Myanmar (Burma)

Child mortality in Myanmar (Burma)

Child mortality in Myanmar (Burma): 27.5 per 100 live births in 1960 and 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates.

Latest, 2024
3.7 per 100 live births
Since 1960
−23.8 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 Myanmar (Burma)Child mortality in Myanmar (Burma): 27.5 per 100 live births in 1960 and 3.7 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

YearMyanmar (Burma)World
20243.73.7
20233.83.8
202244
20214.14
20204.23.9
20194.44
20184.54
20174.74.1
20164.94.2
20155.14.3
20145.24.4
20135.54.5
20125.74.7
201165
20106.25.1
20096.55.3
200810.25.5
20077.15.7
20067.46
20057.66.2
20047.96.6
20038.26.8
20028.47.1
20018.77.4
20008.97.7
19999.17.9
19989.48.3
19979.68.4
19969.98.6
199510.28.8
199410.48.9
199310.79.1
199210.99.2
199111.29.3
199011.59.4
198911.79.5
198811.910
198712.29.9
198612.410.3
198512.610.6
198412.810.9
198313.111.1
198213.311.2
198113.611.6
198013.911.9
197914.211.9
197814.512.3
197714.812.6
197615.212.8
197515.613.1
197415.913.3
197316.313.5
197216.613.7
19711713.9
197017.314.2
196917.614.6
19681815
1967–15.3
1966–15.1
1965–15.1
1964–15.7
1963–16.2
1962–17
1961–18.8
196027.520.2
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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