Bahrain vs Thailand: Child mortality rate

Bahrain
0.88 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Thailand
0.9 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Bahrain rank
134th
Thailand rank
133rd

Child mortality rate over time

  • Bahrain
  • Thailand
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How they compare

Thailand currently reports 0.9 deaths per 100 live births against 0.88 deaths per 100 live births in Bahrain, a difference of 0.02 deaths per 100 live births.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 70 shared years of data; in 1955 it was Bahrain ahead.

Bahrain ranks 134th and Thailand ranks 133rd of 200 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Bahrain averaged higher in 2 and Thailand in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade Bahrain Thailand Difference Ahead
1950s 25.51 deaths per 100 live births 16.34 deaths per 100 live births 9.17 deaths per 100 live births Bahrain
1960s 13.65 deaths per 100 live births 12.58 deaths per 100 live births 1.07 deaths per 100 live births Bahrain
1970s 5.32 deaths per 100 live births 8.05 deaths per 100 live births 2.73 deaths per 100 live births Thailand
1980s 2.67 deaths per 100 live births 4.95 deaths per 100 live births 2.28 deaths per 100 live births Thailand
1990s 1.86 deaths per 100 live births 2.92 deaths per 100 live births 1.06 deaths per 100 live births Thailand
2000s 1.07 deaths per 100 live births 1.79 deaths per 100 live births 0.71 deaths per 100 live births Thailand
2010s 0.792 deaths per 100 live births 1.22 deaths per 100 live births 0.423 deaths per 100 live births Thailand
2020s 0.84 deaths per 100 live births 0.952 deaths per 100 live births 0.112 deaths per 100 live births Thailand

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher child mortality rate, Bahrain or Thailand?
Thailand, at 0.9 deaths per 100 live births against 0.88 deaths per 100 live births in Bahrain as of 2024.
What is the difference in child mortality rate between Bahrain and Thailand?
0.02 deaths per 100 live births, with Thailand ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bahrain and Thailand?
70 years are reported by both, from 1955 to 2024.
How do Bahrain and Thailand rank globally for child mortality rate?
Bahrain ranks 134th and Thailand ranks 133rd of 200 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Gapminder (2015); UN 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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About this data

Indicator
Child mortality rate
Unit
deaths per 100 live births
Source
Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
200 places, 16,161 data points, 1751–2024
Last refreshed

The long-run estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.