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

0.08 deaths per 100 live births, with Tuvalu ahead.

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

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.

Syria vs Tuvalu: Child mortality rate

Syria

1.84 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Tuvalu

1.92 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Syria rank

78th

Tuvalu rank

76th

Child mortality rate over time

Syria
Tuvalu

How they compare

Tuvalu currently reports 1.92 deaths per 100 live births against 1.84 deaths per 100 live births in Syria, a difference of 0.08 deaths per 100 live births.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 55 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Tuvalu ahead.

Syria ranks 78th and Tuvalu ranks 76th of 199 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Syria	Tuvalu	Difference	Ahead
1970s	8.29 deaths per 100 live births	8.7 deaths per 100 live births	0.4011 deaths per 100 live births	Tuvalu
1980s	5.04 deaths per 100 live births	5.83 deaths per 100 live births	0.7816 deaths per 100 live births	Tuvalu
1990s	3.02 deaths per 100 live births	4.98 deaths per 100 live births	1.96 deaths per 100 live births	Tuvalu
2000s	2.04 deaths per 100 live births	3.82 deaths per 100 live births	1.78 deaths per 100 live births	Tuvalu
2010s	3.06 deaths per 100 live births	2.67 deaths per 100 live births	0.388 deaths per 100 live births	Syria
2020s	2.03 deaths per 100 live births	2.05 deaths per 100 live births	0.0193 deaths per 100 live births	Tuvalu

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher child mortality rate, Syria or Tuvalu?: Tuvalu, at 1.92 deaths per 100 live births against 1.84 deaths per 100 live births in Syria as of 2024.
What is the difference in child mortality rate between Syria and Tuvalu?: 0.08 deaths per 100 live births, with Tuvalu ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Syria and Tuvalu?: 55 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2024.
How do Syria and Tuvalu rank globally for child mortality rate?: Syria ranks 78th and Tuvalu ranks 76th 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 .