China vs Sri Lanka: Child mortality rate vs. GDP per capita
China
0.57 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Sri Lanka
0.59 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
China rank
151st
Sri Lanka rank
149th
Child mortality rate vs. GDP per capita over time
- China
- Sri Lanka
How they compare
Sri Lanka currently reports 0.59 deaths per 100 live births against 0.57 deaths per 100 live births in China, a difference of 0.02 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1950 it was China ahead.
China ranks 151st and Sri Lanka ranks 149th of 200 countries.
China has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | Sri Lanka | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 27.75 deaths per 100 live births | 11.71 deaths per 100 live births | 16.03 deaths per 100 live births | China |
| 1960s | 18.41 deaths per 100 live births | 8.26 deaths per 100 live births | 10.15 deaths per 100 live births | China |
| 1970s | 8.77 deaths per 100 live births | 6.27 deaths per 100 live births | 2.51 deaths per 100 live births | China |
| 1980s | 5.61 deaths per 100 live births | 3.34 deaths per 100 live births | 2.27 deaths per 100 live births | China |
| 1990s | 4.76 deaths per 100 live births | 2.06 deaths per 100 live births | 2.7 deaths per 100 live births | China |
| 2000s | 2.59 deaths per 100 live births | 1.65 deaths per 100 live births | 0.936 deaths per 100 live births | China |
| 2010s | 1.15 deaths per 100 live births | 0.91 deaths per 100 live births | 0.235 deaths per 100 live births | China |
| 2020s | 0.658 deaths per 100 live births | 0.636 deaths per 100 live births | 0.022 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 Sri Lanka?
- Sri Lanka, at 0.59 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 Sri Lanka?
- 0.02 deaths per 100 live births, with Sri Lanka ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Sri Lanka?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2024.
- How do China and Sri Lanka rank globally for child mortality rate vs. gdp per capita?
- China ranks 151st and Sri Lanka ranks 149th of 200 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) β 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.