What is the difference in child mortality by sex between China and Serbia?

0.0051 deaths per 100 live births, with China ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for China and Serbia?

41 years are reported by both, from 1984 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Child mortality by sex. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

China vs Serbia: Child mortality by sex

China

0.6012 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Serbia

0.5961 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

China rank

153rd

Serbia rank

154th

Child mortality by sex over time

China
Serbia

How they compare

China currently reports 0.6012 deaths per 100 live births against 0.5961 deaths per 100 live births in Serbia, a difference of 0.0051 deaths per 100 live births.

Across all 41 years both countries report, China has been ahead every year.

China ranks 153rd and Serbia ranks 154th of 199 countries.

China has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	China	Serbia	Difference	Ahead
1980s	5.64 deaths per 100 live births	3.82 deaths per 100 live births	1.82 deaths per 100 live births	China
1990s	4.98 deaths per 100 live births	2.2 deaths per 100 live births	2.78 deaths per 100 live births	China
2000s	2.74 deaths per 100 live births	1.09 deaths per 100 live births	1.65 deaths per 100 live births	China
2010s	1.21 deaths per 100 live births	0.7184 deaths per 100 live births	0.491 deaths per 100 live births	China
2020s	0.6917 deaths per 100 live births	0.5961 deaths per 100 live births	0.0955 deaths per 100 live births	China

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher child mortality by sex, China or Serbia?: China, at 0.6012 deaths per 100 live births against 0.5961 deaths per 100 live births in Serbia as of 2024.
What is the difference in child mortality by sex between China and Serbia?: 0.0051 deaths per 100 live births, with China ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for China and Serbia?: 41 years are reported by both, from 1984 to 2024.
How do China and Serbia rank globally for child mortality by sex?: China ranks 153rd and Serbia ranks 154th of 199 countries.
Where does this data come from?: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Child mortality by sex. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Child mortality by sex
Unit: deaths per 100 live births
Source: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 199 places, 12,985 data points, 1950–2024
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Estimated number of deaths of male children aged under five years, per 100 live births .