China vs Sri Lanka: Mortality rate, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births)
China
5.4 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Sri Lanka
5.3 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
China rank
149th
Sri Lanka rank
150th
Mortality rate, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births) over time
- China
- Sri Lanka
How they compare
China currently reports 5.4 per 1,000 live births against 5.3 per 1,000 live births in Sri Lanka, a difference of 0.1 per 1,000 live births.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 56 shared years of data; in 1969 it was China ahead.
China ranks 149th and Sri Lanka ranks 150th of 197 countries.
China has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | Sri Lanka | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 114.7 per 1,000 live births | 68 per 1,000 live births | 46.7 per 1,000 live births | China |
| 1970s | 84.58 per 1,000 live births | 59.39 per 1,000 live births | 25.19 per 1,000 live births | China |
| 1980s | 53.54 per 1,000 live births | 31.25 per 1,000 live births | 22.29 per 1,000 live births | China |
| 1990s | 45.22 per 1,000 live births | 18.97 per 1,000 live births | 26.25 per 1,000 live births | China |
| 2000s | 24.34 per 1,000 live births | 15.3 per 1,000 live births | 9.04 per 1,000 live births | China |
| 2010s | 10.74 per 1,000 live births | 8.12 per 1,000 live births | 2.62 per 1,000 live births | China |
| 2020s | 6.22 per 1,000 live births | 5.7 per 1,000 live births | 0.52 per 1,000 live births | China |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, female, China or Sri Lanka?
- China, at 5.4 per 1,000 live births against 5.3 per 1,000 live births in Sri Lanka as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, female between China and Sri Lanka?
- 0.1 per 1,000 live births, with China ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Sri Lanka?
- 56 years are reported by both, from 1969 to 2024.
- How do China and Sri Lanka rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, female?
- China ranks 149th and Sri Lanka ranks 150th 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, under-5, female (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
Under-five mortality rate, female is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn female baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to female age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.