What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, female between Fiji and Laos?

0.7 per 1,000 live births, with Fiji ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Fiji and Laos?

47 years are reported by both, from 1978 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, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Fiji vs Laos: Mortality rate, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births)

Fiji

26.3 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Laos

25.6 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Fiji rank

60th

Laos rank

61st

Mortality rate, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births) over time

Fiji
Laos

How they compare

Fiji currently reports 26.3 per 1,000 live births against 25.6 per 1,000 live births in Laos, a difference of 0.7 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 47 shared years of data; in 1978 it was Laos ahead.

Fiji ranks 60th and Laos ranks 61st of 197 countries.

Laos has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Fiji	Laos	Difference	Ahead
1970s	44.5 per 1,000 live births	200.1 per 1,000 live births	155.6 per 1,000 live births	Laos
1980s	33.93 per 1,000 live births	167.73 per 1,000 live births	133.8 per 1,000 live births	Laos
1990s	23.46 per 1,000 live births	116.37 per 1,000 live births	92.91 per 1,000 live births	Laos
2000s	21.37 per 1,000 live births	72.14 per 1,000 live births	50.77 per 1,000 live births	Laos
2010s	20.09 per 1,000 live births	40.69 per 1,000 live births	20.6 per 1,000 live births	Laos
2020s	25.82 per 1,000 live births	27.84 per 1,000 live births	2.02 per 1,000 live births	Laos

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, female, Fiji or Laos?: Fiji, at 26.3 per 1,000 live births against 25.6 per 1,000 live births in Laos as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, female between Fiji and Laos?: 0.7 per 1,000 live births, with Fiji ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Fiji and Laos?: 47 years are reported by both, from 1978 to 2024.
How do Fiji and Laos rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, female?: Fiji ranks 60th and Laos ranks 61st 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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Indicator: Mortality rate, under-5, female (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: 29 October 2026

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.