What is child mortality vs. health spending in Qatar?

Child mortality vs. health spending in Qatar was 0.5885 deaths per 100 live births in 2024, according to United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.

What is the highest child mortality vs. health spending recorded in Qatar?

The highest recorded value was 7.03 deaths per 100 live births in 1969.

What is the lowest child mortality vs. health spending recorded in Qatar?

The lowest recorded value was 0.5885 deaths per 100 live births in 2024.

How does Qatar rank for child mortality vs. health spending?

Qatar ranks 149th out of 199 countries with data for 2024.

Is child mortality vs. health spending rising or falling in Qatar?

Over the last ten years it is down 27.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.

Where does this Qatar data come from?

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

Child mortality vs. health spending in Qatar

Name: Child mortality vs. health spending in Qatar
Creator: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
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Qatar: Child mortality vs. health spending was 0.5885 deaths per 100 live births in 2024. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2024)

0.5885 deaths per 100 live births

Change on year

down 1.4%

World rank

149th

of 199 countries

All-time high

7.03 deaths per 100 live births

in 1969

All-time low

0.5885 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Years of data

1969–2024

Child mortality vs. health spending in Qatar, 1969–2024

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

Analysis

Qatar recorded 0.5885 deaths per 100 live births for child mortality vs. health spending in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 56 years on record.

That represents a change of down 1.4% on the previous year and down 27.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, child mortality vs. health spending in Qatar peaked at 7.03 deaths per 100 live births in 1969 and was at its lowest, 0.5885 deaths per 100 live births, in 2024.

That places Qatar 149th out of 199 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	7.03 deaths per 100 live births	7.03 deaths per 100 live births	7.03 deaths per 100 live births	1
1970s	5.01 deaths per 100 live births	3.79 deaths per 100 live births	6.57 deaths per 100 live births	10
1980s	2.9 deaths per 100 live births	2.23 deaths per 100 live births	3.61 deaths per 100 live births	10
1990s	1.62 deaths per 100 live births	1.29 deaths per 100 live births	2.08 deaths per 100 live births	10
2000s	1.07 deaths per 100 live births	0.9328 deaths per 100 live births	1.25 deaths per 100 live births	10
2010s	0.7888 deaths per 100 live births	0.6555 deaths per 100 live births	0.9104 deaths per 100 live births	10
2020s	0.6085 deaths per 100 live births	0.5885 deaths per 100 live births	0.6339 deaths per 100 live births	5

Countries ranked near Qatar

146 Montserrat 0.6354 deaths per 100 live births compare
147 Slovakia 0.6286 deaths per 100 live births compare
148 Saudi Arabia 0.5958 deaths per 100 live births compare
150 Sri Lanka 0.5881 deaths per 100 live births compare
151 Bulgaria 0.5736 deaths per 100 live births compare
152 China 0.5724 deaths per 100 live births compare

See the full ranking of 199 places →

More health data for Qatar

Age population, age 10, female, interpolated 15,066 (2025)
Age population, age 13, male, interpolated 13,411 (2025)
Age population, age 12, male, interpolated 14,413 (2025)
Age population, age 12, female, interpolated 14,009 (2025)
Age population, age 11, male, interpolated 15,428 (2025)
Age population, age 11, female, interpolated 14,519 (2025)
Age population, age 10, male, interpolated 16,318 (2025)
Age population, age 08, male, interpolated 17,220 (2025)
Age population, age 07, male, interpolated 17,415 (2025)
Age population, age 08, female, interpolated 16,060 (2025)

All data for Qatar →

Frequently asked questions

What is child mortality vs. health spending in Qatar?: Child mortality vs. health spending in Qatar was 0.5885 deaths per 100 live births in 2024, according to United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest child mortality vs. health spending recorded in Qatar?: The highest recorded value was 7.03 deaths per 100 live births in 1969.
What is the lowest child mortality vs. health spending recorded in Qatar?: The lowest recorded value was 0.5885 deaths per 100 live births in 2024.
How does Qatar rank for child mortality vs. health spending?: Qatar ranks 149th out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
Is child mortality vs. health spending rising or falling in Qatar?: Over the last ten years it is down 27.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Qatar data come from?: The figures come from United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Child mortality vs. health spending. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Child mortality vs. health spending
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, 13,255 data points, 1931–2024
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

The estimated number of deaths of children aged under five years, per 100 live births .