Which has higher number of infants who die before age 1, Bhutan or Western Sahara?

Western Sahara, at 214 deaths against 193 deaths in Bhutan as of 2023.

What is the difference in number of infants who die before age 1 between Bhutan and Western Sahara?

21 deaths, with Western Sahara ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Bhutan and Western Sahara?

74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of infants who die before age 1. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Bhutan vs Western Sahara: Number of infants who die before age 1

Bhutan

193 deaths

in 2023

Western Sahara

214 deaths

in 2023

Bhutan rank

145th

Western Sahara rank

143rd

Number of infants who die before age 1 over time

Bhutan
Western Sahara

How they compare

Western Sahara currently reports 214 deaths against 193 deaths in Bhutan, a difference of 21 deaths.

That makes Western Sahara's figure about 1.1 times Bhutan's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Bhutan ahead.

Bhutan ranks 145th and Western Sahara ranks 143rd of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Bhutan averaged higher in 7 and Western Sahara in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bhutan	Western Sahara	Difference	Ahead
1950s	2,028 deaths	211.1 deaths	1,817 deaths	Bhutan
1960s	2,424 deaths	409.1 deaths	2,015 deaths	Bhutan
1970s	2,557 deaths	484.1 deaths	2,073 deaths	Bhutan
1980s	2,322 deaths	679.8 deaths	1,642 deaths	Bhutan
1990s	1,456 deaths	439 deaths	1,017 deaths	Bhutan
2000s	659.9 deaths	359.9 deaths	300 deaths	Bhutan
2010s	313.6 deaths	290.8 deaths	22.8 deaths	Bhutan
2020s	202.5 deaths	227.75 deaths	25.25 deaths	Western Sahara

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of infants who die before age 1, Bhutan or Western Sahara?: Western Sahara, at 214 deaths against 193 deaths in Bhutan as of 2023.
What is the difference in number of infants who die before age 1 between Bhutan and Western Sahara?: 21 deaths, with Western Sahara ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bhutan and Western Sahara?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Bhutan and Western Sahara rank globally for number of infants who die before age 1?: Bhutan ranks 145th and Western Sahara ranks 143rd of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of infants who die before age 1. 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

Bhutan vs Western Sahara: Number of infants who die before age 1. Statizoid, drawing on UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. Retrieved 12 September 2026, from https://health.statizoid.com/compare/number-of-infant-deaths-unwpp/bhutan/western-sahara/

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 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://health.statizoid.com/compare/number-of-infant-deaths-unwpp/bhutan/western-sahara/">Bhutan vs Western Sahara: Number of infants who die before age 1</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator: Number of infants who die before age 1
Unit: deaths
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Number of deaths in a calendar year. This only includes people at birth.