Which has higher child mortality, China or Saudi Arabia?

Saudi Arabia, at 0.6 against 0.57 in China as of 2024.

How many years of comparable data are there for China and Saudi Arabia?

56 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.

Our World in Data, published as Child mortality. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

China

0.57

in 2024

Saudi Arabia

0.6

in 2024

China rank

151st

Saudi Arabia rank

148th

Saudi Arabia currently reports 0.6 against 0.57 in China, a difference of 0.03.

That makes Saudi Arabia's figure about 1.1 times China's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 56 shared years of data; in 1960 it was China ahead.

China ranks 151st and Saudi Arabia ranks 148th of 200 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, China averaged higher in 5 and Saudi Arabia in 2.

Decade	China	Saudi Arabia	Difference	Ahead
1960s	30.9	24.25	6.65	China
1970s	8.77	13.74	4.97	Saudi Arabia
1980s	5.61	6.87	1.26	Saudi Arabia
1990s	4.76	3.24	1.52	China
2000s	2.59	1.7	0.884	China
2010s	1.15	0.943	0.202	China
2020s	0.658	0.644	0.014	China

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Which has higher child mortality, China or Saudi Arabia?: Saudi Arabia, at 0.6 against 0.57 in China as of 2024.
What is the difference in child mortality between China and Saudi Arabia?: 0.03, with Saudi Arabia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for China and Saudi Arabia?: 56 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do China and Saudi Arabia rank globally for child mortality?: China ranks 151st and Saudi Arabia ranks 148th of 200 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Our World in Data, published as Child mortality. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.