Thailand vs United Arab Emirates: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 0.9 per 100 live births in Thailand and 0.5 per 100 live births in United Arab Emirates, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Thailand, by 0.4 per 100 live births, or 1.88 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

Thailand has been higher since 1970, when it overtook United Arab Emirates.
In 2024, Thailand ranked 133 and United Arab Emirates ranked 162 of 200 countries, counting from the highest.
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	United Arab Emirates	World
2024	0.9	0.5	3.7
2023	0.9	0.5	3.8
2022	1	0.5	4
2021	1	0.6	4
2020	1	0.6	3.9
2019	1	0.6	4
2018	1.1	0.7	4
2017	1.1	0.7	4.1
2016	1.2	0.7	4.2
2015	1.2	0.8	4.3
2014	1.2	0.8	4.4
2013	1.3	0.8	4.5
2012	1.3	0.8	4.7
2011	1.4	0.9	5
2010	1.4	0.9	5.1
2009	1.5	0.9	5.3
2008	1.5	0.9	5.5
2007	1.6	0.9	5.7
2006	1.7	1	6
2005	1.7	1	6.2
2004	1.8	1	6.6
2003	1.9	1	6.8
2002	2	1	7.1
2001	2.1	1.1	7.4
2000	2.2	1.1	7.7
1999	2.3	1.1	7.9
1998	2.4	1.1	8.3
1997	2.5	1.2	8.4
1996	2.7	1.2	8.6
1995	2.8	1.2	8.8
1994	3	1.3	8.9
1993	3.1	1.3	9.1
1992	3.3	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	1.7	10
1987	4.3	1.8	9.9
1986	4.6	2	10.3
1985	4.8	2.1	10.6
1984	5	2.3	10.9
1983	5.3	2.5	11.1
1982	5.5	2.8	11.2
1981	5.8	3.1	11.6
1980	6.1	3.4	11.9
1979	6.4	3.8	11.9
1978	6.7	4.2	12.3
1977	7	4.7	12.6
1976	7.4	5.3	12.8
1975	7.8	5.8	13.1
1974	8.2	6.5	13.3
1973	8.6	7.2	13.5
1972	9	7.9	13.7
1971	9.5	8.7	13.9
1970	10	9.7	14.2
1969	10.5	10.6	14.6
1968	10.9	11.6	15
1967	11.4	12.7	15.3
1966	11.9	13.7	15.1
1965	12.3	14.8	15.1
1964	12.8	15.9	15.7
1963	13.3	17	16.2
1962	13.8	18	17
1961	14.3	19.1	18.8
1960	14.8	20.1	20.2
1959	15.3	–	19.9
1958	15.8	–	19.7
1957	16.3	–	20.5
1956	16.9	–	21.3
1955	17.5	–	22.3
1954	18.1	–	22.8
1953	18.7	–	23.3
1952	19.4	–	23.9
1951	20	–	24.3
1950	20.7	–	24.7
1949	21.5	–	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