Libya vs Turkey: Child mortality
Libya
0.9765 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Turkey
0.9607 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Libya rank
125th
Turkey rank
127th
Child mortality over time
- Libya
- Turkey
How they compare
Libya currently reports 0.9765 deaths per 100 live births against 0.9607 deaths per 100 live births in Turkey, a difference of 0.0158 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 225 shared years of data; in 1800 it was Libya ahead.
Libya ranks 125th and Turkey ranks 127th of 203 countries.
Across the 23 decades both report, Libya averaged higher in 18 and Turkey in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Libya | Turkey | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1800s | 40.47 deaths per 100 live births | 38 deaths per 100 live births | 2.47 deaths per 100 live births | Libya |
| 1810s | 40.47 deaths per 100 live births | 38 deaths per 100 live births | 2.47 deaths per 100 live births | Libya |
| 1820s | 40.47 deaths per 100 live births | 38 deaths per 100 live births | 2.47 deaths per 100 live births | Libya |
| 1830s | 40.47 deaths per 100 live births | 38 deaths per 100 live births | 2.47 deaths per 100 live births | Libya |
| 1840s | 40.47 deaths per 100 live births | 38 deaths per 100 live births | 2.47 deaths per 100 live births | Libya |
| 1850s | 40.47 deaths per 100 live births | 38 deaths per 100 live births | 2.47 deaths per 100 live births | Libya |
| 1860s | 40.47 deaths per 100 live births | 38 deaths per 100 live births | 2.47 deaths per 100 live births | Libya |
| 1870s | 40.47 deaths per 100 live births | 38 deaths per 100 live births | 2.47 deaths per 100 live births | Libya |
| 1880s | 40.47 deaths per 100 live births | 38 deaths per 100 live births | 2.47 deaths per 100 live births | Libya |
| 1890s | 40.46 deaths per 100 live births | 37.99 deaths per 100 live births | 2.47 deaths per 100 live births | Libya |
| 1900s | 40.15 deaths per 100 live births | 37.7 deaths per 100 live births | 2.45 deaths per 100 live births | Libya |
| 1910s | 39.33 deaths per 100 live births | 36.93 deaths per 100 live births | 2.4 deaths per 100 live births | Libya |
| 1920s | 38.38 deaths per 100 live births | 36.04 deaths per 100 live births | 2.34 deaths per 100 live births | Libya |
| 1930s | 37.16 deaths per 100 live births | 34.81 deaths per 100 live births | 2.35 deaths per 100 live births | Libya |
| 1940s | 35.97 deaths per 100 live births | 34.5 deaths per 100 live births | 1.47 deaths per 100 live births | Libya |
| 1950s | 34.56 deaths per 100 live births | 28.44 deaths per 100 live births | 6.12 deaths per 100 live births | Libya |
| 1960s | 20.74 deaths per 100 live births | 22.08 deaths per 100 live births | 1.34 deaths per 100 live births | Turkey |
| 1970s | 10.19 deaths per 100 live births | 16.05 deaths per 100 live births | 5.86 deaths per 100 live births | Turkey |
| 1980s | 5.72 deaths per 100 live births | 10.2 deaths per 100 live births | 4.48 deaths per 100 live births | Turkey |
| 1990s | 3.46 deaths per 100 live births | 5.59 deaths per 100 live births | 2.14 deaths per 100 live births | Turkey |
| 2000s | 2.33 deaths per 100 live births | 2.7 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3726 deaths per 100 live births | Turkey |
| 2010s | 1.41 deaths per 100 live births | 1.4 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0179 deaths per 100 live births | Libya |
| 2020s | 1.48 deaths per 100 live births | 1.1 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3758 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 Turkey?
- Libya, at 0.9765 deaths per 100 live births against 0.9607 deaths per 100 live births in Turkey as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality between Libya and Turkey?
- 0.0158 deaths per 100 live births, with Libya ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Libya and Turkey?
- 225 years are reported by both, from 1800 to 2024.
- How do Libya and Turkey rank globally for child mortality?
- Libya ranks 125th and Turkey ranks 127th 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.