Singapore vs Thailand
Singapore vs Thailand: Child mortality
Child mortality in 2024: 0.3 per 100 live births in Singapore and 0.9 per 100 live births in Thailand, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Thailand, by 0.6 per 100 live births, or 3.33 times that in Singapore.
deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME
What the numbers say
- Thailand has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1949.
- 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 | Singapore | Thailand | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 3.7 |
| 2023 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 3.8 |
| 2022 | 0.3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2021 | 0.2 | 1 | 4 |
| 2020 | 0.2 | 1 | 3.9 |
| 2019 | 0.3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2018 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 4 |
| 2017 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 4.1 |
| 2016 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 4.2 |
| 2015 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 4.3 |
| 2014 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 4.4 |
| 2013 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 4.5 |
| 2012 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 4.7 |
| 2011 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 5 |
| 2010 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 5.1 |
| 2009 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 5.3 |
| 2008 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 5.5 |
| 2007 | 0.3 | 1.6 | 5.7 |
| 2006 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 6 |
| 2005 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 6.2 |
| 2004 | 0.3 | 1.8 | 6.6 |
| 2003 | 0.3 | 1.9 | 6.8 |
| 2002 | 0.3 | 2 | 7.1 |
| 2001 | 0.4 | 2.1 | 7.4 |
| 2000 | 0.4 | 2.2 | 7.7 |
| 1999 | 0.4 | 2.3 | 7.9 |
| 1998 | 0.4 | 2.4 | 8.3 |
| 1997 | 0.5 | 2.5 | 8.4 |
| 1996 | 0.5 | 2.7 | 8.6 |
| 1995 | 0.5 | 2.8 | 8.8 |
| 1994 | 0.5 | 3 | 8.9 |
| 1993 | 0.6 | 3.1 | 9.1 |
| 1992 | 0.6 | 3.3 | 9.2 |
| 1991 | 0.7 | 3.5 | 9.3 |
| 1990 | 0.8 | 3.7 | 9.4 |
| 1989 | 0.8 | 3.9 | 9.5 |
| 1988 | 0.9 | 4.1 | 10 |
| 1987 | 1 | 4.3 | 9.9 |
| 1986 | 1 | 4.6 | 10.3 |
| 1985 | 1.1 | 4.8 | 10.6 |
| 1984 | 1.2 | 5 | 10.9 |
| 1983 | 1.2 | 5.3 | 11.1 |
| 1982 | 1.3 | 5.5 | 11.2 |
| 1981 | 1.4 | 5.8 | 11.6 |
| 1980 | 1.5 | 6.1 | 11.9 |
| 1979 | 1.5 | 6.4 | 11.9 |
| 1978 | 1.5 | 6.7 | 12.3 |
| 1977 | 1.5 | 7 | 12.6 |
| 1976 | 1.6 | 7.4 | 12.8 |
| 1975 | 1.8 | 7.8 | 13.1 |
| 1974 | 2 | 8.2 | 13.3 |
| 1973 | 2.2 | 8.6 | 13.5 |
| 1972 | 2.4 | 9 | 13.7 |
| 1971 | 2.6 | 9.5 | 13.9 |
| 1970 | 2.7 | 10 | 14.2 |
| 1969 | 2.9 | 10.5 | 14.6 |
| 1968 | 3 | 10.9 | 15 |
| 1967 | 3.2 | 11.4 | 15.3 |
| 1966 | 3.3 | 11.9 | 15.1 |
| 1965 | 3.5 | 12.3 | 15.1 |
| 1964 | 3.7 | 12.8 | 15.7 |
| 1963 | 3.8 | 13.3 | 16.2 |
| 1962 | 4.1 | 13.8 | 17 |
| 1961 | 4.4 | 14.3 | 18.8 |
| 1960 | 4.8 | 14.8 | 20.2 |
| 1959 | 5.2 | 15.3 | 19.9 |
| 1958 | 5.7 | 15.8 | 19.7 |
| 1957 | 6.2 | 16.3 | 20.5 |
| 1956 | 6.7 | 16.9 | 21.3 |
| 1955 | 7.2 | 17.5 | 22.3 |
| 1954 | 7.8 | 18.1 | 22.8 |
| 1953 | 8.5 | 18.7 | 23.3 |
| 1952 | 9.7 | 19.4 | 23.9 |
| 1951 | 10.5 | 20 | 24.3 |
| 1950 | 11.7 | 20.7 | 24.7 |
| 1949 | 10 | 21.5 | 24.9 |
| 1948 | 11.5 | – | 24.9 |
| 1947 | 12.6 | – | 25.5 |
| 1946 | 13.1 | – | 25.8 |
| 1945 | 35.1 | – | 26.7 |
| 1944 | 46.3 | – | 27.4 |
| 1943 | 31.6 | – | 27.7 |
| 1942 | – | – | 27.9 |
| 1941 | – | – | 27.8 |
| 1940 | 23 | – | 27.9 |
| 1939 | 20.7 | – | 28 |
| 1938 | 25.9 | – | 28.7 |
| 1937 | 25.2 | – | 28.8 |
| 1936 | 27.9 | – | 29.1 |
| 1935 | 25.9 | – | 29.5 |
| 1934 | 27.5 | – | 30.7 |
| 1933 | 27.3 | – | 30.5 |
| 1932 | 28.8 | – | 30.7 |
| 1931 | 32.2 | – | 31.4 |
| 1930 | 34.8 | – | 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
Singapore vs Thailand
Health
- Life expectancySingapore: 83.7 years in 2023Thailand: 76.4 years in 2023
- Infant mortalitySingapore: 1.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023Thailand: 6.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionSingapore: 3.44% in 2017Thailand: 3.09% in 2017
- Suicide rateSingapore: 7.3 per 100,000 people in 2017Thailand: 10.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationSingapore: 5.79 million people in 2023Thailand: 71.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthSingapore: 0.81% a year in 2023Thailand: -0.04% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateSingapore: 0.94 births per woman in 2023Thailand: 1.21 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationSingapore: 100% in 2025Thailand: 62.8% in 2025
- Median ageSingapore: 35.1 years in 2023Thailand: 39.7 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overSingapore: 13.1% in 2023Thailand: 14.7% in 2023
- Net migration rateSingapore: 4.7 per 1,000 people in 2023Thailand: 0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingSingapore: 3.05% of GDP in 2025Thailand: 1.04% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsSingapore: $16.9B in 2025Thailand: $5.57B in 2025
- Military spending per personSingapore: $2,980 in 2025Thailand: $84 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingSingapore: 18% of government spending in 2025Thailand: 4.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelSingapore: 59,000 people in 2020Thailand: 455,000 people in 2020
- National powerSingapore: 0.25% of world capability in 2022Thailand: 0.79% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersSingapore: 1.72% of the labour force in 2020Thailand: 1.13% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsSingapore: 57 million TIV in 2025Thailand: 33 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsSingapore: 79 million TIV in 2025Thailand: 15 million TIV in 2024