Syria vs Tuvalu: Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births)
Syria
18.4 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Tuvalu
19.2 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Syria rank
77th
Tuvalu rank
75th
Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births) over time
- Syria
- Tuvalu
How they compare
Tuvalu currently reports 19.2 per 1,000 live births against 18.4 per 1,000 live births in Syria, a difference of 0.8 per 1,000 live births.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Tuvalu ahead.
Syria ranks 77th and Tuvalu ranks 75th of 197 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Syria averaged higher in 1 and Tuvalu in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Syria | Tuvalu | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 139.96 per 1,000 live births | 145.73 per 1,000 live births | 5.77 per 1,000 live births | Tuvalu |
| 1970s | 82.93 per 1,000 live births | 86.95 per 1,000 live births | 4.02 per 1,000 live births | Tuvalu |
| 1980s | 50.43 per 1,000 live births | 58.27 per 1,000 live births | 7.84 per 1,000 live births | Tuvalu |
| 1990s | 30.17 per 1,000 live births | 49.76 per 1,000 live births | 19.59 per 1,000 live births | Tuvalu |
| 2000s | 20.37 per 1,000 live births | 38.21 per 1,000 live births | 17.84 per 1,000 live births | Tuvalu |
| 2010s | 30.63 per 1,000 live births | 26.72 per 1,000 live births | 3.91 per 1,000 live births | Syria |
| 2020s | 20.32 per 1,000 live births | 20.52 per 1,000 live births | 0.2 per 1,000 live births | Tuvalu |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, Syria or Tuvalu?
- Tuvalu, at 19.2 per 1,000 live births against 18.4 per 1,000 live births in Syria as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between Syria and Tuvalu?
- 0.8 per 1,000 live births, with Tuvalu ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Syria and Tuvalu?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Syria and Tuvalu rank globally for mortality rate, under-5?
- Syria ranks 77th and Tuvalu ranks 75th 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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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.