Child mortality rate in Taiwan
Taiwan: Child mortality rate was 0.54 deaths per 100 live births in 2010. ▼ Falling
Child mortality rate in Taiwan, 1970–2010
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
Taiwan recorded 0.54 deaths per 100 live births for child mortality rate in 2010. That is the lowest value across all 41 years on record.
That represents a change of down 3.6% on the previous year and down 37.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, child mortality rate in Taiwan peaked at 2.72 deaths per 100 live births in 1970 and was at its lowest, 0.54 deaths per 100 live births, in 2010.
That places Taiwan 155th out of 200 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 41 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 2.01 deaths per 100 live births | 1.5 deaths per 100 live births | 2.72 deaths per 100 live births | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.12 deaths per 100 live births | 0.85 deaths per 100 live births | 1.53 deaths per 100 live births | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.862 deaths per 100 live births | 0.76 deaths per 100 live births | 0.93 deaths per 100 live births | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.709 deaths per 100 live births | 0.56 deaths per 100 live births | 0.86 deaths per 100 live births | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.54 deaths per 100 live births | 0.54 deaths per 100 live births | 0.54 deaths per 100 live births | 1 |
Countries ranked near Taiwan
More health data for Taiwan
- Number of infants who die before age 1 65 deaths (2100)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,916 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Deaths in armed conflicts by region 0 deaths (2026)
- Deaths in armed conflicts based on where they occurred 0 deaths (2026)
- Children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood 0.0049 under-five deaths per woman (2010)
- Deaths in non-state conflicts based on where they occurred 0 deaths (2025)
- Deaths in armed conflicts 0 deaths (2025)
- Death rate in armed conflicts based on where they occurred 0 deaths per 100,000 people (2025)
- Deaths in intrastate conflicts based on where they occurred 0 deaths (2025)
- Deaths in interstate conflicts based on where they occurred 0 deaths (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is child mortality rate in Taiwan?
- Child mortality rate in Taiwan was 0.54 deaths per 100 live births in 2010, 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 rate recorded in Taiwan?
- The highest recorded value was 2.72 deaths per 100 live births in 1970.
- What is the lowest child mortality rate recorded in Taiwan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.54 deaths per 100 live births in 2010.
- How does Taiwan rank for child mortality rate?
- Taiwan ranks 155th out of 200 countries with data for 2010.
- Is child mortality rate rising or falling in Taiwan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 37.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Taiwan 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 rate. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The long-run estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.