Qatar vs Sri Lanka: Infant mortality by sex
Qatar
0.5113 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Sri Lanka
0.5713 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Qatar rank
150th
Sri Lanka rank
148th
Infant mortality by sex over time
- Qatar
- Sri Lanka
How they compare
Sri Lanka currently reports 0.5713 deaths per 100 live births against 0.5113 deaths per 100 live births in Qatar, a difference of 0.06 deaths per 100 live births.
That makes Sri Lanka's figure about 1.1 times Qatar's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 56 shared years of data; in 1969 it was Qatar ahead.
Qatar ranks 150th and Sri Lanka ranks 148th of 199 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Qatar averaged higher in 1 and Sri Lanka in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Qatar | Sri Lanka | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6.09 deaths per 100 live births | 5.33 deaths per 100 live births | 0.7596 deaths per 100 live births | Qatar |
| 1970s | 4.4 deaths per 100 live births | 4.81 deaths per 100 live births | 0.405 deaths per 100 live births | Sri Lanka |
| 1980s | 2.61 deaths per 100 live births | 2.63 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0223 deaths per 100 live births | Sri Lanka |
| 1990s | 1.46 deaths per 100 live births | 1.78 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3233 deaths per 100 live births | Sri Lanka |
| 2000s | 0.9552 deaths per 100 live births | 1.33 deaths per 100 live births | 0.372 deaths per 100 live births | Sri Lanka |
| 2010s | 0.6921 deaths per 100 live births | 0.8469 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1548 deaths per 100 live births | Sri Lanka |
| 2020s | 0.5278 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6176 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0898 deaths per 100 live births | Sri Lanka |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher infant mortality by sex, Qatar or Sri Lanka?
- Sri Lanka, at 0.5713 deaths per 100 live births against 0.5113 deaths per 100 live births in Qatar as of 2024.
- What is the difference in infant mortality by sex between Qatar and Sri Lanka?
- 0.06 deaths per 100 live births, with Sri Lanka ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Qatar and Sri Lanka?
- 56 years are reported by both, from 1969 to 2024.
- How do Qatar and Sri Lanka rank globally for infant mortality by sex?
- Qatar ranks 150th and Sri Lanka ranks 148th 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 .