Which has higher number of infant deaths, Syrian Arab Republic or Türkiye?

Syrian Arab Republic, at 9,639 against 8,552 in Türkiye as of 2024.

What is the difference in number of infant deaths between Syrian Arab Republic and Türkiye?

1,087, with Syrian Arab Republic ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Syrian Arab Republic and Türkiye?

65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Number of infant deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Syrian Arab Republic vs Türkiye: Number of infant deaths

Syrian Arab Republic

9,639

in 2024

Türkiye

8,552

in 2024

Syrian Arab Republic rank

53rd

Türkiye rank

56th

Number of infant deaths over time

Syrian Arab Republic
Türkiye

How they compare

Syrian Arab Republic currently reports 9,639 against 8,552 in Türkiye, a difference of 1,087.

That makes Syrian Arab Republic's figure about 1.1 times Türkiye's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Türkiye ahead.

Syrian Arab Republic ranks 53rd and Türkiye ranks 56th of 197 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Syrian Arab Republic	Türkiye	Difference	Ahead
1960s	22,670	213,391	190,721	Türkiye
1970s	20,606	183,480	162,875	Türkiye
1980s	17,061	123,786	106,725	Türkiye
1990s	12,794	66,427	53,633	Türkiye
2000s	10,318	29,560	19,242	Türkiye
2010s	11,341	15,229	3,888	Türkiye
2020s	8,953	9,996	1,043	Türkiye

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of infant deaths, Syrian Arab Republic or Türkiye?: Syrian Arab Republic, at 9,639 against 8,552 in Türkiye as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of infant deaths between Syrian Arab Republic and Türkiye?: 1,087, with Syrian Arab Republic ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Syrian Arab Republic and Türkiye?: 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Syrian Arab Republic and Türkiye rank globally for number of infant deaths?: Syrian Arab Republic ranks 53rd and Türkiye ranks 56th of 197 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Number of infant deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of infant deaths
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, 13,444 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 03 September 2026

Number of infants dying before reaching one year of age.