Russia vs Saudi Arabia: Mortality rate, infant, male (per 1,000 live births)
Russia
4.5 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Saudi Arabia
4.9 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Russia rank
156th
Saudi Arabia rank
154th
Mortality rate, infant, male (per 1,000 live births) over time
- Russia
- Saudi Arabia
How they compare
Saudi Arabia currently reports 4.9 per 1,000 live births against 4.5 per 1,000 live births in Russia, a difference of 0.4 per 1,000 live births.
That makes Saudi Arabia's figure about 1.1 times Russia's.
Across all 53 years both countries report, Saudi Arabia has been ahead every year.
Russia ranks 156th and Saudi Arabia ranks 154th of 197 countries.
Saudi Arabia has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Russia | Saudi Arabia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 24.95 per 1,000 live births | 124.11 per 1,000 live births | 99.16 per 1,000 live births | Saudi Arabia |
| 1980s | 22.89 per 1,000 live births | 67.27 per 1,000 live births | 44.38 per 1,000 live births | Saudi Arabia |
| 1990s | 19.82 per 1,000 live births | 31.68 per 1,000 live births | 11.86 per 1,000 live births | Saudi Arabia |
| 2000s | 13.26 per 1,000 live births | 16.14 per 1,000 live births | 2.88 per 1,000 live births | Saudi Arabia |
| 2010s | 7.44 per 1,000 live births | 8.18 per 1,000 live births | 0.74 per 1,000 live births | Saudi Arabia |
| 2020s | 4.8 per 1,000 live births | 5.26 per 1,000 live births | 0.46 per 1,000 live births | Saudi Arabia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, infant, male, Russia or Saudi Arabia?
- Saudi Arabia, at 4.9 per 1,000 live births against 4.5 per 1,000 live births in Russia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, infant, male between Russia and Saudi Arabia?
- 0.4 per 1,000 live births, with Saudi Arabia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Russia and Saudi Arabia?
- 53 years are reported by both, from 1972 to 2024.
- How do Russia and Saudi Arabia rank globally for mortality rate, infant, male?
- Russia ranks 156th and Saudi Arabia ranks 154th of 197 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Mortality rate, infant, male (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Infant mortality rate, male is the number of male infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 male live births in a given year.