What is child mortality in Oman?

Child mortality in Oman was 1.03 deaths per 100 live births in 2024, according to Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.

What is the highest child mortality recorded in Oman?

The highest recorded value was 41.36 deaths per 100 live births in 1800.

What is the lowest child mortality recorded in Oman?

The lowest recorded value was 1.03 deaths per 100 live births in 2024.

How does Oman rank for child mortality?

Oman ranks 122nd out of 203 countries with data for 2024.

Is child mortality rising or falling in Oman?

Over the last ten years it is down 8.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.

Where does this Oman data come from?

The figures come from Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Child mortality. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Child mortality in Oman

Name: Child mortality in Oman
Creator: Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

Oman: Child mortality was 1.03 deaths per 100 live births in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)

1.03 deaths per 100 live births

Change on year

down 1.0%

World rank

122nd

of 203 countries

All-time high

41.36 deaths per 100 live births

in 1800

All-time low

1.03 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Years of data

225

1800–2024

Child mortality in Oman, 1800–2024

Source: Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in deaths per 100 live births.

Analysis

In 2024, child mortality in Oman stood at 1.03 deaths per 100 live births. That is the lowest value across all 225 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.0% on the previous year and down 8.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, child mortality in Oman peaked at 41.36 deaths per 100 live births in 1800 and was at its lowest, 1.03 deaths per 100 live births, in 2024.

Oman ranks 122nd of 203 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 225 years of available data.

