Brunei vs Libya: Child mortality
Brunei
0.9944 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Libya
0.9765 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Brunei rank
124th
Libya rank
125th
Child mortality over time
- Brunei
- Libya
How they compare
Brunei currently reports 0.9944 deaths per 100 live births against 0.9765 deaths per 100 live births in Libya, a difference of 0.0179 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 225 shared years of data; in 1800 it was Brunei ahead.
Brunei ranks 124th and Libya ranks 125th of 203 countries.
Across the 23 decades both report, Brunei averaged higher in 12 and Libya in 11.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brunei | Libya | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1800s | 45.47 deaths per 100 live births | 40.47 deaths per 100 live births | 5 deaths per 100 live births | Brunei |
| 1810s | 45.47 deaths per 100 live births | 40.47 deaths per 100 live births | 5 deaths per 100 live births | Brunei |
| 1820s | 45.47 deaths per 100 live births | 40.47 deaths per 100 live births | 5 deaths per 100 live births | Brunei |
| 1830s | 45.47 deaths per 100 live births | 40.47 deaths per 100 live births | 5 deaths per 100 live births | Brunei |
| 1840s | 45.47 deaths per 100 live births | 40.47 deaths per 100 live births | 5 deaths per 100 live births | Brunei |
| 1850s | 45.47 deaths per 100 live births | 40.47 deaths per 100 live births | 5 deaths per 100 live births | Brunei |
| 1860s | 45.47 deaths per 100 live births | 40.47 deaths per 100 live births | 5 deaths per 100 live births | Brunei |
| 1870s | 45.47 deaths per 100 live births | 40.47 deaths per 100 live births | 5 deaths per 100 live births | Brunei |
| 1880s | 45.47 deaths per 100 live births | 40.47 deaths per 100 live births | 5 deaths per 100 live births | Brunei |
| 1890s | 45.45 deaths per 100 live births | 40.46 deaths per 100 live births | 5 deaths per 100 live births | Brunei |
| 1900s | 45.11 deaths per 100 live births | 40.15 deaths per 100 live births | 4.96 deaths per 100 live births | Brunei |
| 1910s | 40.99 deaths per 100 live births | 39.33 deaths per 100 live births | 1.66 deaths per 100 live births | Brunei |
| 1920s | 32.02 deaths per 100 live births | 38.38 deaths per 100 live births | 6.36 deaths per 100 live births | Libya |
| 1930s | 24.33 deaths per 100 live births | 37.16 deaths per 100 live births | 12.83 deaths per 100 live births | Libya |
| 1940s | 22.27 deaths per 100 live births | 35.97 deaths per 100 live births | 13.71 deaths per 100 live births | Libya |
| 1950s | 14.34 deaths per 100 live births | 34.56 deaths per 100 live births | 20.22 deaths per 100 live births | Libya |
| 1960s | 6.72 deaths per 100 live births | 20.74 deaths per 100 live births | 14.01 deaths per 100 live births | Libya |
| 1970s | 3.66 deaths per 100 live births | 10.19 deaths per 100 live births | 6.53 deaths per 100 live births | Libya |
| 1980s | 1.7 deaths per 100 live births | 5.72 deaths per 100 live births | 4.03 deaths per 100 live births | Libya |
| 1990s | 1.22 deaths per 100 live births | 3.46 deaths per 100 live births | 2.23 deaths per 100 live births | Libya |
| 2000s | 0.9742 deaths per 100 live births | 2.33 deaths per 100 live births | 1.36 deaths per 100 live births | Libya |
| 2010s | 1.04 deaths per 100 live births | 1.41 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3704 deaths per 100 live births | Libya |
| 2020s | 1.02 deaths per 100 live births | 1.48 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4613 deaths per 100 live births | Libya |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality, Brunei or Libya?
- Brunei, at 0.9944 deaths per 100 live births against 0.9765 deaths per 100 live births in Libya as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality between Brunei and Libya?
- 0.0179 deaths per 100 live births, with Brunei ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brunei and Libya?
- 225 years are reported by both, from 1800 to 2024.
- How do Brunei and Libya rank globally for child mortality?
- Brunei ranks 124th and Libya ranks 125th of 203 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Child mortality. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.