Bhutan vs Syria: Youth mortality rate
Bhutan
2.39 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Syria
2.25 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Bhutan rank
76th
Syria rank
79th
Youth mortality rate over time
- Bhutan
- Syria
How they compare
Bhutan currently reports 2.39 deaths per 100 live births against 2.25 deaths per 100 live births in Syria, a difference of 0.14 deaths per 100 live births.
That makes Bhutan's figure about 1.1 times Syria's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Bhutan ahead.
Bhutan ranks 76th and Syria ranks 79th of 199 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Bhutan averaged higher in 3 and Syria in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bhutan | Syria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 11.86 deaths per 100 live births | 3.8 deaths per 100 live births | 8.06 deaths per 100 live births | Bhutan |
| 2000s | 7.13 deaths per 100 live births | 2.49 deaths per 100 live births | 4.64 deaths per 100 live births | Bhutan |
| 2010s | 3.95 deaths per 100 live births | 4 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0567 deaths per 100 live births | Syria |
| 2020s | 2.62 deaths per 100 live births | 2.5 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1117 deaths per 100 live births | Bhutan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher youth mortality rate, Bhutan or Syria?
- Bhutan, at 2.39 deaths per 100 live births against 2.25 deaths per 100 live births in Syria as of 2024.
- What is the difference in youth mortality rate between Bhutan and Syria?
- 0.14 deaths per 100 live births, with Bhutan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bhutan and Syria?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
- How do Bhutan and Syria rank globally for youth mortality rate?
- Bhutan ranks 76th and Syria ranks 79th 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 Youth mortality rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Estimated number of deaths of children aged under fifteen years, per 100 live births.