Qatar vs Saudi Arabia: Infant mortality rate by sex
Qatar
0.4561 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Saudi Arabia
0.4414 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Qatar rank
150th
Saudi Arabia rank
151st
Infant mortality rate by sex over time
- Qatar
- Saudi Arabia
How they compare
Qatar currently reports 0.4561 deaths per 100 live births against 0.4414 deaths per 100 live births in Saudi Arabia, a difference of 0.0147 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 53 shared years of data; in 1972 it was Saudi Arabia ahead.
Qatar ranks 150th and Saudi Arabia ranks 151st of 199 countries.
Saudi Arabia has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Qatar | Saudi Arabia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 3.49 deaths per 100 live births | 11.27 deaths per 100 live births | 7.78 deaths per 100 live births | Saudi Arabia |
| 1980s | 2.2 deaths per 100 live births | 5.92 deaths per 100 live births | 3.72 deaths per 100 live births | Saudi Arabia |
| 1990s | 1.25 deaths per 100 live births | 2.73 deaths per 100 live births | 1.49 deaths per 100 live births | Saudi Arabia |
| 2000s | 0.8266 deaths per 100 live births | 1.41 deaths per 100 live births | 0.5821 deaths per 100 live births | Saudi Arabia |
| 2010s | 0.6084 deaths per 100 live births | 0.7299 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1215 deaths per 100 live births | Saudi Arabia |
| 2020s | 0.4725 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4777 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0051 deaths per 100 live births | Saudi Arabia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher infant mortality rate by sex, Qatar or Saudi Arabia?
- Qatar, at 0.4561 deaths per 100 live births against 0.4414 deaths per 100 live births in Saudi Arabia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in infant mortality rate by sex between Qatar and Saudi Arabia?
- 0.0147 deaths per 100 live births, with Qatar ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Qatar and Saudi Arabia?
- 53 years are reported by both, from 1972 to 2024.
- How do Qatar and Saudi Arabia rank globally for infant mortality rate by sex?
- Qatar ranks 150th and Saudi Arabia ranks 151st of 199 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) β 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 .