What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Qatar and Saudi Arabia?

0.1 per 1,000 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.

Where does this data come from?

UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Qatar vs Saudi Arabia: Mortality rate, infant

Qatar

4.8 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Saudi Arabia

4.7 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Qatar rank

148th

Saudi Arabia rank

149th

Mortality rate, infant over time

Qatar
Saudi Arabia

How they compare

Qatar currently reports 4.8 per 1,000 live births against 4.7 per 1,000 live births in Saudi Arabia, a difference of 0.1 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 53 shared years of data; in 1972 it was Saudi Arabia ahead.

Qatar ranks 148th and Saudi Arabia ranks 149th of 197 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	38.16 per 1,000 live births	118.52 per 1,000 live births	80.36 per 1,000 live births	Saudi Arabia
1980s	24.12 per 1,000 live births	63.4 per 1,000 live births	39.28 per 1,000 live births	Saudi Arabia
1990s	13.54 per 1,000 live births	29.58 per 1,000 live births	16.04 per 1,000 live births	Saudi Arabia
2000s	8.93 per 1,000 live births	15.15 per 1,000 live births	6.22 per 1,000 live births	Saudi Arabia
2010s	6.5 per 1,000 live births	7.75 per 1,000 live births	1.25 per 1,000 live births	Saudi Arabia
2020s	5 per 1,000 live births	5.02 per 1,000 live births	0.02 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, Qatar or Saudi Arabia?: Qatar, at 4.8 per 1,000 live births against 4.7 per 1,000 live births in Saudi Arabia as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Qatar and Saudi Arabia?: 0.1 per 1,000 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 mortality rate, infant?: Qatar ranks 148th and Saudi Arabia ranks 149th 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 (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births)
Unit: per 1,000 live births
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 244 places, 13,515 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 03 September 2026

Infant mortality rate is the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.