What is the difference in youth mortality rate between China and Saudi Arabia?

0.0009 deaths per 100 live births, with Saudi Arabia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for China and Saudi Arabia?

35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.

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.

China vs Saudi Arabia: Youth mortality rate

China

0.7409 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Saudi Arabia

0.7418 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

China rank

151st

Saudi Arabia rank

150th

Youth mortality rate over time

China
Saudi Arabia

How they compare

Saudi Arabia currently reports 0.7418 deaths per 100 live births against 0.7409 deaths per 100 live births in China, a difference of 0.0009 deaths per 100 live births.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was China ahead.

China ranks 151st and Saudi Arabia ranks 150th of 199 countries.

China has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	China	Saudi Arabia	Difference	Ahead
1990s	5.3 deaths per 100 live births	3.85 deaths per 100 live births	1.45 deaths per 100 live births	China
2000s	2.92 deaths per 100 live births	2.06 deaths per 100 live births	0.8523 deaths per 100 live births	China
2010s	1.36 deaths per 100 live births	1.16 deaths per 100 live births	0.2028 deaths per 100 live births	China
2020s	0.8359 deaths per 100 live births	0.799 deaths per 100 live births	0.037 deaths per 100 live births	China

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher youth mortality rate, China or Saudi Arabia?: Saudi Arabia, at 0.7418 deaths per 100 live births against 0.7409 deaths per 100 live births in China as of 2024.
What is the difference in youth mortality rate between China and Saudi Arabia?: 0.0009 deaths per 100 live births, with Saudi Arabia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for China and Saudi Arabia?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do China and Saudi Arabia rank globally for youth mortality rate?: China ranks 151st and Saudi Arabia ranks 150th 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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Indicator: Youth mortality rate
Unit: deaths per 100 live births
Source: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 199 places, 9,824 data points, 1950–2024
Last refreshed: 30 October 2026

Estimated number of deaths of children aged under fifteen years, per 100 live births.