Jordan vs Viet Nam: Infant mortality by sex
Jordan
1.31 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Viet Nam
1.34 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Jordan rank
104th
Viet Nam rank
101st
Infant mortality by sex over time
- Jordan
- Viet Nam
How they compare
Viet Nam currently reports 1.34 deaths per 100 live births against 1.31 deaths per 100 live births in Jordan, a difference of 0.03 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 61 shared years of data; in 1964 it was Jordan ahead.
Jordan ranks 104th and Viet Nam ranks 101st of 199 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Jordan averaged higher in 2 and Viet Nam in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Jordan | Viet Nam | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8.25 deaths per 100 live births | 7.11 deaths per 100 live births | 1.15 deaths per 100 live births | Jordan |
| 1970s | 5.95 deaths per 100 live births | 6.49 deaths per 100 live births | 0.5389 deaths per 100 live births | Viet Nam |
| 1980s | 4.01 deaths per 100 live births | 4.98 deaths per 100 live births | 0.9649 deaths per 100 live births | Viet Nam |
| 1990s | 2.9 deaths per 100 live births | 3.4 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4991 deaths per 100 live births | Viet Nam |
| 2000s | 2.19 deaths per 100 live births | 2.16 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0305 deaths per 100 live births | Jordan |
| 2010s | 1.68 deaths per 100 live births | 1.75 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0722 deaths per 100 live births | Viet Nam |
| 2020s | 1.39 deaths per 100 live births | 1.44 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0557 deaths per 100 live births | Viet Nam |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher infant mortality by sex, Jordan or Viet Nam?
- Viet Nam, at 1.34 deaths per 100 live births against 1.31 deaths per 100 live births in Jordan as of 2024.
- What is the difference in infant mortality by sex between Jordan and Viet Nam?
- 0.03 deaths per 100 live births, with Viet Nam ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Jordan and Viet Nam?
- 61 years are reported by both, from 1964 to 2024.
- How do Jordan and Viet Nam rank globally for infant mortality by sex?
- Jordan ranks 104th and Viet Nam ranks 101st of 199 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Infant mortality by sex. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Estimated number of deaths of male children aged under one year, per 100 live births .