Brunei vs Oman: Infant mortality rate by sex
Brunei
0.7979 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Oman
0.7471 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Brunei rank
122nd
Oman rank
125th
Infant mortality rate by sex over time
- Brunei
- Oman
How they compare
Brunei currently reports 0.7979 deaths per 100 live births against 0.7471 deaths per 100 live births in Oman, a difference of 0.0508 deaths per 100 live births.
That makes Brunei's figure about 1.1 times Oman's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 66 shared years of data; in 1959 it was Oman ahead.
Brunei ranks 122nd and Oman ranks 125th of 199 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Brunei averaged higher in 2 and Oman in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brunei | Oman | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 5.97 deaths per 100 live births | 23.11 deaths per 100 live births | 17.14 deaths per 100 live births | Oman |
| 1960s | 4.21 deaths per 100 live births | 19.16 deaths per 100 live births | 14.95 deaths per 100 live births | Oman |
| 1970s | 2.39 deaths per 100 live births | 12.09 deaths per 100 live births | 9.7 deaths per 100 live births | Oman |
| 1980s | 1.17 deaths per 100 live births | 5.21 deaths per 100 live births | 4.04 deaths per 100 live births | Oman |
| 1990s | 0.8957 deaths per 100 live births | 1.91 deaths per 100 live births | 1.02 deaths per 100 live births | Oman |
| 2000s | 0.7435 deaths per 100 live births | 0.9838 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2403 deaths per 100 live births | Oman |
| 2010s | 0.8181 deaths per 100 live births | 0.8172 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0009 deaths per 100 live births | Brunei |
| 2020s | 0.8123 deaths per 100 live births | 0.7622 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0501 deaths per 100 live births | Brunei |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher infant mortality rate by sex, Brunei or Oman?
- Brunei, at 0.7979 deaths per 100 live births against 0.7471 deaths per 100 live births in Oman as of 2024.
- What is the difference in infant mortality rate by sex between Brunei and Oman?
- 0.0508 deaths per 100 live births, with Brunei ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brunei and Oman?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1959 to 2024.
- How do Brunei and Oman rank globally for infant mortality rate by sex?
- Brunei ranks 122nd and Oman ranks 125th 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 rate 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 female children aged under one year, per 100 live births .