China vs Israel: Number of child deaths per woman

China
0.0096 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Israel
0.0093 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
China rank
152nd
Israel rank
155th

Number of child deaths per woman over time

  • China
  • Israel
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How they compare

China currently reports 0.0096 under-five deaths per woman against 0.0093 under-five deaths per woman in Israel, a difference of 0.0003 under-five deaths per woman.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1950 it was China ahead.

China ranks 152nd and Israel ranks 155th of 200 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, China averaged higher in 7 and Israel in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade China Israel Difference Ahead
1950s 1.57 under-five deaths per woman 0.2306 under-five deaths per woman 1.33 under-five deaths per woman China
1960s 0.96 under-five deaths per woman 0.1543 under-five deaths per woman 0.8057 under-five deaths per woman China
1970s 0.3746 under-five deaths per woman 0.0956 under-five deaths per woman 0.2791 under-five deaths per woman China
1980s 0.1507 under-five deaths per woman 0.0481 under-five deaths per woman 0.1026 under-five deaths per woman China
1990s 0.0831 under-five deaths per woman 0.0274 under-five deaths per woman 0.0557 under-five deaths per woman China
2000s 0.0419 under-five deaths per woman 0.0167 under-five deaths per woman 0.0252 under-five deaths per woman China
2010s 0.0195 under-five deaths per woman 0.0125 under-five deaths per woman 0.007 under-five deaths per woman China
2020s 0.0097 under-five deaths per woman 0.0099 under-five deaths per woman 0.0002 under-five deaths per woman Israel

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of child deaths per woman, China or Israel?
China, at 0.0096 under-five deaths per woman against 0.0093 under-five deaths per woman in Israel as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of child deaths per woman between China and Israel?
0.0003 under-five deaths per woman, with China ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for China and Israel?
65 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2024.
How do China and Israel rank globally for number of child deaths per woman?
China ranks 152nd and Israel ranks 155th of 200 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of child deaths per woman. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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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).