Europe & Central Asia vs Turkmenistan: Mortality rate, under-5, male

Europe & Central Asia
8.6 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Turkmenistan
44 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Europe & Central Asia rank
40th
Turkmenistan rank
38th

Mortality rate, under-5, male over time

  • Europe & Central Asia
  • Turkmenistan
050100150197720002024

How they compare

Turkmenistan currently reports 44 per 1,000 live births against 8.6 per 1,000 live births in Europe & Central Asia, a difference of 35.4 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Turkmenistan's figure about 5.1 times Europe & Central Asia's.

Across all 35 years both countries report, Turkmenistan has been ahead every year.

Europe & Central Asia ranks 40th and Turkmenistan ranks 38th of 47 groups.

Turkmenistan has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Europe & Central Asia Turkmenistan Difference Ahead
1990s 30.07 per 1,000 live births 86.43 per 1,000 live births 56.36 per 1,000 live births Turkmenistan
2000s 17.89 per 1,000 live births 62.51 per 1,000 live births 44.62 per 1,000 live births Turkmenistan
2010s 10.89 per 1,000 live births 49.04 per 1,000 live births 38.15 per 1,000 live births Turkmenistan
2020s 8.94 per 1,000 live births 46.24 per 1,000 live births 37.3 per 1,000 live births Turkmenistan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, male, Europe & Central Asia or Turkmenistan?
Turkmenistan, at 44 per 1,000 live births against 8.6 per 1,000 live births in Europe & Central Asia as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, male between Europe & Central Asia and Turkmenistan?
35.4 per 1,000 live births, with Turkmenistan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Europe & Central Asia and Turkmenistan?
35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Europe & Central Asia and Turkmenistan rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, male?
Europe & Central Asia ranks 40th and Turkmenistan ranks 38th of 47 groups.
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, male (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Europe & Central Asia vs Turkmenistan: Mortality rate, under-5, male. Statizoid, drawing on UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF). Retrieved 16 September 2026, from https://health.statizoid.com/compare/mortality-rate-under-5-male-per-1-000-live-births/europe-and-central-asia/turkmenistan/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://health.statizoid.com/compare/mortality-rate-under-5-male-per-1-000-live-births/europe-and-central-asia/turkmenistan/">Europe & Central Asia vs Turkmenistan: Mortality rate, under-5, male</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Mortality rate, under-5, male (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

Under-five mortality rate, male is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn male baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to male age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.