Libya vs Oman: Child mortality

Libya
0.9765 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Oman
1.03 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Libya rank
125th
Oman rank
122nd

Child mortality over time

  • Libya
  • Oman
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How they compare

Oman currently reports 1.03 deaths per 100 live births against 0.9765 deaths per 100 live births in Libya, a difference of 0.0535 deaths per 100 live births.

That makes Oman's figure about 1.1 times Libya's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 225 shared years of data; in 1800 it was Oman ahead.

Libya ranks 125th and Oman ranks 122nd of 203 countries.

Across the 23 decades both report, Libya averaged higher in 4 and Oman in 19.

Head to head by decade

Decade Libya Oman Difference Ahead
1800s 40.47 deaths per 100 live births 41.36 deaths per 100 live births 0.892 deaths per 100 live births Oman
1810s 40.47 deaths per 100 live births 41.36 deaths per 100 live births 0.892 deaths per 100 live births Oman
1820s 40.47 deaths per 100 live births 41.36 deaths per 100 live births 0.892 deaths per 100 live births Oman
1830s 40.47 deaths per 100 live births 41.36 deaths per 100 live births 0.892 deaths per 100 live births Oman
1840s 40.47 deaths per 100 live births 41.36 deaths per 100 live births 0.892 deaths per 100 live births Oman
1850s 40.47 deaths per 100 live births 41.36 deaths per 100 live births 0.892 deaths per 100 live births Oman
1860s 40.47 deaths per 100 live births 41.36 deaths per 100 live births 0.892 deaths per 100 live births Oman
1870s 40.47 deaths per 100 live births 41.36 deaths per 100 live births 0.892 deaths per 100 live births Oman
1880s 40.47 deaths per 100 live births 41.36 deaths per 100 live births 0.892 deaths per 100 live births Oman
1890s 40.46 deaths per 100 live births 41.35 deaths per 100 live births 0.8918 deaths per 100 live births Oman
1900s 40.15 deaths per 100 live births 41.17 deaths per 100 live births 1.02 deaths per 100 live births Oman
1910s 39.33 deaths per 100 live births 40.95 deaths per 100 live births 1.62 deaths per 100 live births Oman
1920s 38.38 deaths per 100 live births 40.73 deaths per 100 live births 2.36 deaths per 100 live births Oman
1930s 37.16 deaths per 100 live births 40.52 deaths per 100 live births 3.36 deaths per 100 live births Oman
1940s 35.97 deaths per 100 live births 40.3 deaths per 100 live births 4.33 deaths per 100 live births Oman
1950s 34.56 deaths per 100 live births 39.97 deaths per 100 live births 5.41 deaths per 100 live births Oman
1960s 20.74 deaths per 100 live births 30.47 deaths per 100 live births 9.73 deaths per 100 live births Oman
1970s 10.19 deaths per 100 live births 17.66 deaths per 100 live births 7.47 deaths per 100 live births Oman
1980s 5.72 deaths per 100 live births 7.35 deaths per 100 live births 1.63 deaths per 100 live births Oman
1990s 3.46 deaths per 100 live births 2.67 deaths per 100 live births 0.7883 deaths per 100 live births Libya
2000s 2.33 deaths per 100 live births 1.35 deaths per 100 live births 0.9773 deaths per 100 live births Libya
2010s 1.41 deaths per 100 live births 1.12 deaths per 100 live births 0.2947 deaths per 100 live births Libya
2020s 1.48 deaths per 100 live births 1.05 deaths per 100 live births 0.4295 deaths per 100 live births Libya

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher child mortality, Libya or Oman?
Oman, at 1.03 deaths per 100 live births against 0.9765 deaths per 100 live births in Libya as of 2024.
What is the difference in child mortality between Libya and Oman?
0.0535 deaths per 100 live births, with Oman ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Libya and Oman?
225 years are reported by both, from 1800 to 2024.
How do Libya and Oman rank globally for child mortality?
Libya ranks 125th and Oman ranks 122nd 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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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
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