Philippines vs Sudan: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 2.7 per 100 live births in Philippines and 6.2 per 100 live births in Sudan, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Sudan, by 3.5 per 100 live births, or 2.32 times that in Philippines.

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

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What the numbers say

Sudan has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1953.
In 2024, Philippines ranked 64 and Sudan ranked 20 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	Sudan	World
2024	2.7	6.2	3.7
2023	2.7	6.3	3.8
2022	2.8	5.1	4
2021	2.8	5.3	4
2020	2.8	5.4	3.9
2019	2.8	5.6	4
2018	2.8	5.8	4
2017	2.8	6	4.1
2016	2.8	6.2	4.2
2015	2.8	6.4	4.3
2014	2.8	6.5	4.4
2013	2.8	6.7	4.5
2012	2.9	6.9	4.7
2011	2.9	7.1	5
2010	3	7.3	5.1
2009	3	7.6	5.3
2008	3.1	7.8	5.5
2007	3.1	8	5.7
2006	3.2	8.3	6
2005	3.3	9.9	6.2
2004	3.4	10.1	6.6
2003	3.4	9.2	6.8
2002	3.5	9.5	7.1
2001	3.6	9.9	7.4
2000	3.7	10.2	7.7
1999	3.8	10.5	7.9
1998	3.9	14.8	8.3
1997	4	11.2	8.4
1996	4.1	11.5	8.6
1995	4.3	11.8	8.8
1994	4.5	12.1	8.9
1993	4.7	12.3	9.1
1992	5	12.6	9.2
1991	5.3	12.8	9.3
1990	5.6	13.1	9.4
1989	5.9	13.3	9.5
1988	6.3	29.7	10
1987	6.6	13.8	9.9
1986	6.9	13.9	10.3
1985	7.2	17.8	10.6
1984	7.4	18.1	10.9
1983	7.6	18.3	11.1
1982	7.7	14.5	11.2
1981	7.8	14.7	11.6
1980	7.9	14.8	11.9
1979	8	14.9	11.9
1978	8.1	15	12.3
1977	8.1	15.1	12.6
1976	8.2	15.3	12.8
1975	8.2	15.4	13.1
1974	8.2	15.5	13.3
1973	8.2	15.6	13.5
1972	8.2	15.7	13.7
1971	8.3	15.8	13.9
1970	8.3	15.9	14.2
1969	8.4	16	14.6
1968	8.6	16.1	15
1967	8.7	16.3	15.3
1966	8.9	16.5	15.1
1965	9.1	16.7	15.1
1964	9.3	16.9	15.7
1963	9.5	17.1	16.2
1962	9.7	17.4	17
1961	10	17.6	18.8
1960	10.3	17.9	20.2
1959	10.7	18.2	19.9
1958	11.1	18.5	19.7
1957	11.5	18.8	20.5
1956	12	19.1	21.3
1955	12.5	19.4	22.3
1954	13	19.7	22.8
1953	13.6	20	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

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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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