Thailand vs United States
Thailand vs United States: Child mortality
Child mortality in 2024: 0.9 per 100 live births in Thailand and 0.7 per 100 live births in United States, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Thailand, by 0.3 per 100 live births, or 1.38 times that in United States.
deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME
What the numbers say
- Thailand has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1949.
- In 2024, Thailand ranked 133 and United States ranked 146 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 States | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 3.7 |
| 2023 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 3.8 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0.7 | 4 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0.7 | 4 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0.7 | 3.9 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0.7 | 4 |
| 2018 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 4 |
| 2017 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 4.1 |
| 2016 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 4.2 |
| 2015 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 4.3 |
| 2014 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 4.4 |
| 2013 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 4.5 |
| 2012 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 4.7 |
| 2011 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 5 |
| 2010 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 5.1 |
| 2009 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 5.3 |
| 2008 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 5.5 |
| 2007 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 5.7 |
| 2006 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 6 |
| 2005 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 6.2 |
| 2004 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 6.6 |
| 2003 | 1.9 | 0.8 | 6.8 |
| 2002 | 2 | 0.8 | 7.1 |
| 2001 | 2.1 | 0.8 | 7.4 |
| 2000 | 2.2 | 0.8 | 7.7 |
| 1999 | 2.3 | 0.9 | 7.9 |
| 1998 | 2.4 | 0.9 | 8.3 |
| 1997 | 2.5 | 0.9 | 8.4 |
| 1996 | 2.7 | 0.9 | 8.6 |
| 1995 | 2.8 | 1 | 8.8 |
| 1994 | 3 | 1 | 8.9 |
| 1993 | 3.1 | 1 | 9.1 |
| 1992 | 3.3 | 1.1 | 9.2 |
| 1991 | 3.5 | 1.1 | 9.3 |
| 1990 | 3.7 | 1.1 | 9.4 |
| 1989 | 3.9 | 1.2 | 9.5 |
| 1988 | 4.1 | 1.2 | 10 |
| 1987 | 4.3 | 1.2 | 9.9 |
| 1986 | 4.6 | 1.2 | 10.3 |
| 1985 | 4.8 | 1.3 | 10.6 |
| 1984 | 5 | 1.3 | 10.9 |
| 1983 | 5.3 | 1.3 | 11.1 |
| 1982 | 5.5 | 1.4 | 11.2 |
| 1981 | 5.8 | 1.4 | 11.6 |
| 1980 | 6.1 | 1.5 | 11.9 |
| 1979 | 6.4 | 1.6 | 11.9 |
| 1978 | 6.7 | 1.6 | 12.3 |
| 1977 | 7 | 1.7 | 12.6 |
| 1976 | 7.4 | 1.8 | 12.8 |
| 1975 | 7.8 | 1.9 | 13.1 |
| 1974 | 8.2 | 2 | 13.3 |
| 1973 | 8.6 | 2.1 | 13.5 |
| 1972 | 9 | 2.2 | 13.7 |
| 1971 | 9.5 | 2.2 | 13.9 |
| 1970 | 10 | 2.3 | 14.2 |
| 1969 | 10.5 | 2.4 | 14.6 |
| 1968 | 10.9 | 2.5 | 15 |
| 1967 | 11.4 | 2.6 | 15.3 |
| 1966 | 11.9 | 2.6 | 15.1 |
| 1965 | 12.3 | 2.7 | 15.1 |
| 1964 | 12.8 | 2.8 | 15.7 |
| 1963 | 13.3 | 2.8 | 16.2 |
| 1962 | 13.8 | 2.9 | 17 |
| 1961 | 14.3 | 3 | 18.8 |
| 1960 | 14.8 | 3 | 20.2 |
| 1959 | 15.3 | 3.1 | 19.9 |
| 1958 | 15.8 | 3.1 | 19.7 |
| 1957 | 16.3 | 3.2 | 20.5 |
| 1956 | 16.9 | 3.2 | 21.3 |
| 1955 | 17.5 | 3.3 | 22.3 |
| 1954 | 18.1 | 3.4 | 22.8 |
| 1953 | 18.7 | 3.5 | 23.3 |
| 1952 | 19.4 | 3.6 | 23.9 |
| 1951 | 20 | 3.7 | 24.3 |
| 1950 | 20.7 | 3.8 | 24.7 |
| 1949 | 21.5 | 3.9 | 24.9 |
| 1948 | – | 4 | 24.9 |
| 1947 | – | 4.3 | 25.5 |
| 1946 | – | 4.7 | 25.8 |
| 1945 | – | 4.8 | 26.7 |
| 1944 | – | 5 | 27.4 |
| 1943 | – | 5.4 | 27.7 |
| 1942 | – | 5.5 | 27.9 |
| 1941 | – | 6 | 27.8 |
| 1940 | – | 6.2 | 27.9 |
| 1939 | – | 6.3 | 28 |
| 1938 | – | 7 | 28.7 |
| 1937 | – | 7.4 | 28.8 |
| 1936 | – | 7.6 | 29.1 |
| 1935 | – | 7.5 | 29.5 |
| 1934 | – | 8 | 30.7 |
| 1933 | – | 7.3 | 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
Thailand vs United States
Health
- Life expectancyThailand: 76.4 years in 2023United States: 79.3 years in 2023
- Infant mortalityThailand: 6.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023United States: 5.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionThailand: 3.09% in 2017United States: 4.84% in 2017
- Suicide rateThailand: 10.4 per 100,000 people in 2017United States: 12.8 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationThailand: 71.7 million people in 2023United States: 344 million people in 2023
- Population growthThailand: -0.04% a year in 2023United States: 0.58% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateThailand: 1.21 births per woman in 2023United States: 1.62 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationThailand: 62.8% in 2025United States: 80.2% in 2025
- Median ageThailand: 39.7 years in 2023United States: 38 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overThailand: 14.7% in 2023United States: 17.4% in 2023
- Net migration rateThailand: 0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023United States: 3.9 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingThailand: 1.04% of GDP in 2025United States: 3.12% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsThailand: $5.57B in 2025United States: $929B in 2025
- Military spending per personThailand: $84 in 2025United States: $2,755 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingThailand: 4.4% of government spending in 2025United States: 8.3% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelThailand: 455,000 people in 2020United States: 1.4 million people in 2020
- National powerThailand: 0.79% of world capability in 2022United States: 12.36% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersThailand: 1.13% of the labour force in 2020United States: 0.84% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsThailand: 33 million TIV in 2025United States: 745 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsThailand: 15 million TIV in 2024United States: 14 billion TIV in 2025