Armenia vs Turkey: Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births)

Armenia
9.6 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Turkey
9.6 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Armenia rank
124th
Turkey rank
124th

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

  • Armenia
  • Turkey
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How they compare

Armenia currently reports 9.6 per 1,000 live births against 9.6 per 1,000 live births in Turkey, a difference of 0 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 49 shared years of data; in 1976 it was Turkey ahead.

Armenia ranks 124th and Turkey ranks 124th of 197 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Armenia averaged higher in 1 and Turkey in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade Armenia Turkey Difference Ahead
1970s 81.78 per 1,000 live births 143.15 per 1,000 live births 61.37 per 1,000 live births Turkey
1980s 66.43 per 1,000 live births 102.01 per 1,000 live births 35.58 per 1,000 live births Turkey
1990s 40.01 per 1,000 live births 55.95 per 1,000 live births 15.94 per 1,000 live births Turkey
2000s 24.73 per 1,000 live births 27.05 per 1,000 live births 2.32 per 1,000 live births Turkey
2010s 15.17 per 1,000 live births 13.97 per 1,000 live births 1.2 per 1,000 live births Armenia
2020s 10.54 per 1,000 live births 11.02 per 1,000 live births 0.48 per 1,000 live births Turkey

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, Armenia or Turkey?
Armenia, at 9.6 per 1,000 live births against 9.6 per 1,000 live births in Turkey as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between Armenia and Turkey?
0 per 1,000 live births, with Armenia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Armenia and Turkey?
49 years are reported by both, from 1976 to 2024.
How do Armenia and Turkey rank globally for mortality rate, under-5?
Armenia ranks 124th and Turkey ranks 124th 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 (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 (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, 13,546 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

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