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Canada vs China: Mortality rate, under-5

Canada
5.4 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
China
5.7 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Canada rank
151st
China rank
148th

Mortality rate, under-5 over time

  • Canada
  • China
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How they compare

China currently reports 5.7 per 1,000 live births against 5.4 per 1,000 live births in Canada, a difference of 0.3 per 1,000 live births.

That makes China's figure about 1.1 times Canada's.

Across all 56 years both countries report, China has been ahead every year.

Globally, Canada ranks 151st and China ranks 148th of 195 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births)
Unit
per 1,000 live births
Source
UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
243 places, 13,506 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

Under-five mortality rate is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.