Thailand vs Netherlands: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 0.9 per 100 live births in Thailand and 0.4 per 100 live births in Netherlands, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Thailand, by 0.5 per 100 live births, or 2.31 times that in Netherlands.

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

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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	Thailand	Netherlands	World
2024	0.9	0.4	3.7
2023	0.9	0.4	3.8
2022	1	0.4	4
2021	1	0.4	4
2020	1	0.4	3.9
2019	1	0.4	4
2018	1.1	0.4	4
2017	1.1	0.4	4.1
2016	1.2	0.4	4.2
2015	1.2	0.4	4.3
2014	1.2	0.4	4.4
2013	1.3	0.4	4.5
2012	1.3	0.4	4.7
2011	1.4	0.4	5
2010	1.4	0.4	5.1
2009	1.5	0.5	5.3
2008	1.5	0.5	5.5
2007	1.6	0.5	5.7
2006	1.7	0.5	6
2005	1.7	0.5	6.2
2004	1.8	0.6	6.6
2003	1.9	0.6	6.8
2002	2	0.6	7.1
2001	2.1	0.6	7.4
2000	2.2	0.6	7.7
1999	2.3	0.6	7.9
1998	2.4	0.6	8.3
1997	2.5	0.7	8.4
1996	2.7	0.7	8.6
1995	2.8	0.7	8.8
1994	3	0.7	8.9
1993	3.1	0.7	9.1
1992	3.3	0.8	9.2
1991	3.5	0.8	9.3
1990	3.7	0.8	9.4
1989	3.9	0.9	9.5
1988	4.1	0.9	10
1987	4.3	0.9	9.9
1986	4.6	1	10.3
1985	4.8	1	10.6
1984	5	1	10.9
1983	5.3	1	11.1
1982	5.5	1	11.2
1981	5.8	1.1	11.6
1980	6.1	1.1	11.9
1979	6.4	1.1	11.9
1978	6.7	1.2	12.3
1977	7	1.2	12.6
1976	7.4	1.3	12.8
1975	7.8	1.3	13.1
1974	8.2	1.4	13.3
1973	8.6	1.4	13.5
1972	9	1.5	13.7
1971	9.5	1.5	13.9
1970	10	1.6	14.2
1969	10.5	1.6	14.6
1968	10.9	1.7	15
1967	11.4	1.7	15.3
1966	11.9	1.8	15.1
1965	12.3	1.8	15.1
1964	12.8	1.9	15.7
1963	13.3	1.9	16.2
1962	13.8	2	17
1961	14.3	2	18.8
1960	14.8	2.1	20.2
1959	15.3	2.2	19.9
1958	15.8	2.2	19.7
1957	16.3	2.3	20.5
1956	16.9	2.4	21.3
1955	17.5	2.5	22.3
1954	18.1	2.6	22.8
1953	18.7	2.8	23.3
1952	19.4	2.9	23.9
1951	20	3	24.3
1950	20.7	3.2	24.7
1949	21.5	3.3	24.9
1948	–	3.6	24.9
1947	–	4.2	25.5
1946	–	6.2	25.8
1945	–	10.3	26.7
1944	–	7.1	27.4
1943	–	6.2	27.7
1942	–	5.4	27.9
1941	–	5.7	27.8
1940	–	5.2	27.9
1939	–	4.5	28
1938	–	4.9	28.7
1937	–	4.9	28.8
1936	–	5.2	29.1
1935	–	5.2	29.5
1934	–	5.6	30.7
1933	–	5.7	30.5
1932	–	6.2	30.7
1931	–	6.7	31.4
1930	–	7	31.6
1929	–	8.2	32
1928	–	7.4	31.9
1927	–	8.3	31.9
1926	–	8.6	32.7
1925	–	8.1	32.4
1924	–	8.3	33.1
1923	–	9.4	33.1
1922	–	10.5	33.2
1921	–	11.5	34.2
1920	–	12.4	34.4
1919	–	15	35.7
1918	–	17.9	37.6
1917	–	14	35.3
1916	–	14.1	35.1
1915	–	13.5	35.3
1914	–	14.3	35.4
1913	–	14	35.1
1912	–	13.8	35.5
1911	–	18.8	36
1910	–	16.1	36.4
1909	–	15.4	36.6
1908	–	18.6	37.2
1907	–	17.2	37.4
1906	–	18.5	38.1
1905	–	19	38.8
1904	–	20.8	38.9
1903	–	19.7	39.5
1902	–	20.2	40.1
1901	–	22.9	40.8
1900	–	22.1	40.9
1899	–	21.5	40.8
1898	–	22.6	41.2
1897	–	21.4	41
1896	–	22.6	41.1
1895	–	24.4	41.3
1894	–	23.1	41.2
1893	–	24.9	41.2
1892	–	26.3	41.7
1891	–	26.3	41.3
1890	–	25.9	41.5
1889	–	26.7	41.2
1888	–	26.7	41
1887	–	25.6	41.1
1886	–	29.6	41.1
1885	–	27.1	41.2
1884	–	30.5	41.1
1883	–	28.3	41.4
1882	–	26.9	41.5
1881	–	27.6	41.1
1880	–	31.4	41.6
1879	–	28.3	41.1
1878	–	29.9	41.6
1877	–	28.5	41.2
1876	–	30	41.4
1875	–	32.5	41.5
1874	–	28.7	41.7
1873	–	31.3	41.8
1872	–	34.5	42.1
1871	–	36.9	42.2
1870	–	32.8	41.9
1869	–	28.9	42.1
1868	–	33.7	42.4
1867	–	31	42
1866	–	33.1	42.1
1865	–	34.2	42.3
1864	–	31.5	42.2
1863	–	32	42.5
1862	–	31.5	42.6
1861	–	33.3	42.9
1860	–	31.8	42.9
1859	–	39	43.7
1858	–	33	43.8
1857	–	34.2	44.2
1856	–	30.9	44.2
1855	–	34.3	44
1854	–	29.8	43.7
1853	–	29.3	43.2
1852	–	31.5	42.9
1851	–	30.4	42.4
1850	–	29.4	42
1849	–	27.5	42.3
1848	–	29.6	42.3
1847	–	33.8	42.2
1846	–	37.4	42.4
1845	–	27.3	42
1844	–	26.7	42.1
1843	–	27.5	42.1
1842	–	32.2	42.2
1841	–	27.8	42.1
1840	–	26.7	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

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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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