Syria vs United Arab Emirates: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 1.8 per 100 live births in Syria and 0.5 per 100 live births in United Arab Emirates, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Syria, by 1.4 per 100 live births, or 3.83 times that in United Arab Emirates.

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

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What the numbers say

Syria has been higher since 1968, when it overtook United Arab Emirates.
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	Syria	United Arab Emirates	World
2024	1.8	0.5	3.7
2023	2	0.5	3.8
2022	2.1	0.5	4
2021	2.1	0.6	4
2020	2.2	0.6	3.9
2019	2.5	0.6	4
2018	3.3	0.7	4
2017	3.3	0.7	4.1
2016	3.2	0.7	4.2
2015	3.7	0.8	4.3
2014	3.6	0.8	4.4
2013	3.7	0.8	4.5
2012	3.4	0.8	4.7
2011	2.2	0.9	5
2010	1.9	0.9	5.1
2009	1.9	0.9	5.3
2008	1.9	0.9	5.5
2007	1.9	0.9	5.7
2006	1.9	1	6
2005	2	1	6.2
2004	2	1	6.6
2003	2.1	1	6.8
2002	2.1	1	7.1
2001	2.2	1.1	7.4
2000	2.3	1.1	7.7
1999	2.4	1.1	7.9
1998	2.5	1.1	8.3
1997	2.7	1.2	8.4
1996	2.8	1.2	8.6
1995	2.9	1.2	8.8
1994	3.1	1.3	8.9
1993	3.2	1.3	9.1
1992	3.4	1.4	9.2
1991	3.5	1.4	9.3
1990	3.7	1.5	9.4
1989	3.9	1.6	9.5
1988	4	1.7	10
1987	4.2	1.8	9.9
1986	4.4	2	10.3
1985	4.6	2.1	10.6
1984	4.8	2.3	10.9
1983	5.1	2.5	11.1
1982	7.1	2.8	11.2
1981	6.3	3.1	11.6
1980	6	3.4	11.9
1979	6.4	3.8	11.9
1978	6.8	4.2	12.3
1977	7.2	4.7	12.6
1976	7.6	5.3	12.8
1975	8	5.8	13.1
1974	8.4	6.5	13.3
1973	8.9	7.2	13.5
1972	9.4	7.9	13.7
1971	9.9	8.7	13.9
1970	10.5	9.7	14.2
1969	11.1	10.6	14.6
1968	11.7	11.6	15
1967	12.3	12.7	15.3
1966	13	13.7	15.1
1965	13.6	14.8	15.1
1964	14.2	15.9	15.7
1963	14.9	17	16.2
1962	15.6	18	17
1961	16.4	19.1	18.8
1960	17.3	20.1	20.2
1959	18.3	–	19.9
1958	19.3	–	19.7
1957	20.5	–	20.5
1956	21.8	–	21.3
1955	23.2	–	22.3
1954	24.7	–	22.8
1953	26.3	–	23.3
1952	27.7	–	23.9
1951	29.2	–	24.3
1950	30.8	–	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.

How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time