Saudi Arabia vs United States

Saudi Arabia vs United States: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 0.6 per 100 live births in Saudi Arabia and 0.7 per 100 live births in United States, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in United States, by 0.1 per 100 live births, or 1.08 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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Saudi Arabia vs United States: Child mortalityChild mortality in 2024: 0.6 per 100 live births in Saudi Arabia and 0.7 per 100 live births in United States, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in United States, by 0.1 per 100 live births, or 1.08 times that in Saudi Arabia.
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Latest figures

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

CountryLatest10 years beforeRank in 2024
Saudi Arabia0.6 20241149 of 200
United States0.7 20240.7146 of 200
World3.7 20244.4

What the numbers say

  • United States has been higher since 2022, when it overtook Saudi Arabia.
  • In 2024, Saudi Arabia ranked 149 and United States ranked 146 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

YearSaudi ArabiaUnited StatesWorld
20240.60.73.7
20230.60.73.8
20220.60.74
20210.70.74
20200.70.73.9
20190.70.74
20180.80.74
20170.80.74.1
20160.90.74.2
20150.90.74.3
201410.74.4
201310.74.5
20121.10.74.7
20111.10.75
20101.20.75.1
20091.30.85.3
20081.40.85.5
20071.50.85.7
20061.50.86
20051.60.86.2
20041.70.86.6
20031.80.86.8
20021.90.87.1
20012.10.87.4
20002.20.87.7
19992.30.97.9
19982.50.98.3
19972.70.98.4
19962.80.98.6
1995318.8
19943.318.9
19933.519.1
19923.81.19.2
19914.11.19.3
19904.41.19.4
19894.81.29.5
19885.21.210
19875.61.29.9
198661.210.3
19856.51.310.6
198471.310.9
19837.51.311.1
19828.11.411.2
19818.71.411.6
19809.31.511.9
1979101.611.9
197810.71.612.3
197711.41.712.6
197612.21.812.8
1975131.913.1
197413.9213.3
197314.92.113.5
197215.92.213.7
197117.12.213.9
197018.32.314.2
1969–2.414.6
1968–2.515
1967–2.615.3
1966–2.615.1
1965–2.715.1
1964–2.815.7
1963–2.816.2
1962–2.917
1961–318.8
196024.3320.2
1959–3.119.9
1958–3.119.7
1957–3.220.5
1956–3.221.3
1955–3.322.3
1954–3.422.8
1953–3.523.3
1952–3.623.9
1951–3.724.3
1950–3.824.7
1949–3.924.9
1948–424.9
1947–4.325.5
1946–4.725.8
1945–4.826.7
1944–527.4
1943–5.427.7
1942–5.527.9
1941–627.8
1940–6.227.9
1939–6.328
1938–728.7
1937–7.428.8
1936–7.629.1
1935–7.529.5
1934–830.7
1933–7.330.5
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