China vs Qatar: Child mortality rate
China
0.57 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Qatar
0.59 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
China rank
151st
Qatar rank
149th
Child mortality rate over time
- China
- Qatar
How they compare
Qatar currently reports 0.59 deaths per 100 live births against 0.57 deaths per 100 live births in China, a difference of 0.02 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 58 shared years of data; in 1960 it was China ahead.
China ranks 151st and Qatar ranks 149th of 200 countries.
China has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | Qatar | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 18.64 deaths per 100 live births | 9.08 deaths per 100 live births | 9.56 deaths per 100 live births | China |
| 1970s | 8.77 deaths per 100 live births | 5.01 deaths per 100 live births | 3.77 deaths per 100 live births | China |
| 1980s | 5.61 deaths per 100 live births | 2.9 deaths per 100 live births | 2.7 deaths per 100 live births | China |
| 1990s | 4.76 deaths per 100 live births | 1.62 deaths per 100 live births | 3.14 deaths per 100 live births | China |
| 2000s | 2.59 deaths per 100 live births | 1.07 deaths per 100 live births | 1.52 deaths per 100 live births | China |
| 2010s | 1.15 deaths per 100 live births | 0.79 deaths per 100 live births | 0.355 deaths per 100 live births | China |
| 2020s | 0.658 deaths per 100 live births | 0.61 deaths per 100 live births | 0.048 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 Qatar?
- Qatar, at 0.59 deaths per 100 live births against 0.57 deaths per 100 live births in China as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality rate between China and Qatar?
- 0.02 deaths per 100 live births, with Qatar ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Qatar?
- 58 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do China and Qatar rank globally for child mortality rate?
- China ranks 151st and Qatar ranks 149th 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
Long-run estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.