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
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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

Indicator
Child mortality
Unit
deaths per 100 live births
Source
Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
203 places, 42,924 data points, 1800–2024
Last refreshed

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