Brunei vs Libya: Child mortality rate

Brunei
0.99 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Libya
0.98 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Brunei rank
123rd
Libya rank
124th

Child mortality rate over time

  • Brunei
  • Libya
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How they compare

Brunei currently reports 0.99 deaths per 100 live births against 0.98 deaths per 100 live births in Libya, a difference of 0.01 deaths per 100 live births.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 69 shared years of data; in 1956 it was Libya ahead.

Brunei ranks 123rd and Libya ranks 124th of 200 countries.

Libya has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Brunei Libya Difference Ahead
1950s 10.93 deaths per 100 live births 32.62 deaths per 100 live births 21.69 deaths per 100 live births Libya
1960s 6.73 deaths per 100 live births 20.74 deaths per 100 live births 14.01 deaths per 100 live births Libya
1970s 3.66 deaths per 100 live births 10.19 deaths per 100 live births 6.53 deaths per 100 live births Libya
1980s 1.69 deaths per 100 live births 5.72 deaths per 100 live births 4.03 deaths per 100 live births Libya
1990s 1.22 deaths per 100 live births 3.46 deaths per 100 live births 2.23 deaths per 100 live births Libya
2000s 0.973 deaths per 100 live births 2.33 deaths per 100 live births 1.36 deaths per 100 live births Libya
2010s 1.04 deaths per 100 live births 1.41 deaths per 100 live births 0.371 deaths per 100 live births Libya
2020s 1.02 deaths per 100 live births 1.48 deaths per 100 live births 0.46 deaths per 100 live births Libya

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher child mortality rate, Brunei or Libya?
Brunei, at 0.99 deaths per 100 live births against 0.98 deaths per 100 live births in Libya as of 2024.
What is the difference in child mortality rate between Brunei and Libya?
0.01 deaths per 100 live births, with Brunei ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Brunei and Libya?
69 years are reported by both, from 1956 to 2024.
How do Brunei and Libya rank globally for child mortality rate?
Brunei ranks 123rd and Libya ranks 124th 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.