Fiji vs Lao PDR: Child mortality
Fiji
2.91 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Lao PDR
2.94 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Fiji rank
60th
Lao PDR rank
59th
Child mortality over time
- Fiji
- Lao PDR
How they compare
Lao PDR currently reports 2.94 deaths per 100 live births against 2.91 deaths per 100 live births in Fiji, a difference of 0.03 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 225 shared years of data; in 1800 it was Fiji ahead.
Fiji ranks 60th and Lao PDR ranks 59th of 203 countries.
Across the 23 decades both report, Fiji averaged higher in 13 and Lao PDR in 10.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Fiji | Lao PDR | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1800s | 49.89 deaths per 100 live births | 41.87 deaths per 100 live births | 8.01 deaths per 100 live births | Fiji |
| 1810s | 49.89 deaths per 100 live births | 41.87 deaths per 100 live births | 8.01 deaths per 100 live births | Fiji |
| 1820s | 49.89 deaths per 100 live births | 41.87 deaths per 100 live births | 8.01 deaths per 100 live births | Fiji |
| 1830s | 49.89 deaths per 100 live births | 41.87 deaths per 100 live births | 8.01 deaths per 100 live births | Fiji |
| 1840s | 49.89 deaths per 100 live births | 41.87 deaths per 100 live births | 8.01 deaths per 100 live births | Fiji |
| 1850s | 49.89 deaths per 100 live births | 41.87 deaths per 100 live births | 8.01 deaths per 100 live births | Fiji |
| 1860s | 49.89 deaths per 100 live births | 41.87 deaths per 100 live births | 8.01 deaths per 100 live births | Fiji |
| 1870s | 49.89 deaths per 100 live births | 41.87 deaths per 100 live births | 8.01 deaths per 100 live births | Fiji |
| 1880s | 49.89 deaths per 100 live births | 41.87 deaths per 100 live births | 8.01 deaths per 100 live births | Fiji |
| 1890s | 49.87 deaths per 100 live births | 41.86 deaths per 100 live births | 8.01 deaths per 100 live births | Fiji |
| 1900s | 49.49 deaths per 100 live births | 41.54 deaths per 100 live births | 7.95 deaths per 100 live births | Fiji |
| 1910s | 48.48 deaths per 100 live births | 40.69 deaths per 100 live births | 7.79 deaths per 100 live births | Fiji |
| 1920s | 45.97 deaths per 100 live births | 39.71 deaths per 100 live births | 6.26 deaths per 100 live births | Fiji |
| 1930s | 35.97 deaths per 100 live births | 38.73 deaths per 100 live births | 2.76 deaths per 100 live births | Lao PDR |
| 1940s | 13.89 deaths per 100 live births | 33.59 deaths per 100 live births | 19.7 deaths per 100 live births | Lao PDR |
| 1950s | 10.47 deaths per 100 live births | 26.89 deaths per 100 live births | 16.42 deaths per 100 live births | Lao PDR |
| 1960s | 6.61 deaths per 100 live births | 24.56 deaths per 100 live births | 17.95 deaths per 100 live births | Lao PDR |
| 1970s | 5.32 deaths per 100 live births | 22.34 deaths per 100 live births | 17.02 deaths per 100 live births | Lao PDR |
| 1980s | 3.65 deaths per 100 live births | 17.74 deaths per 100 live births | 14.09 deaths per 100 live births | Lao PDR |
| 1990s | 2.52 deaths per 100 live births | 12.6 deaths per 100 live births | 10.08 deaths per 100 live births | Lao PDR |
| 2000s | 2.3 deaths per 100 live births | 8.04 deaths per 100 live births | 5.73 deaths per 100 live births | Lao PDR |
| 2010s | 2.21 deaths per 100 live births | 4.63 deaths per 100 live births | 2.42 deaths per 100 live births | Lao PDR |
| 2020s | 2.85 deaths per 100 live births | 3.19 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3384 deaths per 100 live births | Lao PDR |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality, Fiji or Lao PDR?
- Lao PDR, at 2.94 deaths per 100 live births against 2.91 deaths per 100 live births in Fiji as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality between Fiji and Lao PDR?
- 0.03 deaths per 100 live births, with Lao PDR ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Fiji and Lao PDR?
- 225 years are reported by both, from 1800 to 2024.
- How do Fiji and Lao PDR rank globally for child mortality?
- Fiji ranks 60th and Lao PDR ranks 59th 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.