China vs Qatar: Child mortality
China
0.5724 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Qatar
0.5885 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
China rank
153rd
Qatar rank
150th
Child mortality over time
- China
- Qatar
How they compare
Qatar currently reports 0.5885 deaths per 100 live births against 0.5724 deaths per 100 live births in China, a difference of 0.0161 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 225 shared years of data; in 1800 it was Qatar ahead.
China ranks 153rd and Qatar ranks 150th of 203 countries.
Across the 23 decades both report, China averaged higher in 11 and Qatar in 12.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | Qatar | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1800s | 41.74 deaths per 100 live births | 43.31 deaths per 100 live births | 1.57 deaths per 100 live births | Qatar |
| 1810s | 41.74 deaths per 100 live births | 43.31 deaths per 100 live births | 1.57 deaths per 100 live births | Qatar |
| 1820s | 41.74 deaths per 100 live births | 43.31 deaths per 100 live births | 1.57 deaths per 100 live births | Qatar |
| 1830s | 41.74 deaths per 100 live births | 43.31 deaths per 100 live births | 1.57 deaths per 100 live births | Qatar |
| 1840s | 41.74 deaths per 100 live births | 43.31 deaths per 100 live births | 1.57 deaths per 100 live births | Qatar |
| 1850s | 46.52 deaths per 100 live births | 43.31 deaths per 100 live births | 3.21 deaths per 100 live births | China |
| 1860s | 43.61 deaths per 100 live births | 43.31 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2952 deaths per 100 live births | China |
| 1870s | 41.76 deaths per 100 live births | 43.31 deaths per 100 live births | 1.56 deaths per 100 live births | Qatar |
| 1880s | 41.74 deaths per 100 live births | 43.31 deaths per 100 live births | 1.57 deaths per 100 live births | Qatar |
| 1890s | 41.73 deaths per 100 live births | 43.3 deaths per 100 live births | 1.57 deaths per 100 live births | Qatar |
| 1900s | 41.41 deaths per 100 live births | 42.97 deaths per 100 live births | 1.56 deaths per 100 live births | Qatar |
| 1910s | 40.57 deaths per 100 live births | 42.09 deaths per 100 live births | 1.52 deaths per 100 live births | Qatar |
| 1920s | 39.59 deaths per 100 live births | 41.08 deaths per 100 live births | 1.49 deaths per 100 live births | Qatar |
| 1930s | 36.14 deaths per 100 live births | 40.06 deaths per 100 live births | 3.92 deaths per 100 live births | Qatar |
| 1940s | 32.55 deaths per 100 live births | 28.46 deaths per 100 live births | 4.09 deaths per 100 live births | China |
| 1950s | 28.47 deaths per 100 live births | 15.46 deaths per 100 live births | 13 deaths per 100 live births | China |
| 1960s | 16.33 deaths per 100 live births | 9.42 deaths per 100 live births | 6.91 deaths per 100 live births | China |
| 1970s | 8.77 deaths per 100 live births | 5.01 deaths per 100 live births | 3.76 deaths per 100 live births | China |
| 1980s | 5.61 deaths per 100 live births | 2.9 deaths per 100 live births | 2.7 deaths per 100 live births | China |
| 1990s | 4.76 deaths per 100 live births | 1.62 deaths per 100 live births | 3.14 deaths per 100 live births | China |
| 2000s | 2.59 deaths per 100 live births | 1.07 deaths per 100 live births | 1.52 deaths per 100 live births | China |
| 2010s | 1.14 deaths per 100 live births | 0.7888 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3553 deaths per 100 live births | China |
| 2020s | 0.6583 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6085 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0499 deaths per 100 live births | China |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality, China or Qatar?
- Qatar, at 0.5885 deaths per 100 live births against 0.5724 deaths per 100 live births in China as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality between China and Qatar?
- 0.0161 deaths per 100 live births, with Qatar ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Qatar?
- 225 years are reported by both, from 1800 to 2024.
- How do China and Qatar rank globally for child mortality?
- China ranks 153rd and Qatar ranks 150th 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.