What is the difference in youth mortality rate between Lebanon and Syria?

0.11 deaths per 100 live births, with Lebanon ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Lebanon and Syria?

40 years are reported by both, from 1985 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.

Lebanon vs Syria: Youth mortality rate

Lebanon

2.36 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Syria

2.25 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Lebanon rank

77th

Syria rank

79th

Youth mortality rate over time

Lebanon
Syria

How they compare

Lebanon currently reports 2.36 deaths per 100 live births against 2.25 deaths per 100 live births in Syria, a difference of 0.11 deaths per 100 live births.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 40 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Lebanon ahead.

Lebanon ranks 77th and Syria ranks 79th of 199 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Lebanon averaged higher in 1 and Syria in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Lebanon	Syria	Difference	Ahead
1980s	5.71 deaths per 100 live births	5.09 deaths per 100 live births	0.6222 deaths per 100 live births	Lebanon
1990s	3.12 deaths per 100 live births	3.8 deaths per 100 live births	0.6763 deaths per 100 live births	Syria
2000s	1.95 deaths per 100 live births	2.49 deaths per 100 live births	0.5416 deaths per 100 live births	Syria
2010s	1.6 deaths per 100 live births	4 deaths per 100 live births	2.4 deaths per 100 live births	Syria
2020s	2.04 deaths per 100 live births	2.5 deaths per 100 live births	0.4662 deaths per 100 live births	Syria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher youth mortality rate, Lebanon or Syria?: Lebanon, at 2.36 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 Lebanon and Syria?: 0.11 deaths per 100 live births, with Lebanon ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Lebanon and Syria?: 40 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2024.
How do Lebanon and Syria rank globally for youth mortality rate?: Lebanon ranks 77th 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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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: 28 August 2026

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