Tunisia vs United Arab Emirates: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 1.2 per 100 live births in Tunisia and 0.5 per 100 live births in United Arab Emirates, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Tunisia, by 0.7 per 100 live births, or 2.52 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

Tunisia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1961.
In 2024, Tunisia ranked 114 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	Tunisia	United Arab Emirates	World
2024	1.2	0.5	3.7
2023	1.3	0.5	3.8
2022	1.4	0.5	4
2021	1.5	0.6	4
2020	1.6	0.6	3.9
2019	1.7	0.6	4
2018	1.8	0.7	4
2017	1.8	0.7	4.1
2016	1.8	0.7	4.2
2015	1.8	0.8	4.3
2014	1.8	0.8	4.4
2013	1.8	0.8	4.5
2012	1.8	0.8	4.7
2011	1.9	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	2	0.9	5.7
2006	2.1	1	6
2005	2.2	1	6.2
2004	2.3	1	6.6
2003	2.4	1	6.8
2002	2.6	1	7.1
2001	2.7	1.1	7.4
2000	2.9	1.1	7.7
1999	3.1	1.1	7.9
1998	3.4	1.1	8.3
1997	3.7	1.2	8.4
1996	3.9	1.2	8.6
1995	4.2	1.2	8.8
1994	4.5	1.3	8.9
1993	4.7	1.3	9.1
1992	5	1.4	9.2
1991	5.2	1.4	9.3
1990	5.5	1.5	9.4
1989	5.8	1.6	9.5
1988	6	1.7	10
1987	6.3	1.8	9.9
1986	6.7	2	10.3
1985	7.1	2.1	10.6
1984	7.5	2.3	10.9
1983	8	2.5	11.1
1982	8.5	2.8	11.2
1981	9	3.1	11.6
1980	9.6	3.4	11.9
1979	10.2	3.8	11.9
1978	11	4.2	12.3
1977	11.7	4.7	12.6
1976	12.6	5.3	12.8
1975	13.5	5.8	13.1
1974	14.4	6.5	13.3
1973	15.3	7.2	13.5
1972	16.2	7.9	13.7
1971	17.1	8.7	13.9
1970	18.1	9.7	14.2
1969	19.1	10.6	14.6
1968	20.2	11.6	15
1967	21.3	12.7	15.3
1966	22.5	13.7	15.1
1965	23.6	14.8	15.1
1964	24.8	15.9	15.7
1963	26	17	16.2
1962	27.3	18	17
1961	28.3	19.1	18.8
1960	–	20.1	20.2
1959	–	–	19.9
1958	–	–	19.7
1957	–	–	20.5
1956	–	–	21.3
1955	–	–	22.3
1954	–	–	22.8
1953	–	–	23.3
1952	–	–	23.9
1951	–	–	24.3
1950	–	–	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