What is the difference in child mortality rate between Cambodia and Syria?

0 deaths per 100 live births, with Syria ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Cambodia and Syria?

50 years are reported by both, from 1975 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.

Cambodia vs Syria: Child mortality rate

Cambodia

1.84 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Syria

1.84 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Cambodia rank

79th

Syria rank

78th

Child mortality rate over time

Cambodia
Syria

How they compare

Syria currently reports 1.84 deaths per 100 live births against 1.84 deaths per 100 live births in Cambodia, a difference of 0 deaths per 100 live births.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 50 shared years of data; in 1975 it was Cambodia ahead.

Cambodia ranks 79th and Syria ranks 78th of 199 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Cambodia averaged higher in 5 and Syria in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Cambodia	Syria	Difference	Ahead
1970s	47.11 deaths per 100 live births	7.17 deaths per 100 live births	39.94 deaths per 100 live births	Cambodia
1980s	13.26 deaths per 100 live births	5.04 deaths per 100 live births	8.21 deaths per 100 live births	Cambodia
1990s	11.7 deaths per 100 live births	3.02 deaths per 100 live births	8.68 deaths per 100 live births	Cambodia
2000s	7.12 deaths per 100 live births	2.04 deaths per 100 live births	5.08 deaths per 100 live births	Cambodia
2010s	3.17 deaths per 100 live births	3.06 deaths per 100 live births	0.1098 deaths per 100 live births	Cambodia
2020s	2 deaths per 100 live births	2.03 deaths per 100 live births	0.0311 deaths per 100 live births	Syria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher child mortality rate, Cambodia or Syria?: Syria, at 1.84 deaths per 100 live births against 1.84 deaths per 100 live births in Cambodia as of 2024.
What is the difference in child mortality rate between Cambodia and Syria?: 0 deaths per 100 live births, with Syria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cambodia and Syria?: 50 years are reported by both, from 1975 to 2024.
How do Cambodia and Syria rank globally for child mortality rate?: Cambodia ranks 79th and Syria ranks 78th 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 .