Tajikistan vs United Kingdom: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 2.8 per 100 live births in Tajikistan and 0.5 per 100 live births in United Kingdom, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Tajikistan, by 2.3 per 100 live births, or 5.98 times that in United Kingdom.

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

TajikistanUnited KingdomWorld

What the numbers say

Tajikistan has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1972.
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	Tajikistan	United Kingdom	World
2024	2.8	0.5	3.7
2023	2.9	0.5	3.8
2022	2.9	0.5	4
2021	3	0.4	4
2020	3	0.4	3.9
2019	3	0.4	4
2018	3.1	0.4	4
2017	3.1	0.4	4.1
2016	3.2	0.4	4.2
2015	3.2	0.5	4.3
2014	3.3	0.5	4.4
2013	3.4	0.5	4.5
2012	3.5	0.5	4.7
2011	3.6	0.5	5
2010	3.8	0.5	5.1
2009	3.9	0.5	5.3
2008	4.1	0.6	5.5
2007	4.4	0.6	5.7
2006	4.7	0.6	6
2005	5	0.6	6.2
2004	5.5	0.6	6.6
2003	6	0.6	6.8
2002	6.6	0.6	7.1
2001	7.2	0.6	7.4
2000	7.8	0.7	7.7
1999	8.5	0.7	7.9
1998	9.2	0.7	8.3
1997	9.8	0.7	8.4
1996	10.3	0.7	8.6
1995	10.8	0.7	8.8
1994	10.9	0.7	8.9
1993	10.8	0.8	9.1
1992	10.5	0.8	9.2
1991	10.2	0.9	9.3
1990	9.9	0.9	9.4
1989	9.9	1	9.5
1988	10.1	1	10
1987	10.5	1.1	9.9
1986	11	1.1	10.3
1985	11.4	1.1	10.6
1984	11.8	1.2	10.9
1983	12.1	1.2	11.1
1982	12.4	1.3	11.2
1981	12.5	1.3	11.6
1980	12.6	1.4	11.9
1979	12.7	1.5	11.9
1978	12.9	1.6	12.3
1977	13.1	1.6	12.6
1976	13.5	1.7	12.8
1975	13.9	1.8	13.1
1974	14.3	1.9	13.3
1973	14.8	1.9	13.5
1972	15.4	2	13.7
1971	–	2.1	13.9
1970	–	2.1	14.2
1969	–	2.1	14.6
1968	–	2.2	15
1967	–	2.2	15.3
1966	–	2.3	15.1
1965	–	2.3	15.1
1964	–	2.4	15.7
1963	–	2.5	16.2
1962	–	2.6	17
1961	–	2.6	18.8
1960	–	2.7	20.2
1959	–	2.7	19.9
1958	–	2.7	19.7
1957	–	2.8	20.5
1956	–	2.9	21.3
1955	–	3	22.3
1954	–	3.1	22.8
1953	–	3.2	23.3
1952	–	3.4	23.9
1951	–	3.5	24.3
1950	–	3.7	24.7
1949	–	3.8	24.9
1948	–	4	24.9
1947	–	5.4	25.5
1946	–	5.4	25.8
1945	–	5.5	26.7
1944	–	6	27.4
1943	–	6.5	27.7
1942	–	6.8	27.9
1941	–	8.1	27.8
1940	–	7.7	27.9
1939	–	6.6	28
1938	–	7.4	28.7
1937	–	8.1	28.8
1936	–	8.3	29.1
1935	–	8.1	29.5
1934	–	8.7	30.7
1933	–	8.8	30.5
1932	–	9.3	30.7
1931	–	9.5	31.4
1930	–	8.9	31.6
1929	–	11.4	32
1928	–	9.8	31.9
1927	–	10.4	31.9
1926	–	10.3	32.7
1925	–	11.3	32.4
1924	–	11.4	33.1
1923	–	10.2	33.1
1922	–	12	33.2
1921	–	11.4	34.2
1920	–	13.4	34.4
1919	–	13.5	35.7
1918	–	17.1	37.6
1917	–	13.7	35.3
1916	–	13.4	35.1
1915	–	16.6	35.3
1914	–	15.6	35.4
1913	–	15.8	35.1
1912	–	14.6	35.5
1911	–	18.9	36
1910	–	15.6	36.4
1909	–	16.3	36.6
1908	–	17.6	37.2
1907	–	17.6	37.4
1906	–	19	38.1
1905	–	18.6	38.8
1904	–	20.9	38.9
1903	–	19.1	39.5
1902	–	19.9	40.1
1901	–	21.6	40.8
1900	–	22.6	40.9
1899	–	23.2	40.8
1898	–	23.1	41.2
1897	–	22.6	41
1896	–	22.5	41.1
1895	–	23.7	41.3
1894	–	20.7	41.2
1893	–	23.6	41.2
1892	–	22.8	41.7
1891	–	23.3	41.3
1890	–	23.2	41.5
1889	–	22.8	41.2
1888	–	21.3	41
1887	–	22.7	41.1
1886	–	23.1	41.1
1885	–	21.9	41.2
1884	–	23.3	41.1
1883	–	22.2	41.4
1882	–	23.3	41.5
1881	–	21	41.1
1880	–	25.1	41.6
1879	–	22.8	41.1
1878	–	25.2	41.6
1877	–	22.5	41.2
1876	–	23.9	41.4
1875	–	25.2	41.5
1874	–	25.3	41.7
1873	–	23.5	41.8
1872	–	24.4	42.1
1871	–	25.8	42.2
1870	–	26.8	41.9
1869	–	26.3	42.1
1868	–	26.3	42.4
1867	–	24.8	42
1866	–	26.9	42.1
1865	–	26.7	42.3
1864	–	27.2	42.2
1863	–	28	42.5
1862	–	25.4	42.6
1861	–	25.9	42.9
1860	–	24.4	42.9
1859	–	27.4	43.7
1858	–	28.1	43.8
1857	–	26.3	44.2
1856	–	24.7	44.2
1855	–	26.1	44
1854	–	28.2	43.7
1853	–	26.4	43.2
1852	–	26.7	42.9
1851	–	26.2	42.4
1850	–	24.7	42
1849	–	28	42.3
1848	–	27.9	42.3
1847	–	28.2	42.2
1846	–	28.1	42.4
1845	–	24.8	42
1844	–	25.9	42.1
1843	–	25.8	42.1
1842	–	26.2	42.2
1841	–	25.1	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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