Qatar vs Sri Lanka: Mortality rate, infant
Qatar
4.8 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Sri Lanka
5.2 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Qatar rank
148th
Sri Lanka rank
147th
Mortality rate, infant over time
- Qatar
- Sri Lanka
How they compare
Sri Lanka currently reports 5.2 per 1,000 live births against 4.8 per 1,000 live births in Qatar, a difference of 0.4 per 1,000 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 148th and Sri Lanka ranks 147th of 197 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 | 56.7 per 1,000 live births | 48.8 per 1,000 live births | 7.9 per 1,000 live births | Qatar |
| 1970s | 40.81 per 1,000 live births | 44.14 per 1,000 live births | 3.33 per 1,000 live births | Sri Lanka |
| 1980s | 24.12 per 1,000 live births | 24.23 per 1,000 live births | 0.11 per 1,000 live births | Sri Lanka |
| 1990s | 13.54 per 1,000 live births | 16.27 per 1,000 live births | 2.73 per 1,000 live births | Sri Lanka |
| 2000s | 8.93 per 1,000 live births | 12.2 per 1,000 live births | 3.27 per 1,000 live births | Sri Lanka |
| 2010s | 6.5 per 1,000 live births | 7.61 per 1,000 live births | 1.11 per 1,000 live births | Sri Lanka |
| 2020s | 5 per 1,000 live births | 5.56 per 1,000 live births | 0.56 per 1,000 live births | Sri Lanka |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Qatar or Sri Lanka?
- Sri Lanka, at 5.2 per 1,000 live births against 4.8 per 1,000 live births in Qatar as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Qatar and Sri Lanka?
- 0.4 per 1,000 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 mortality rate, infant?
- Qatar ranks 148th and Sri Lanka ranks 147th 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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About this data
Infant mortality rate is the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.