China vs Qatar: Child mortality rate
China
0.5724 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Qatar
0.5885 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
China rank
152nd
Qatar rank
149th
Child mortality rate over time
- China
- Qatar
How they compare
Qatar currently reports 0.5885 deaths per 100 live births against 0.5724 deaths per 100 live births in China, a difference of 0.0161 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 56 shared years of data; in 1969 it was China ahead.
China ranks 152nd and Qatar ranks 149th of 199 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 | 11.8 deaths per 100 live births | 7.03 deaths per 100 live births | 4.77 deaths per 100 live births | China |
| 1970s | 8.77 deaths per 100 live births | 5.01 deaths per 100 live births | 3.76 deaths per 100 live births | China |
| 1980s | 5.61 deaths per 100 live births | 2.9 deaths per 100 live births | 2.7 deaths per 100 live births | China |
| 1990s | 4.76 deaths per 100 live births | 1.62 deaths per 100 live births | 3.14 deaths per 100 live births | China |
| 2000s | 2.59 deaths per 100 live births | 1.07 deaths per 100 live births | 1.52 deaths per 100 live births | China |
| 2010s | 1.14 deaths per 100 live births | 0.7888 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3553 deaths per 100 live births | China |
| 2020s | 0.6583 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6085 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0499 deaths per 100 live births | China |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality rate, China or Qatar?
- Qatar, at 0.5885 deaths per 100 live births against 0.5724 deaths per 100 live births in China as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality rate between China and Qatar?
- 0.0161 deaths per 100 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 child mortality rate?
- China ranks 152nd and Qatar ranks 149th of 199 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Child mortality rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The estimated number of deaths of children aged under five years, per 100 live births .