Laos vs Myanmar: Number of child deaths per woman

Laos
0.0687 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Myanmar
0.0757 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Laos rank
61st
Myanmar rank
58th

Number of child deaths per woman over time

  • Laos
  • Myanmar
00.511.5196019922024

How they compare

Myanmar currently reports 0.0757 under-five deaths per woman against 0.0687 under-five deaths per woman in Laos, a difference of 0.007 under-five deaths per woman.

That makes Myanmar's figure about 1.1 times Laos's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 48 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Myanmar ahead.

Globally, Laos ranks 61st and Myanmar ranks 58th of 200 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Number of child deaths per woman
Unit
under-five deaths per woman
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
200 places, 16,060 data points, 1800–2024
Last refreshed

The fertility rate (average number of children per woman) multiplied by the under-five mortality rate (probability of dying before age five).