United Arab Emirates vs Vietnam: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 0.5 per 100 live births in United Arab Emirates and 1.7 per 100 live births in Vietnam, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Vietnam, by 1.3 per 100 live births, or 3.6 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

Vietnam has been higher since 1968, when it overtook United Arab Emirates.
In 2024, United Arab Emirates ranked 162 and Vietnam ranked 85 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	United Arab Emirates	Vietnam	World
2024	0.5	1.7	3.7
2023	0.5	1.8	3.8
2022	0.5	1.8	4
2021	0.6	1.9	4
2020	0.6	2	3.9
2019	0.6	2	4
2018	0.7	2.1	4
2017	0.7	2.1	4.1
2016	0.7	2.1	4.2
2015	0.8	2.2	4.3
2014	0.8	2.2	4.4
2013	0.8	2.2	4.5
2012	0.8	2.3	4.7
2011	0.9	2.3	5
2010	0.9	2.3	5.1
2009	0.9	2.3	5.3
2008	0.9	2.4	5.5
2007	0.9	2.4	5.7
2006	1	2.5	6
2005	1	2.5	6.2
2004	1	2.6	6.6
2003	1	2.7	6.8
2002	1	2.8	7.1
2001	1.1	2.9	7.4
2000	1.1	3	7.7
1999	1.1	3.2	7.9
1998	1.1	3.3	8.3
1997	1.2	3.5	8.4
1996	1.2	3.7	8.6
1995	1.2	3.9	8.8
1994	1.3	4.2	8.9
1993	1.3	4.4	9.1
1992	1.4	4.7	9.2
1991	1.4	4.9	9.3
1990	1.5	5.2	9.4
1989	1.6	5.4	9.5
1988	1.7	5.6	10
1987	1.8	5.9	9.9
1986	2	6	10.3
1985	2.1	6.2	10.6
1984	2.3	6.4	10.9
1983	2.5	6.5	11.1
1982	2.8	6.7	11.2
1981	3.1	6.8	11.6
1980	3.4	7	11.9
1979	3.8	7.2	11.9
1978	4.2	7.3	12.3
1977	4.7	7.5	12.6
1976	5.3	7.7	12.8
1975	5.8	7.9	13.1
1974	6.5	11	13.3
1973	7.2	10.7	13.5
1972	7.9	12.2	13.7
1971	8.7	10.8	13.9
1970	9.7	11	14.2
1969	10.6	11.1	14.6
1968	11.6	12	15
1967	12.7	10.4	15.3
1966	13.7	10.3	15.1
1965	14.8	10.3	15.1
1964	15.9	9.9	15.7
1963	17	10.9	16.2
1962	18	11.3	17
1961	19.1	11.7	18.8
1960	20.1	12.1	20.2
1959	–	12.5	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