China vs Croatia: Child mortality rate
China
0.57 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Croatia
0.56 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
China rank
151st
Croatia rank
153rd
Child mortality rate over time
- China
- Croatia
How they compare
China currently reports 0.57 deaths per 100 live births against 0.56 deaths per 100 live births in Croatia, a difference of 0.01 deaths per 100 live births.
Across all 47 years both countries report, China has been ahead every year.
China ranks 151st and Croatia ranks 153rd of 200 countries.
China has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | Croatia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 30.9 deaths per 100 live births | 9.69 deaths per 100 live births | 21.21 deaths per 100 live births | China |
| 1970s | 11.21 deaths per 100 live births | 4.27 deaths per 100 live births | 6.94 deaths per 100 live births | China |
| 1980s | 5.61 deaths per 100 live births | 1.87 deaths per 100 live births | 3.74 deaths per 100 live births | China |
| 1990s | 4.76 deaths per 100 live births | 1.06 deaths per 100 live births | 3.69 deaths per 100 live births | China |
| 2000s | 2.59 deaths per 100 live births | 0.702 deaths per 100 live births | 1.89 deaths per 100 live births | China |
| 2010s | 1.15 deaths per 100 live births | 0.502 deaths per 100 live births | 0.643 deaths per 100 live births | China |
| 2020s | 0.658 deaths per 100 live births | 0.492 deaths per 100 live births | 0.166 deaths per 100 live births | China |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality rate, China or Croatia?
- China, at 0.57 deaths per 100 live births against 0.56 deaths per 100 live births in Croatia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality rate between China and Croatia?
- 0.01 deaths per 100 live births, with China ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Croatia?
- 47 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do China and Croatia rank globally for child mortality rate?
- China ranks 151st and Croatia ranks 153rd 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.
Individual pages
About this data
The long-run estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.