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