What is the difference in child mortality rate between Argentina and Turkey?

0.0093 deaths per 100 live births, with Turkey ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Argentina and Turkey?

55 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Child mortality rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Argentina vs Turkey: Child mortality rate

Argentina

0.9514 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Turkey

0.9607 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Argentina rank

128th

Turkey rank

126th

Child mortality rate over time

Argentina
Turkey

How they compare

Turkey currently reports 0.9607 deaths per 100 live births against 0.9514 deaths per 100 live births in Argentina, a difference of 0.0093 deaths per 100 live births.

Across all 55 years both countries report, Turkey has been ahead every year.

Argentina ranks 128th and Turkey ranks 126th of 199 countries.

Turkey has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Argentina	Turkey	Difference	Ahead
1970s	6.23 deaths per 100 live births	16.05 deaths per 100 live births	9.82 deaths per 100 live births	Turkey
1980s	3.32 deaths per 100 live births	10.2 deaths per 100 live births	6.88 deaths per 100 live births	Turkey
1990s	2.47 deaths per 100 live births	5.59 deaths per 100 live births	3.13 deaths per 100 live births	Turkey
2000s	1.71 deaths per 100 live births	2.7 deaths per 100 live births	0.9964 deaths per 100 live births	Turkey
2010s	1.22 deaths per 100 live births	1.4 deaths per 100 live births	0.1777 deaths per 100 live births	Turkey
2020s	0.989 deaths per 100 live births	1.1 deaths per 100 live births	0.1128 deaths per 100 live births	Turkey

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher child mortality rate, Argentina or Turkey?: Turkey, at 0.9607 deaths per 100 live births against 0.9514 deaths per 100 live births in Argentina as of 2024.
What is the difference in child mortality rate between Argentina and Turkey?: 0.0093 deaths per 100 live births, with Turkey ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Argentina and Turkey?: 55 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2024.
How do Argentina and Turkey rank globally for child mortality rate?: Argentina ranks 128th and Turkey ranks 126th of 199 countries.
Where does this data come from?: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Child mortality rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Child mortality rate
Unit: deaths per 100 live births
Source: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 199 places, 10,614 data points, 1970–2024
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Estimated number of deaths of children aged under five years, per 100 live births .