Saudi Arabia vs Vietnam
Saudi Arabia vs Vietnam: Child mortality
Child mortality in 2024: 0.6 per 100 live births in Saudi Arabia and 1.7 per 100 live births in Vietnam, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Vietnam, by 1.1 per 100 live births, or 2.88 times that in Saudi Arabia.
deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME
What the numbers say
- Vietnam has been higher since 1986, when it overtook Saudi Arabia.
- In 2024, Saudi Arabia ranked 149 and Vietnam ranked 85 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 | Saudi Arabia | Vietnam | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 3.7 |
| 2023 | 0.6 | 1.8 | 3.8 |
| 2022 | 0.6 | 1.8 | 4 |
| 2021 | 0.7 | 1.9 | 4 |
| 2020 | 0.7 | 2 | 3.9 |
| 2019 | 0.7 | 2 | 4 |
| 2018 | 0.8 | 2.1 | 4 |
| 2017 | 0.8 | 2.1 | 4.1 |
| 2016 | 0.9 | 2.1 | 4.2 |
| 2015 | 0.9 | 2.2 | 4.3 |
| 2014 | 1 | 2.2 | 4.4 |
| 2013 | 1 | 2.2 | 4.5 |
| 2012 | 1.1 | 2.3 | 4.7 |
| 2011 | 1.1 | 2.3 | 5 |
| 2010 | 1.2 | 2.3 | 5.1 |
| 2009 | 1.3 | 2.3 | 5.3 |
| 2008 | 1.4 | 2.4 | 5.5 |
| 2007 | 1.5 | 2.4 | 5.7 |
| 2006 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 6 |
| 2005 | 1.6 | 2.5 | 6.2 |
| 2004 | 1.7 | 2.6 | 6.6 |
| 2003 | 1.8 | 2.7 | 6.8 |
| 2002 | 1.9 | 2.8 | 7.1 |
| 2001 | 2.1 | 2.9 | 7.4 |
| 2000 | 2.2 | 3 | 7.7 |
| 1999 | 2.3 | 3.2 | 7.9 |
| 1998 | 2.5 | 3.3 | 8.3 |
| 1997 | 2.7 | 3.5 | 8.4 |
| 1996 | 2.8 | 3.7 | 8.6 |
| 1995 | 3 | 3.9 | 8.8 |
| 1994 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 8.9 |
| 1993 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 9.1 |
| 1992 | 3.8 | 4.7 | 9.2 |
| 1991 | 4.1 | 4.9 | 9.3 |
| 1990 | 4.4 | 5.2 | 9.4 |
| 1989 | 4.8 | 5.4 | 9.5 |
| 1988 | 5.2 | 5.6 | 10 |
| 1987 | 5.6 | 5.9 | 9.9 |
| 1986 | 6 | 6 | 10.3 |
| 1985 | 6.5 | 6.2 | 10.6 |
| 1984 | 7 | 6.4 | 10.9 |
| 1983 | 7.5 | 6.5 | 11.1 |
| 1982 | 8.1 | 6.7 | 11.2 |
| 1981 | 8.7 | 6.8 | 11.6 |
| 1980 | 9.3 | 7 | 11.9 |
| 1979 | 10 | 7.2 | 11.9 |
| 1978 | 10.7 | 7.3 | 12.3 |
| 1977 | 11.4 | 7.5 | 12.6 |
| 1976 | 12.2 | 7.7 | 12.8 |
| 1975 | 13 | 7.9 | 13.1 |
| 1974 | 13.9 | 11 | 13.3 |
| 1973 | 14.9 | 10.7 | 13.5 |
| 1972 | 15.9 | 12.2 | 13.7 |
| 1971 | 17.1 | 10.8 | 13.9 |
| 1970 | 18.3 | 11 | 14.2 |
| 1969 | – | 11.1 | 14.6 |
| 1968 | – | 12 | 15 |
| 1967 | – | 10.4 | 15.3 |
| 1966 | – | 10.3 | 15.1 |
| 1965 | – | 10.3 | 15.1 |
| 1964 | – | 9.9 | 15.7 |
| 1963 | – | 10.9 | 16.2 |
| 1962 | – | 11.3 | 17 |
| 1961 | – | 11.7 | 18.8 |
| 1960 | 24.3 | 12.1 | 20.2 |
| 1959 | – | 12.5 | 19.9 |
| 1958 | – | – | 19.7 |
| 1957 | – | – | 20.5 |
| 1956 | – | – | 21.3 |
| 1955 | – | – | 22.3 |
| 1954 | – | – | 22.8 |
| 1953 | – | – | 23.3 |
| 1952 | – | – | 23.9 |
| 1951 | – | – | 24.3 |
| 1950 | – | – | 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
Saudi Arabia vs Vietnam
Health
- Life expectancySaudi Arabia: 78.7 years in 2023Vietnam: 74.6 years in 2023
- Infant mortalitySaudi Arabia: 5.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023Vietnam: 15.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionSaudi Arabia: 3.54% in 2017Vietnam: 2.88% in 2017
- Suicide rateSaudi Arabia: 2.9 per 100,000 people in 2017Vietnam: 7.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationSaudi Arabia: 33.3 million people in 2023Vietnam: 100 million people in 2023
- Population growthSaudi Arabia: 2.39% a year in 2023Vietnam: 0.64% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateSaudi Arabia: 2.28 births per woman in 2023Vietnam: 1.91 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationSaudi Arabia: 84.6% in 2025Vietnam: 38.8% in 2025
- Median ageSaudi Arabia: 29.3 years in 2023Vietnam: 32.4 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overSaudi Arabia: 2.8% in 2023Vietnam: 8.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateSaudi Arabia: 9.8 per 1,000 people in 2023Vietnam: -0.8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingSaudi Arabia: 6.48% of GDP in 2025Vietnam: 2.15% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsSaudi Arabia: $81.5B in 2025Vietnam: $10.9B in 2025
- Military spending per personSaudi Arabia: $2,428 in 2025Vietnam: $104 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingSaudi Arabia: 23.5% of government spending in 2025Vietnam: 9.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelSaudi Arabia: 282,000 people in 2020Vietnam: 522,000 people in 2020
- National powerSaudi Arabia: 1.34% of world capability in 2022Vietnam: 1.11% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersSaudi Arabia: 1.92% of the labour force in 2020Vietnam: 0.95% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsSaudi Arabia: 3.04 billion TIV in 2025Vietnam: 177 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsSaudi Arabia: 3 million TIV in 2023Vietnam: 10 million TIV in 2018