Qatar vs Saudi Arabia: Child mortality rate vs. GDP per capita
Qatar
0.59 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Saudi Arabia
0.6 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Qatar rank
149th
Saudi Arabia rank
148th
Child mortality rate vs. GDP per capita over time
- Qatar
- Saudi Arabia
How they compare
Saudi Arabia currently reports 0.6 deaths per 100 live births against 0.59 deaths per 100 live births in Qatar, a difference of 0.01 deaths per 100 live births.
Across all 56 years both countries report, Saudi Arabia has been ahead every year.
Qatar ranks 149th and Saudi Arabia ranks 148th of 200 countries.
Saudi Arabia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Qatar | Saudi Arabia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13.84 deaths per 100 live births | 24.25 deaths per 100 live births | 10.41 deaths per 100 live births | Saudi Arabia |
| 1970s | 5.01 deaths per 100 live births | 13.74 deaths per 100 live births | 8.73 deaths per 100 live births | Saudi Arabia |
| 1980s | 2.9 deaths per 100 live births | 6.87 deaths per 100 live births | 3.96 deaths per 100 live births | Saudi Arabia |
| 1990s | 1.62 deaths per 100 live births | 3.24 deaths per 100 live births | 1.62 deaths per 100 live births | Saudi Arabia |
| 2000s | 1.07 deaths per 100 live births | 1.7 deaths per 100 live births | 0.631 deaths per 100 live births | Saudi Arabia |
| 2010s | 0.79 deaths per 100 live births | 0.943 deaths per 100 live births | 0.153 deaths per 100 live births | Saudi Arabia |
| 2020s | 0.61 deaths per 100 live births | 0.644 deaths per 100 live births | 0.034 deaths per 100 live births | Saudi Arabia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality rate vs. gdp per capita, Qatar or Saudi Arabia?
- Saudi Arabia, at 0.6 deaths per 100 live births against 0.59 deaths per 100 live births in Qatar as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality rate vs. gdp per capita between Qatar and Saudi Arabia?
- 0.01 deaths per 100 live births, with Saudi Arabia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Qatar and Saudi Arabia?
- 56 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Qatar and Saudi Arabia rank globally for child mortality rate vs. gdp per capita?
- Qatar ranks 149th 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.