Syria vs Tunisia

Syria vs Tunisia: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 1.8 per 100 live births in Syria and 1.2 per 100 live births in Tunisia, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Syria, by 0.6 per 100 live births, or 1.52 times that in Tunisia.

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

Syria vs Tunisia: Child mortalityChild mortality in 2024: 1.8 per 100 live births in Syria and 1.2 per 100 live births in Tunisia, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Syria, by 0.6 per 100 live births, or 1.52 times that in Tunisia.
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What the numbers say

  • Syria has been higher since 2010, when it overtook Tunisia.
  • 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

YearSyriaTunisiaWorld
20241.81.23.7
202321.33.8
20222.11.44
20212.11.54
20202.21.63.9
20192.51.74
20183.31.84
20173.31.84.1
20163.21.84.2
20153.71.84.3
20143.61.84.4
20133.71.84.5
20123.41.84.7
20112.21.95
20101.91.95.1
20091.91.95.3
20081.91.95.5
20071.925.7
20061.92.16
200522.26.2
200422.36.6
20032.12.46.8
20022.12.67.1
20012.22.77.4
20002.32.97.7
19992.43.17.9
19982.53.48.3
19972.73.78.4
19962.83.98.6
19952.94.28.8
19943.14.58.9
19933.24.79.1
19923.459.2
19913.55.29.3
19903.75.59.4
19893.95.89.5
19884610
19874.26.39.9
19864.46.710.3
19854.67.110.6
19844.87.510.9
19835.1811.1
19827.18.511.2
19816.3911.6
198069.611.9
19796.410.211.9
19786.81112.3
19777.211.712.6
19767.612.612.8
1975813.513.1
19748.414.413.3
19738.915.313.5
19729.416.213.7
19719.917.113.9
197010.518.114.2
196911.119.114.6
196811.720.215
196712.321.315.3
19661322.515.1
196513.623.615.1
196414.224.815.7
196314.92616.2
196215.627.317
196116.428.318.8
196017.3–20.2
195918.3–19.9
195819.3–19.7
195720.5–20.5
195621.8–21.3
195523.2–22.3
195424.7–22.8
195326.3–23.3
195227.7–23.9
195129.2–24.3
195030.8–24.7
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.

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