Laos vs Myanmar: Number of child deaths per woman
Laos
0.0687 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Myanmar
0.0757 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Laos rank
61st
Myanmar rank
58th
Number of child deaths per woman over time
- Laos
- Myanmar
How they compare
Myanmar currently reports 0.0757 under-five deaths per woman against 0.0687 under-five deaths per woman in Laos, a difference of 0.007 under-five deaths per woman.
That makes Myanmar's figure about 1.1 times Laos's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 48 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Myanmar ahead.
Laos ranks 61st and Myanmar ranks 58th of 200 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Laos averaged higher in 5 and Myanmar in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Laos | Myanmar | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.58 under-five deaths per woman | 1.64 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0614 under-five deaths per woman | Myanmar |
| 1970s | 1.32 under-five deaths per woman | 0.7142 under-five deaths per woman | 0.6087 under-five deaths per woman | Laos |
| 1980s | 1.12 under-five deaths per woman | 0.5502 under-five deaths per woman | 0.5704 under-five deaths per woman | Laos |
| 1990s | 0.6889 under-five deaths per woman | 0.3274 under-five deaths per woman | 0.3615 under-five deaths per woman | Laos |
| 2000s | 0.3077 under-five deaths per woman | 0.2108 under-five deaths per woman | 0.097 under-five deaths per woman | Laos |
| 2010s | 0.1318 under-five deaths per woman | 0.1178 under-five deaths per woman | 0.014 under-five deaths per woman | Laos |
| 2020s | 0.0778 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0833 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0055 under-five deaths per woman | Myanmar |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher number of child deaths per woman, Laos or Myanmar?
- Myanmar, at 0.0757 under-five deaths per woman against 0.0687 under-five deaths per woman in Laos as of 2024.
- What is the difference in number of child deaths per woman between Laos and Myanmar?
- 0.007 under-five deaths per woman, with Myanmar ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Laos and Myanmar?
- 48 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Laos and Myanmar rank globally for number of child deaths per woman?
- Laos ranks 61st and Myanmar ranks 58th 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.
Individual pages
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).