Child mortality in Oman, year by year

Annual values for Child mortality in Oman, 1800 to 2024.
Year	deaths per 100 live births	Change
1800	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	—
1801	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1802	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1803	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1804	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1805	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1806	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1807	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1808	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1809	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1810	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1811	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1812	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1813	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1814	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1815	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1816	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1817	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1818	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1819	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1820	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1821	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1822	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1823	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1824	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1825	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1826	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1827	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1828	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1829	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1830	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1831	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1832	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1833	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1834	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1835	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1836	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1837	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1838	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1839	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1840	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1841	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1842	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1843	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1844	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1845	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1846	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1847	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1848	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1849	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1850	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1851	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1852	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1853	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1854	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1855	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1856	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1857	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1858	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1859	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1860	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1861	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1862	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1863	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1864	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1865	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1866	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1867	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1868	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1869	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1870	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1871	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1872	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1873	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1874	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1875	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1876	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1877	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1878	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1879	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1880	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1881	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1882	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1883	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1884	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1885	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1886	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1887	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1888	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1889	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1890	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1891	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1892	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1893	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1894	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	-0.0%
1895	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	-0.0%
1896	41.35 deaths per 100 live births	-0.0%
1897	41.34 deaths per 100 live births	-0.0%
1898	41.32 deaths per 100 live births	-0.0%
1899	41.3 deaths per 100 live births	-0.1%
1900	41.27 deaths per 100 live births	-0.1%
1901	41.25 deaths per 100 live births	-0.1%
1902	41.23 deaths per 100 live births	-0.1%
1903	41.21 deaths per 100 live births	-0.1%
1904	41.18 deaths per 100 live births	-0.1%
1905	41.16 deaths per 100 live births	-0.1%
1906	41.14 deaths per 100 live births	-0.1%
1907	41.12 deaths per 100 live births	-0.1%
1908	41.1 deaths per 100 live births	-0.1%
1909	41.07 deaths per 100 live births	-0.1%
1910	41.05 deaths per 100 live births	-0.1%
1911	41.03 deaths per 100 live births	-0.1%
1912	41.01 deaths per 100 live births	-0.1%
1913	40.99 deaths per 100 live births	-0.1%
1914	40.96 deaths per 100 live births	-0.1%
1915	40.94 deaths per 100 live births	-0.1%
1916	40.92 deaths per 100 live births	-0.1%
1917	40.9 deaths per 100 live births	-0.1%
1918	40.88 deaths per 100 live births	-0.1%
1919	40.85 deaths per 100 live births	-0.1%
1920	40.83 deaths per 100 live births	-0.1%
1921	40.81 deaths per 100 live births	-0.1%
1922	40.79 deaths per 100 live births	-0.1%
1923	40.77 deaths per 100 live births	-0.1%
1924	40.75 deaths per 100 live births	-0.1%
1925	40.72 deaths per 100 live births	-0.1%
1926	40.7 deaths per 100 live births	-0.1%
1927	40.68 deaths per 100 live births	-0.1%
1928	40.66 deaths per 100 live births	-0.1%
1929	40.64 deaths per 100 live births	-0.1%
1930	40.62 deaths per 100 live births	-0.1%
1931	40.59 deaths per 100 live births	-0.1%
1932	40.57 deaths per 100 live births	-0.1%
1933	40.55 deaths per 100 live births	-0.1%
1934	40.53 deaths per 100 live births	-0.1%
1935	40.51 deaths per 100 live births	-0.1%
1936	40.48 deaths per 100 live births	-0.1%
1937	40.46 deaths per 100 live births	-0.1%
1938	40.44 deaths per 100 live births	-0.1%
1939	40.42 deaths per 100 live births	-0.1%
1940	40.4 deaths per 100 live births	-0.1%
1941	40.38 deaths per 100 live births	-0.1%
1942	40.35 deaths per 100 live births	-0.1%
1943	40.33 deaths per 100 live births	-0.1%
1944	40.31 deaths per 100 live births	-0.1%
1945	40.29 deaths per 100 live births	-0.1%
1946	40.27 deaths per 100 live births	-0.1%
1947	40.25 deaths per 100 live births	-0.1%
1948	40.23 deaths per 100 live births	-0.1%
1949	40.2 deaths per 100 live births	-0.1%
1950	40.18 deaths per 100 live births	-0.1%
1951	40.16 deaths per 100 live births	-0.1%
1952	40.14 deaths per 100 live births	-0.1%
1953	40.12 deaths per 100 live births	-0.1%
1954	40.1 deaths per 100 live births	-0.1%
1955	40.08 deaths per 100 live births	-0.1%
1956	40.05 deaths per 100 live births	-0.1%
1957	40.03 deaths per 100 live births	-0.1%
1958	40.01 deaths per 100 live births	-0.1%
1959	38.85 deaths per 100 live births	-2.9%
1960	37.08 deaths per 100 live births	-4.6%
1961	35.44 deaths per 100 live births	-4.4%
1962	33.9 deaths per 100 live births	-4.3%
1963	32.43 deaths per 100 live births	-4.3%
1964	30.97 deaths per 100 live births	-4.5%
1965	29.62 deaths per 100 live births	-4.3%
1966	28.28 deaths per 100 live births	-4.5%
1967	26.94 deaths per 100 live births	-4.7%
1968	25.64 deaths per 100 live births	-4.8%
1969	24.36 deaths per 100 live births	-5.0%
1970	23.1 deaths per 100 live births	-5.2%
1971	21.83 deaths per 100 live births	-5.5%
1972	20.62 deaths per 100 live births	-5.5%
1973	19.41 deaths per 100 live births	-5.9%
1974	18.22 deaths per 100 live births	-6.1%
1975	17.04 deaths per 100 live births	-6.5%
1976	15.85 deaths per 100 live births	-7.0%
1977	14.66 deaths per 100 live births	-7.5%
1978	13.5 deaths per 100 live births	-7.9%
1979	12.36 deaths per 100 live births	-8.4%
1980	11.27 deaths per 100 live births	-8.8%
1981	10.22 deaths per 100 live births	-9.3%
1982	9.22 deaths per 100 live births	-9.8%
1983	8.27 deaths per 100 live births	-10.2%
1984	7.41 deaths per 100 live births	-10.4%
1985	6.64 deaths per 100 live births	-10.4%
1986	5.95 deaths per 100 live births	-10.3%
1987	5.35 deaths per 100 live births	-10.2%
1988	4.82 deaths per 100 live births	-9.9%
1989	4.35 deaths per 100 live births	-9.6%
1990	3.94 deaths per 100 live births	-9.6%
1991	3.56 deaths per 100 live births	-9.6%
1992	3.22 deaths per 100 live births	-9.4%
1993	2.92 deaths per 100 live births	-9.4%
1994	2.66 deaths per 100 live births	-9.0%
1995	2.43 deaths per 100 live births	-8.6%
1996	2.23 deaths per 100 live births	-8.1%
1997	2.06 deaths per 100 live births	-7.7%
1998	1.91 deaths per 100 live births	-7.3%
1999	1.77 deaths per 100 live births	-7.1%
2000	1.65 deaths per 100 live births	-6.8%
2001	1.55 deaths per 100 live births	-6.3%
2002	1.46 deaths per 100 live births	-5.7%
2003	1.39 deaths per 100 live births	-5.0%
2004	1.33 deaths per 100 live births	-4.2%
2005	1.29 deaths per 100 live births	-3.4%
2006	1.25 deaths per 100 live births	-2.8%
2007	1.22 deaths per 100 live births	-2.1%
2008	1.2 deaths per 100 live births	-1.6%
2009	1.19 deaths per 100 live births	-1.3%
2010	1.17 deaths per 100 live births	-1.2%
2011	1.16 deaths per 100 live births	-1.3%
2012	1.14 deaths per 100 live births	-1.3%
2013	1.13 deaths per 100 live births	-1.2%
2014	1.12 deaths per 100 live births	-0.9%
2015	1.11 deaths per 100 live births	-0.8%
2016	1.1 deaths per 100 live births	-0.6%
2017	1.1 deaths per 100 live births	-0.6%
2018	1.09 deaths per 100 live births	-0.7%
2019	1.08 deaths per 100 live births	-0.9%
2020	1.07 deaths per 100 live births	-0.9%
2021	1.06 deaths per 100 live births	-1.0%
2022	1.05 deaths per 100 live births	-0.9%
2023	1.04 deaths per 100 live births	-0.9%
2024	1.03 deaths per 100 live births	-1.0%

