Bhutan vs Vanuatu: Child mortality rate

Bhutan
1.72 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Vanuatu
1.71 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Bhutan rank
86th
Vanuatu rank
88th

Child mortality rate over time

  • Bhutan
  • Vanuatu
0102030195219882024

How they compare

Bhutan currently reports 1.72 deaths per 100 live births against 1.71 deaths per 100 live births in Vanuatu, a difference of 0.01 deaths per 100 live births.

Across all 57 years both countries report, Bhutan has been ahead every year.

Bhutan ranks 86th and Vanuatu ranks 88th of 200 countries.

Bhutan has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Bhutan Vanuatu Difference Ahead
1960s 27.24 deaths per 100 live births 11.48 deaths per 100 live births 15.76 deaths per 100 live births Bhutan
1970s 23.34 deaths per 100 live births 8.98 deaths per 100 live births 14.35 deaths per 100 live births Bhutan
1980s 16.35 deaths per 100 live births 5.05 deaths per 100 live births 11.3 deaths per 100 live births Bhutan
1990s 10.47 deaths per 100 live births 3.03 deaths per 100 live births 7.44 deaths per 100 live births Bhutan
2000s 5.94 deaths per 100 live births 2.45 deaths per 100 live births 3.48 deaths per 100 live births Bhutan
2010s 3.08 deaths per 100 live births 1.91 deaths per 100 live births 1.17 deaths per 100 live births Bhutan
2020s 1.91 deaths per 100 live births 1.77 deaths per 100 live births 0.14 deaths per 100 live births Bhutan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher child mortality rate, Bhutan or Vanuatu?
Bhutan, at 1.72 deaths per 100 live births against 1.71 deaths per 100 live births in Vanuatu as of 2024.
What is the difference in child mortality rate between Bhutan and Vanuatu?
0.01 deaths per 100 live births, with Bhutan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bhutan and Vanuatu?
57 years are reported by both, from 1968 to 2024.
How do Bhutan and Vanuatu rank globally for child mortality rate?
Bhutan ranks 86th and Vanuatu ranks 88th 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.