Singapore

Child mortality in Singapore

Child mortality in Singapore: 34.8 per 100 live births in 1930 and 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates.

Latest, 2024
0.3 per 100 live births
Since 1930
−34.5 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 SingaporeChild mortality in Singapore: 34.8 per 100 live births in 1930 and 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. The highest was 46.3 per 100 live births in 1944, the lowest 0.2 per 100 live births in 2020.
Estimates, Gapminder and UN IGMEWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 46.3 per 100 live births in 1944, the lowest 0.2 per 100 live births in 2020.

Every year

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

YearSingaporeWorld
20240.33.7
20230.33.8
20220.34
20210.24
20200.23.9
20190.34
20180.34
20170.34.1
20160.34.2
20150.34.3
20140.34.4
20130.34.5
20120.34.7
20110.35
20100.35.1
20090.35.3
20080.35.5
20070.35.7
20060.36
20050.36.2
20040.36.6
20030.36.8
20020.37.1
20010.47.4
20000.47.7
19990.47.9
19980.48.3
19970.58.4
19960.58.6
19950.58.8
19940.58.9
19930.69.1
19920.69.2
19910.79.3
19900.89.4
19890.89.5
19880.910
198719.9
1986110.3
19851.110.6
19841.210.9
19831.211.1
19821.311.2
19811.411.6
19801.511.9
19791.511.9
19781.512.3
19771.512.6
19761.612.8
19751.813.1
1974213.3
19732.213.5
19722.413.7
19712.613.9
19702.714.2
19692.914.6
1968315
19673.215.3
19663.315.1
19653.515.1
19643.715.7
19633.816.2
19624.117
19614.418.8
19604.820.2
19595.219.9
19585.719.7
19576.220.5
19566.721.3
19557.222.3
19547.822.8
19538.523.3
19529.723.9
195110.524.3
195011.724.7
19491024.9
194811.524.9
194712.625.5
194613.125.8
194535.126.7
194446.327.4
194331.627.7
1942–27.9
1941–27.8
19402327.9
193920.728
193825.928.7
193725.228.8
193627.929.1
193525.929.5
193427.530.7
193327.330.5
193228.830.7
193132.231.4
193034.831.6
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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