Bhutan

Child mortality in Bhutan

Child mortality in Bhutan: 27.6 per 100 live births in 1968 and 1.7 per 100 live births in 2024, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates.

Latest, 2024
1.7 per 100 live births
Since 1968
−25.9 per 100 live births
World, 2024
3.7 per 100 live births
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deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME

Child mortality in BhutanChild mortality in Bhutan: 27.6 per 100 live births in 1968 and 1.7 per 100 live births in 2024, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. The world as a whole: 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024.
Estimates, Gapminder and UN IGMEWorld

Every year

deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME

YearBhutanWorld
20241.73.7
20231.83.8
20221.94
202124
20202.13.9
20192.34
20182.44
20172.64.1
20162.74.2
20152.94.3
20143.14.4
20133.34.5
20123.64.7
20113.85
20104.15.1
20094.35.3
20084.65.5
200755.7
20065.36
20055.76.2
20046.16.6
20036.56.8
20026.97.1
20017.37.4
20007.87.7
19998.27.9
19988.78.3
19979.28.4
19969.78.6
199510.28.8
199410.78.9
199311.29.1
199211.79.2
199112.29.3
199012.89.4
198913.49.5
19881410
198714.69.9
198615.310.3
19851610.6
198416.610.9
198317.311.1
19821811.2
198118.811.6
198019.511.9
197920.311.9
19782112.3
197721.712.6
197622.412.8
19752313.1
197423.713.3
197324.413.5
19722513.7
197125.713.9
197026.314.2
196926.914.6
196827.615
1967–15.3
1966–15.1
1965–15.1
1964–15.7
1963–16.2
1962–17
1961–18.8
1960–20.2
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

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.

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