Türkiye vs United Arab Emirates: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 1 per 100 live births in Türkiye and 0.5 per 100 live births in United Arab Emirates, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Türkiye, by 0.5 per 100 live births, or 2 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

Türkiye has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1960.
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	Türkiye	United Arab Emirates	World
2024	1	0.5	3.7
2023	1.4	0.5	3.8
2022	1	0.5	4
2021	1.1	0.6	4
2020	1.1	0.6	3.9
2019	1.1	0.6	4
2018	1.2	0.7	4
2017	1.2	0.7	4.1
2016	1.3	0.7	4.2
2015	1.3	0.8	4.3
2014	1.4	0.8	4.4
2013	1.5	0.8	4.5
2012	1.6	0.8	4.7
2011	1.7	0.9	5
2010	1.8	0.9	5.1
2009	1.9	0.9	5.3
2008	2	0.9	5.5
2007	2.2	0.9	5.7
2006	2.4	1	6
2005	2.5	1	6.2
2004	2.7	1	6.6
2003	3	1	6.8
2002	3.2	1	7.1
2001	3.5	1.1	7.4
2000	3.7	1.1	7.7
1999	4	1.1	7.9
1998	4.3	1.1	8.3
1997	4.6	1.2	8.4
1996	5	1.2	8.6
1995	5.3	1.2	8.8
1994	5.7	1.3	8.9
1993	6.1	1.3	9.1
1992	6.5	1.4	9.2
1991	6.9	1.4	9.3
1990	7.4	1.5	9.4
1989	7.8	1.6	9.5
1988	8.3	1.7	10
1987	8.8	1.8	9.9
1986	9.3	2	10.3
1985	9.8	2.1	10.6
1984	10.4	2.3	10.9
1983	11	2.5	11.1
1982	11.6	2.8	11.2
1981	12.2	3.1	11.6
1980	12.8	3.4	11.9
1979	13.4	3.8	11.9
1978	14	4.2	12.3
1977	14.6	4.7	12.6
1976	15.2	5.3	12.8
1975	15.8	5.8	13.1
1974	16.4	6.5	13.3
1973	17	7.2	13.5
1972	17.5	7.9	13.7
1971	18	8.7	13.9
1970	18.6	9.7	14.2
1969	19.1	10.6	14.6
1968	19.7	11.6	15
1967	20.2	12.7	15.3
1966	20.9	13.7	15.1
1965	21.5	14.8	15.1
1964	22.3	15.9	15.7
1963	23.1	17	16.2
1962	23.9	18	17
1961	24.7	19.1	18.8
1960	25.5	20.1	20.2
1959	26.2	–	19.9
1958	26.8	–	19.7
1957	27.3	–	20.5
1956	27.8	–	21.3
1955	28.2	–	22.3
1954	28.6	–	22.8
1953	29	–	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