Cook Islands vs Mongolia: Child mortality

Cook Islands
1.33 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Mongolia
1.34 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Cook Islands rank
107th
Mongolia rank
105th

Child mortality over time

  • Cook Islands
  • Mongolia
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How they compare

Mongolia currently reports 1.34 deaths per 100 live births against 1.33 deaths per 100 live births in Cook Islands, a difference of 0.01 deaths per 100 live births.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1951 it was Mongolia ahead.

Cook Islands ranks 107th and Mongolia ranks 105th of 203 countries.

Mongolia has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Cook Islands Mongolia Difference Ahead
1950s 15.36 deaths per 100 live births 24.51 deaths per 100 live births 9.15 deaths per 100 live births Mongolia
1960s 7.86 deaths per 100 live births 21.48 deaths per 100 live births 13.61 deaths per 100 live births Mongolia
1970s 3.78 deaths per 100 live births 18.36 deaths per 100 live births 14.59 deaths per 100 live births Mongolia
1980s 2.59 deaths per 100 live births 13.57 deaths per 100 live births 10.98 deaths per 100 live births Mongolia
1990s 2.24 deaths per 100 live births 8.73 deaths per 100 live births 6.49 deaths per 100 live births Mongolia
2000s 1.56 deaths per 100 live births 4.37 deaths per 100 live births 2.81 deaths per 100 live births Mongolia
2010s 1.34 deaths per 100 live births 2.03 deaths per 100 live births 0.687 deaths per 100 live births Mongolia
2020s 1.39 deaths per 100 live births 1.4 deaths per 100 live births 0.0147 deaths per 100 live births Mongolia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher child mortality, Cook Islands or Mongolia?
Mongolia, at 1.34 deaths per 100 live births against 1.33 deaths per 100 live births in Cook Islands as of 2024.
What is the difference in child mortality between Cook Islands and Mongolia?
0.01 deaths per 100 live births, with Mongolia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cook Islands and Mongolia?
74 years are reported by both, from 1951 to 2024.
How do Cook Islands and Mongolia rank globally for child mortality?
Cook Islands ranks 107th and Mongolia ranks 105th 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

The estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.