Fiji vs India: Child mortality
Fiji
2.91 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
India
2.66 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Fiji rank
60th
India rank
63rd
Child mortality over time
- Fiji
- India
How they compare
Fiji currently reports 2.91 deaths per 100 live births against 2.66 deaths per 100 live births in India, a difference of 0.25 deaths per 100 live births.
That makes Fiji's figure about 1.1 times India's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 225 shared years of data; in 1800 it was India ahead.
Fiji ranks 60th and India ranks 63rd of 203 countries.
Across the 23 decades both report, Fiji averaged higher in 4 and India in 19.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Fiji | India | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1800s | 49.89 deaths per 100 live births | 50.94 deaths per 100 live births | 1.05 deaths per 100 live births | India |
| 1810s | 49.89 deaths per 100 live births | 50.94 deaths per 100 live births | 1.05 deaths per 100 live births | India |
| 1820s | 49.89 deaths per 100 live births | 50.94 deaths per 100 live births | 1.05 deaths per 100 live births | India |
| 1830s | 49.89 deaths per 100 live births | 50.94 deaths per 100 live births | 1.05 deaths per 100 live births | India |
| 1840s | 49.89 deaths per 100 live births | 50.94 deaths per 100 live births | 1.05 deaths per 100 live births | India |
| 1850s | 49.89 deaths per 100 live births | 50.94 deaths per 100 live births | 1.05 deaths per 100 live births | India |
| 1860s | 49.89 deaths per 100 live births | 50.94 deaths per 100 live births | 1.05 deaths per 100 live births | India |
| 1870s | 49.89 deaths per 100 live births | 50.94 deaths per 100 live births | 1.05 deaths per 100 live births | India |
| 1880s | 49.89 deaths per 100 live births | 51.53 deaths per 100 live births | 1.64 deaths per 100 live births | India |
| 1890s | 49.87 deaths per 100 live births | 53.08 deaths per 100 live births | 3.2 deaths per 100 live births | India |
| 1900s | 49.49 deaths per 100 live births | 45.61 deaths per 100 live births | 3.88 deaths per 100 live births | Fiji |
| 1910s | 48.48 deaths per 100 live births | 34.71 deaths per 100 live births | 13.77 deaths per 100 live births | Fiji |
| 1920s | 45.97 deaths per 100 live births | 29.49 deaths per 100 live births | 16.48 deaths per 100 live births | Fiji |
| 1930s | 35.97 deaths per 100 live births | 27.97 deaths per 100 live births | 8 deaths per 100 live births | Fiji |
| 1940s | 13.89 deaths per 100 live births | 27.04 deaths per 100 live births | 13.15 deaths per 100 live births | India |
| 1950s | 10.47 deaths per 100 live births | 26.33 deaths per 100 live births | 15.86 deaths per 100 live births | India |
| 1960s | 6.61 deaths per 100 live births | 22.87 deaths per 100 live births | 16.25 deaths per 100 live births | India |
| 1970s | 5.32 deaths per 100 live births | 19.68 deaths per 100 live births | 14.36 deaths per 100 live births | India |
| 1980s | 3.65 deaths per 100 live births | 14.95 deaths per 100 live births | 11.3 deaths per 100 live births | India |
| 1990s | 2.52 deaths per 100 live births | 11.13 deaths per 100 live births | 8.61 deaths per 100 live births | India |
| 2000s | 2.3 deaths per 100 live births | 7.62 deaths per 100 live births | 5.32 deaths per 100 live births | India |
| 2010s | 2.21 deaths per 100 live births | 4.56 deaths per 100 live births | 2.35 deaths per 100 live births | India |
| 2020s | 2.85 deaths per 100 live births | 2.97 deaths per 100 live births | 0.111 deaths per 100 live births | India |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality, Fiji or India?
- Fiji, at 2.91 deaths per 100 live births against 2.66 deaths per 100 live births in India as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality between Fiji and India?
- 0.25 deaths per 100 live births, with Fiji ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Fiji and India?
- 225 years are reported by both, from 1800 to 2024.
- How do Fiji and India rank globally for child mortality?
- Fiji ranks 60th and India ranks 63rd 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.