Qatar vs Saudi Arabia: Child mortality by sex
Qatar
0.6238 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Saudi Arabia
0.6193 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Qatar rank
148th
Saudi Arabia rank
150th
Child mortality by sex over time
- Qatar
- Saudi Arabia
How they compare
Qatar currently reports 0.6238 deaths per 100 live births against 0.6193 deaths per 100 live births in Saudi Arabia, a difference of 0.0045 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 53 shared years of data; in 1972 it was Saudi Arabia ahead.
Qatar ranks 148th and Saudi Arabia ranks 150th of 199 countries.
Saudi Arabia has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Qatar | Saudi Arabia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 5.01 deaths per 100 live births | 13.27 deaths per 100 live births | 8.26 deaths per 100 live births | Saudi Arabia |
| 1980s | 3.14 deaths per 100 live births | 7.25 deaths per 100 live births | 4.11 deaths per 100 live births | Saudi Arabia |
| 1990s | 1.74 deaths per 100 live births | 3.44 deaths per 100 live births | 1.7 deaths per 100 live births | Saudi Arabia |
| 2000s | 1.15 deaths per 100 live births | 1.8 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6561 deaths per 100 live births | Saudi Arabia |
| 2010s | 0.8396 deaths per 100 live births | 0.9865 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1468 deaths per 100 live births | Saudi Arabia |
| 2020s | 0.6436 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6669 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0232 deaths per 100 live births | Saudi Arabia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality by sex, Qatar or Saudi Arabia?
- Qatar, at 0.6238 deaths per 100 live births against 0.6193 deaths per 100 live births in Saudi Arabia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality by sex between Qatar and Saudi Arabia?
- 0.0045 deaths per 100 live births, with Qatar ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Qatar and Saudi Arabia?
- 53 years are reported by both, from 1972 to 2024.
- How do Qatar and Saudi Arabia rank globally for child mortality by sex?
- Qatar ranks 148th and Saudi Arabia ranks 150th 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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About this data
Estimated number of deaths of male children aged under five years, per 100 live births .