India vs Palau: Number of child deaths per woman
India
0.0574 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Palau
0.0547 under-five deaths per woman
in 2021
India rank
70th
Palau rank
72nd
Number of child deaths per woman over time
- India
- Palau
How they compare
India currently reports 0.0574 under-five deaths per woman against 0.0547 under-five deaths per woman in Palau, a difference of 0.0027 under-five deaths per woman.
Across all 57 years both countries report, India has been ahead every year.
India ranks 70th and Palau ranks 72nd of 200 countries.
India has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | India | Palau | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.29 under-five deaths per woman | 0.5733 under-five deaths per woman | 0.7191 under-five deaths per woman | India |
| 1970s | 1.04 under-five deaths per woman | 0.304 under-five deaths per woman | 0.7314 under-five deaths per woman | India |
| 1980s | 0.6701 under-five deaths per woman | 0.125 under-five deaths per woman | 0.5451 under-five deaths per woman | India |
| 1990s | 0.4137 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0797 under-five deaths per woman | 0.334 under-five deaths per woman | India |
| 2000s | 0.2312 under-five deaths per woman | 0.044 under-five deaths per woman | 0.1871 under-five deaths per woman | India |
| 2010s | 0.1077 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0461 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0616 under-five deaths per woman | India |
| 2020s | 0.0655 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0554 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0101 under-five deaths per woman | India |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher number of child deaths per woman, India or Palau?
- India, at 0.0574 under-five deaths per woman against 0.0547 under-five deaths per woman in Palau as of 2024.
- What is the difference in number of child deaths per woman between India and Palau?
- 0.0027 under-five deaths per woman, with India ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for India and Palau?
- 57 years are reported by both, from 1965 to 2021.
- How do India and Palau rank globally for number of child deaths per woman?
- India ranks 70th and Palau ranks 72nd 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).