What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between Bhutan and Viet Nam?

0.1 per 1,000 live births, with Viet Nam ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Bhutan and Viet Nam?

57 years are reported by both, from 1968 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 (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Bhutan vs Viet Nam: Mortality rate, under-5

Bhutan

17.2 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Viet Nam

17.3 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Bhutan rank

85th

Viet Nam rank

84th

Mortality rate, under-5 over time

Bhutan
Viet Nam

How they compare

Viet Nam currently reports 17.3 per 1,000 live births against 17.2 per 1,000 live births in Bhutan, a difference of 0.1 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 57 shared years of data; in 1968 it was Bhutan ahead.

Bhutan ranks 85th and Viet Nam ranks 84th of 197 countries.

Bhutan has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bhutan	Viet Nam	Difference	Ahead
1960s	272.4 per 1,000 live births	115.7 per 1,000 live births	156.7 per 1,000 live births	Bhutan
1970s	233.36 per 1,000 live births	93.25 per 1,000 live births	140.11 per 1,000 live births	Bhutan
1980s	163.5 per 1,000 live births	62.52 per 1,000 live births	100.98 per 1,000 live births	Bhutan
1990s	104.69 per 1,000 live births	41.01 per 1,000 live births	63.68 per 1,000 live births	Bhutan
2000s	59.35 per 1,000 live births	26.19 per 1,000 live births	33.16 per 1,000 live births	Bhutan
2010s	30.76 per 1,000 live births	21.7 per 1,000 live births	9.06 per 1,000 live births	Bhutan
2020s	19.1 per 1,000 live births	18.38 per 1,000 live births	0.72 per 1,000 live births	Bhutan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, Bhutan or Viet Nam?: Viet Nam, at 17.3 per 1,000 live births against 17.2 per 1,000 live births in Bhutan as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between Bhutan and Viet Nam?: 0.1 per 1,000 live births, with Viet Nam ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bhutan and Viet Nam?: 57 years are reported by both, from 1968 to 2024.
How do Bhutan and Viet Nam rank globally for mortality rate, under-5?: Bhutan ranks 85th and Viet Nam ranks 84th 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: 03 September 2026

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.