Which has higher child mortality, China or Sri Lanka?

Sri Lanka, at 0.59 against 0.57 in China as of 2024.

How many years of comparable data are there for China and Sri Lanka?

65 years are reported by both, from 1950 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

Sri Lanka

0.59

in 2024

China rank

151st

Sri Lanka rank

149th

Sri Lanka currently reports 0.59 against 0.57 in China, a difference of 0.02.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1950 it was China ahead.

China ranks 151st and Sri Lanka ranks 149th of 200 countries.

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

Decade	China	Sri Lanka	Difference	Ahead
1950s	27.75	11.71	16.03	China
1960s	18.41	8.26	10.15	China
1970s	8.77	6.27	2.51	China
1980s	5.61	3.34	2.27	China
1990s	4.76	2.06	2.7	China
2000s	2.59	1.65	0.936	China
2010s	1.15	0.91	0.235	China
2020s	0.658	0.636	0.022	China

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Which has higher child mortality, China or Sri Lanka?: Sri Lanka, at 0.59 against 0.57 in China as of 2024.
What is the difference in child mortality between China and Sri Lanka?: 0.02, with Sri Lanka ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for China and Sri Lanka?: 65 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2024.
How do China and Sri Lanka rank globally for child mortality?: China ranks 151st and Sri Lanka ranks 149th 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.