China vs Qatar: Mortality rate, under-5
China
5.7 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Qatar
5.9 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
China rank
149th
Qatar rank
147th
Mortality rate, under-5 over time
- China
- Qatar
How they compare
Qatar currently reports 5.9 per 1,000 live births against 5.7 per 1,000 live births in China, a difference of 0.2 per 1,000 live births.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 56 shared years of data; in 1969 it was China ahead.
China ranks 149th and Qatar ranks 147th of 196 countries.
China has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | Qatar | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 118 per 1,000 live births | 70.3 per 1,000 live births | 47.7 per 1,000 live births | China |
| 1970s | 87.74 per 1,000 live births | 50.09 per 1,000 live births | 37.65 per 1,000 live births | China |
| 1980s | 56.08 per 1,000 live births | 29.04 per 1,000 live births | 27.04 per 1,000 live births | China |
| 1990s | 47.56 per 1,000 live births | 16.19 per 1,000 live births | 31.37 per 1,000 live births | China |
| 2000s | 25.88 per 1,000 live births | 10.73 per 1,000 live births | 15.15 per 1,000 live births | China |
| 2010s | 11.45 per 1,000 live births | 7.9 per 1,000 live births | 3.55 per 1,000 live births | China |
| 2020s | 6.58 per 1,000 live births | 6.1 per 1,000 live births | 0.48 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, China or Qatar?
- Qatar, at 5.9 per 1,000 live births against 5.7 per 1,000 live births in China as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between China and Qatar?
- 0.2 per 1,000 live births, with Qatar ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Qatar?
- 56 years are reported by both, from 1969 to 2024.
- How do China and Qatar rank globally for mortality rate, under-5?
- China ranks 149th and Qatar ranks 147th of 196 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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About this data
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.