China vs Saudi Arabia: Child mortality rate vs. GDP per capita
China
0.57 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Saudi Arabia
0.6 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
China rank
151st
Saudi Arabia rank
148th
Child mortality rate vs. GDP per capita over time
- China
- Saudi Arabia
How they compare
Saudi Arabia currently reports 0.6 deaths per 100 live births against 0.57 deaths per 100 live births in China, a difference of 0.03 deaths per 100 live births.
That makes Saudi Arabia's figure about 1.1 times China's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 56 shared years of data; in 1960 it was China ahead.
China ranks 151st and Saudi Arabia ranks 148th of 200 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, China averaged higher in 5 and Saudi Arabia in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | Saudi Arabia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 30.9 deaths per 100 live births | 24.25 deaths per 100 live births | 6.65 deaths per 100 live births | China |
| 1970s | 8.77 deaths per 100 live births | 13.74 deaths per 100 live births | 4.97 deaths per 100 live births | Saudi Arabia |
| 1980s | 5.61 deaths per 100 live births | 6.87 deaths per 100 live births | 1.26 deaths per 100 live births | Saudi Arabia |
| 1990s | 4.76 deaths per 100 live births | 3.24 deaths per 100 live births | 1.52 deaths per 100 live births | China |
| 2000s | 2.59 deaths per 100 live births | 1.7 deaths per 100 live births | 0.884 deaths per 100 live births | China |
| 2010s | 1.15 deaths per 100 live births | 0.943 deaths per 100 live births | 0.202 deaths per 100 live births | China |
| 2020s | 0.658 deaths per 100 live births | 0.644 deaths per 100 live births | 0.014 deaths per 100 live births | China |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality rate vs. gdp per capita, China or Saudi Arabia?
- Saudi Arabia, at 0.6 deaths per 100 live births against 0.57 deaths per 100 live births in China as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality rate vs. gdp per capita between China and Saudi Arabia?
- 0.03 deaths per 100 live births, with Saudi Arabia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Saudi Arabia?
- 56 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do China and Saudi Arabia rank globally for child mortality rate vs. gdp per capita?
- China ranks 151st and Saudi Arabia ranks 148th of 200 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 rate vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Long-run estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.