Oman compared with similar countries

Oman's 1.03 deaths per 100 live births is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.4653 deaths per 100 live births, 2.2× the median. (67 countries reporting)
Oman's 1.03 deaths per 100 live births is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 1.29 deaths per 100 live births, 79% of the median. (23 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1800s	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	10
1810s	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	10
1820s	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	10
1830s	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	10
1840s	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	10
1850s	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	10
1860s	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	10
1870s	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	10
1880s	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	10
1890s	41.35 deaths per 100 live births	41.3 deaths per 100 live births	41.36 deaths per 100 live births	10
1900s	41.17 deaths per 100 live births	41.07 deaths per 100 live births	41.27 deaths per 100 live births	10
1910s	40.95 deaths per 100 live births	40.85 deaths per 100 live births	41.05 deaths per 100 live births	10
1920s	40.73 deaths per 100 live births	40.64 deaths per 100 live births	40.83 deaths per 100 live births	10
1930s	40.52 deaths per 100 live births	40.42 deaths per 100 live births	40.62 deaths per 100 live births	10
1940s	40.3 deaths per 100 live births	40.2 deaths per 100 live births	40.4 deaths per 100 live births	10
1950s	39.97 deaths per 100 live births	38.85 deaths per 100 live births	40.18 deaths per 100 live births	10
1960s	30.47 deaths per 100 live births	24.36 deaths per 100 live births	37.08 deaths per 100 live births	10
1970s	17.66 deaths per 100 live births	12.36 deaths per 100 live births	23.1 deaths per 100 live births	10
1980s	7.35 deaths per 100 live births	4.35 deaths per 100 live births	11.27 deaths per 100 live births	10
1990s	2.67 deaths per 100 live births	1.77 deaths per 100 live births	3.94 deaths per 100 live births	10
2000s	1.35 deaths per 100 live births	1.19 deaths per 100 live births	1.65 deaths per 100 live births	10
2010s	1.12 deaths per 100 live births	1.08 deaths per 100 live births	1.17 deaths per 100 live births	10
2020s	1.05 deaths per 100 live births	1.03 deaths per 100 live births	1.07 deaths per 100 live births	5

Countries ranked near Oman

119 Nicaragua 1.12 deaths per 100 live births compare
120 Cape Verde 1.11 deaths per 100 live births compare
121 Costa Rica 1.04 deaths per 100 live births compare
123 El Salvador 1 deaths per 100 live births compare
124 Brunei 0.9944 deaths per 100 live births compare
125 Libya 0.9765 deaths per 100 live births compare

See the full ranking of 203 places →

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Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.3507 % change on previous year (2090)
Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 429.2 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
Number of infants who die before age 1 221 deaths (2100)
Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 0 (2025)
Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate 1.89 % change on previous year (2025)
Population ages 00-04, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.0388 units per person (2025)
Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate 2.06 % change on previous year (2025)
Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)

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Frequently asked questions

What is child mortality in Oman?: Child mortality in Oman was 1.03 deaths per 100 live births in 2024, according to Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest child mortality recorded in Oman?: The highest recorded value was 41.36 deaths per 100 live births in 1800.
What is the lowest child mortality recorded in Oman?: The lowest recorded value was 1.03 deaths per 100 live births in 2024.
How does Oman rank for child mortality?: Oman ranks 122nd out of 203 countries with data for 2024.
Is child mortality rising or falling in Oman?: Over the last ten years it is down 8.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Oman data come from?: The figures come from Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Child mortality. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator: Child mortality
Unit: deaths per 100 live births
Source: Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 203 places, 42,924 data points, 1800–2024
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

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