What is the difference in child mortality rate by household wealth between Bhutan and Vietnam?

0.02 deaths per 100 live births, with Bhutan ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Bhutan and Vietnam?

35 years are reported by both, from 1990 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 by household wealth. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Bhutan vs Vietnam: Child mortality rate by household wealth

Bhutan

1.68 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Vietnam

1.66 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Bhutan rank

73rd

Vietnam rank

75th

Child mortality rate by household wealth over time

Bhutan
Vietnam

How they compare

Bhutan currently reports 1.68 deaths per 100 live births against 1.66 deaths per 100 live births in Vietnam, a difference of 0.02 deaths per 100 live births.

Across all 35 years both countries report, Bhutan has been ahead every year.

Bhutan ranks 73rd and Vietnam ranks 75th of 106 countries.

Bhutan has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bhutan	Vietnam	Difference	Ahead
1990s	10.76 deaths per 100 live births	4.03 deaths per 100 live births	6.72 deaths per 100 live births	Bhutan
2000s	5.95 deaths per 100 live births	2.53 deaths per 100 live births	3.42 deaths per 100 live births	Bhutan
2010s	3.01 deaths per 100 live births	2.08 deaths per 100 live births	0.9311 deaths per 100 live births	Bhutan
2020s	1.86 deaths per 100 live births	1.77 deaths per 100 live births	0.0938 deaths per 100 live births	Bhutan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher child mortality rate by household wealth, Bhutan or Vietnam?: Bhutan, at 1.68 deaths per 100 live births against 1.66 deaths per 100 live births in Vietnam as of 2024.
What is the difference in child mortality rate by household wealth between Bhutan and Vietnam?: 0.02 deaths per 100 live births, with Bhutan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bhutan and Vietnam?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Bhutan and Vietnam rank globally for child mortality rate by household wealth?: Bhutan ranks 73rd and Vietnam ranks 75th of 106 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 by household wealth. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Child mortality rate by household wealth
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: 106 places, 3,710 data points, 1990–2024
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Estimated number of deaths of children aged under five years, per 100 live births in the middle 20% of the population in terms of wealth.