Singapore vs United Arab Emirates: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 0.3 per 100 live births in Singapore and 0.5 per 100 live births in United Arab Emirates, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in United Arab Emirates, by 0.2 per 100 live births, or 1.78 times that in Singapore.

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

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What the numbers say

United Arab Emirates has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1960.
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	United Arab Emirates	World
2024	0.3	0.5	3.7
2023	0.3	0.5	3.8
2022	0.3	0.5	4
2021	0.2	0.6	4
2020	0.2	0.6	3.9
2019	0.3	0.6	4
2018	0.3	0.7	4
2017	0.3	0.7	4.1
2016	0.3	0.7	4.2
2015	0.3	0.8	4.3
2014	0.3	0.8	4.4
2013	0.3	0.8	4.5
2012	0.3	0.8	4.7
2011	0.3	0.9	5
2010	0.3	0.9	5.1
2009	0.3	0.9	5.3
2008	0.3	0.9	5.5
2007	0.3	0.9	5.7
2006	0.3	1	6
2005	0.3	1	6.2
2004	0.3	1	6.6
2003	0.3	1	6.8
2002	0.3	1	7.1
2001	0.4	1.1	7.4
2000	0.4	1.1	7.7
1999	0.4	1.1	7.9
1998	0.4	1.1	8.3
1997	0.5	1.2	8.4
1996	0.5	1.2	8.6
1995	0.5	1.2	8.8
1994	0.5	1.3	8.9
1993	0.6	1.3	9.1
1992	0.6	1.4	9.2
1991	0.7	1.4	9.3
1990	0.8	1.5	9.4
1989	0.8	1.6	9.5
1988	0.9	1.7	10
1987	1	1.8	9.9
1986	1	2	10.3
1985	1.1	2.1	10.6
1984	1.2	2.3	10.9
1983	1.2	2.5	11.1
1982	1.3	2.8	11.2
1981	1.4	3.1	11.6
1980	1.5	3.4	11.9
1979	1.5	3.8	11.9
1978	1.5	4.2	12.3
1977	1.5	4.7	12.6
1976	1.6	5.3	12.8
1975	1.8	5.8	13.1
1974	2	6.5	13.3
1973	2.2	7.2	13.5
1972	2.4	7.9	13.7
1971	2.6	8.7	13.9
1970	2.7	9.7	14.2
1969	2.9	10.6	14.6
1968	3	11.6	15
1967	3.2	12.7	15.3
1966	3.3	13.7	15.1
1965	3.5	14.8	15.1
1964	3.7	15.9	15.7
1963	3.8	17	16.2
1962	4.1	18	17
1961	4.4	19.1	18.8
1960	4.8	20.1	20.2
1959	5.2	–	19.9
1958	5.7	–	19.7
1957	6.2	–	20.5
1956	6.7	–	21.3
1955	7.2	–	22.3
1954	7.8	–	22.8
1953	8.5	–	23.3
1952	9.7	–	23.9
1951	10.5	–	24.3
1950	11.7	–	24.7
1949	10	–	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.

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