Poland vs Thailand: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 0.4 per 100 live births in Poland and 0.9 per 100 live births in Thailand, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Thailand, by 0.5 per 100 live births, or 2.14 times that in Poland.

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

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What the numbers say

Thailand has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1949.
In 2024, Poland ranked 167 and Thailand ranked 133 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	Poland	Thailand	World
2024	0.4	0.9	3.7
2023	0.4	0.9	3.8
2022	0.4	1	4
2021	0.4	1	4
2020	0.4	1	3.9
2019	0.5	1	4
2018	0.5	1.1	4
2017	0.5	1.1	4.1
2016	0.5	1.2	4.2
2015	0.5	1.2	4.3
2014	0.5	1.2	4.4
2013	0.5	1.3	4.5
2012	0.5	1.3	4.7
2011	0.6	1.4	5
2010	0.6	1.4	5.1
2009	0.6	1.5	5.3
2008	0.7	1.5	5.5
2007	0.7	1.6	5.7
2006	0.7	1.7	6
2005	0.8	1.7	6.2
2004	0.8	1.8	6.6
2003	0.8	1.9	6.8
2002	0.8	2	7.1
2001	0.9	2.1	7.4
2000	0.9	2.2	7.7
1999	1	2.3	7.9
1998	1.1	2.4	8.3
1997	1.2	2.5	8.4
1996	1.3	2.7	8.6
1995	1.4	2.8	8.8
1994	1.5	3	8.9
1993	1.6	3.1	9.1
1992	1.7	3.3	9.2
1991	1.7	3.5	9.3
1990	1.7	3.7	9.4
1989	1.8	3.9	9.5
1988	1.8	4.1	10
1987	1.9	4.3	9.9
1986	2	4.6	10.3
1985	2	4.8	10.6
1984	2.1	5	10.9
1983	2.2	5.3	11.1
1982	2.3	5.5	11.2
1981	2.3	5.8	11.6
1980	2.4	6.1	11.9
1979	2.5	6.4	11.9
1978	2.6	6.7	12.3
1977	2.6	7	12.6
1976	2.7	7.4	12.8
1975	2.8	7.8	13.1
1974	2.9	8.2	13.3
1973	3.1	8.6	13.5
1972	3.2	9	13.7
1971	3.4	9.5	13.9
1970	3.6	10	14.2
1969	3.8	10.5	14.6
1968	3.9	10.9	15
1967	4.1	11.4	15.3
1966	4.3	11.9	15.1
1965	4.6	12.3	15.1
1964	4.9	12.8	15.7
1963	5.2	13.3	16.2
1962	5.6	13.8	17
1961	6	14.3	18.8
1960	6.5	14.8	20.2
1959	7.1	15.3	19.9
1958	7.7	15.8	19.7
1957	8.3	16.3	20.5
1956	8.9	16.9	21.3
1955	9.6	17.5	22.3
1954	10.2	18.1	22.8
1953	11	18.7	23.3
1952	11.8	19.4	23.9
1951	12.7	20	24.3
1950	13.7	20.7	24.7
1949	16.2	21.5	24.9
1948	17	–	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	22.4	–	28.7
1937	21.7	–	28.8
1936	22.6	–	29.1
1935	20	–	29.5
1934	22.6	–	30.7
1933	20.2	–	30.5
1932	23.2	–	30.7
1931	22.8	–	31.4
1930	23	–	31.6
1929	24.1	–	32
1928	23.3	–	31.9
1927	24.4	–	31.9
1926	–	–	32.7
1925	–	–	32.4
1924	–	–	33.1
1923	–	–	33.1
1922	27.2	–	33.2
1921	30.4	–	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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