Philippines vs Saudi Arabia: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 2.7 per 100 live births in Philippines and 0.6 per 100 live births in Saudi Arabia, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Philippines, by 2.1 per 100 live births, or 4.42 times that in Saudi Arabia.

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

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What the numbers say

Philippines has been higher since 1983, when it overtook Saudi Arabia.
In 2024, Philippines ranked 64 and Saudi Arabia ranked 149 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	Saudi Arabia	World
2024	2.7	0.6	3.7
2023	2.7	0.6	3.8
2022	2.8	0.6	4
2021	2.8	0.7	4
2020	2.8	0.7	3.9
2019	2.8	0.7	4
2018	2.8	0.8	4
2017	2.8	0.8	4.1
2016	2.8	0.9	4.2
2015	2.8	0.9	4.3
2014	2.8	1	4.4
2013	2.8	1	4.5
2012	2.9	1.1	4.7
2011	2.9	1.1	5
2010	3	1.2	5.1
2009	3	1.3	5.3
2008	3.1	1.4	5.5
2007	3.1	1.5	5.7
2006	3.2	1.5	6
2005	3.3	1.6	6.2
2004	3.4	1.7	6.6
2003	3.4	1.8	6.8
2002	3.5	1.9	7.1
2001	3.6	2.1	7.4
2000	3.7	2.2	7.7
1999	3.8	2.3	7.9
1998	3.9	2.5	8.3
1997	4	2.7	8.4
1996	4.1	2.8	8.6
1995	4.3	3	8.8
1994	4.5	3.3	8.9
1993	4.7	3.5	9.1
1992	5	3.8	9.2
1991	5.3	4.1	9.3
1990	5.6	4.4	9.4
1989	5.9	4.8	9.5
1988	6.3	5.2	10
1987	6.6	5.6	9.9
1986	6.9	6	10.3
1985	7.2	6.5	10.6
1984	7.4	7	10.9
1983	7.6	7.5	11.1
1982	7.7	8.1	11.2
1981	7.8	8.7	11.6
1980	7.9	9.3	11.9
1979	8	10	11.9
1978	8.1	10.7	12.3
1977	8.1	11.4	12.6
1976	8.2	12.2	12.8
1975	8.2	13	13.1
1974	8.2	13.9	13.3
1973	8.2	14.9	13.5
1972	8.2	15.9	13.7
1971	8.3	17.1	13.9
1970	8.3	18.3	14.2
1969	8.4	–	14.6
1968	8.6	–	15
1967	8.7	–	15.3
1966	8.9	–	15.1
1965	9.1	–	15.1
1964	9.3	–	15.7
1963	9.5	–	16.2
1962	9.7	–	17
1961	10	–	18.8
1960	10.3	24.3	20.2
1959	10.7	–	19.9
1958	11.1	–	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	–	–	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