- Population growthPhilippines: 0.84% a year in 2023Russia: -0.32% a year in 2023
- Fertility ratePhilippines: 1.92 births per woman in 2023Russia: 1.45 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationPhilippines: 55.8% in 2025Russia: 75.3% in 2025
- Median agePhilippines: 25.3 years in 2023Russia: 39.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overPhilippines: 5.3% in 2023Russia: 16.6% in 2023
- Net migration ratePhilippines: -1.4 per 1,000 people in 2023Russia: 0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingPhilippines: 1.3% of GDP in 2025Russia: 7.5% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsPhilippines: $6.3B in 2025Russia: $158B in 2025
- Military spending per personPhilippines: $55 in 2025Russia: $1,318 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingPhilippines: 5.4% of government spending in 2025Russia: 19.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelPhilippines: 157,000 people in 2020Russia: 1.45 million people in 2020
- National powerPhilippines: 0.68% of world capability in 2022Russia: 3.82% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersPhilippines: 0.37% of the labour force in 2020Russia: 1.98% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsPhilippines: 846 million TIV in 2025Russia: 129 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsPhilippines: 4 million TIV in 2007Russia: 1.94 billion TIV in 2025