Sri Lanka vs Thailand: Child mortality rate by household wealth
Sri Lanka
0.5881 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Thailand
0.8869 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Sri Lanka rank
102nd
Thailand rank
99th
Child mortality rate by household wealth over time
- Sri Lanka
- Thailand
How they compare
Thailand currently reports 0.8869 deaths per 100 live births against 0.5881 deaths per 100 live births in Sri Lanka, a difference of 0.2988 deaths per 100 live births.
That makes Thailand's figure about 1.5 times Sri Lanka's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Thailand ahead.
Sri Lanka ranks 102nd and Thailand ranks 99th of 106 countries.
Thailand has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Sri Lanka | Thailand | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.06 deaths per 100 live births | 2.91 deaths per 100 live births | 0.8489 deaths per 100 live births | Thailand |
| 2000s | 1.65 deaths per 100 live births | 1.77 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1136 deaths per 100 live births | Thailand |
| 2010s | 0.9109 deaths per 100 live births | 1.2 deaths per 100 live births | 0.289 deaths per 100 live births | Thailand |
| 2020s | 0.6375 deaths per 100 live births | 0.9411 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3036 deaths per 100 live births | Thailand |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality rate by household wealth, Sri Lanka or Thailand?
- Thailand, at 0.8869 deaths per 100 live births against 0.5881 deaths per 100 live births in Sri Lanka as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality rate by household wealth between Sri Lanka and Thailand?
- 0.2988 deaths per 100 live births, with Thailand ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Sri Lanka and Thailand?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
- How do Sri Lanka and Thailand rank globally for child mortality rate by household wealth?
- Sri Lanka ranks 102nd and Thailand ranks 99th 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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About this data
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.