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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Watch it change on the mapdeaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME
Latest figures
deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME
| Country | Latest | 10 years before | Rank in 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Arab Emirates | 0.5 2024 | 0.8 | 162 of 200 |
| Vietnam | 1.7 2024 | 2.2 | 85 of 200 |
| World | 3.7 2024 | 4.4 |
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