Children died before five per woman in Vietnam
Vietnam: Children died before five per woman was 0.0333 in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Children died before five per woman in Vietnam, 1959–2024
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
Vietnam recorded 0.0333 for children died before five per woman in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 66 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.1% on the previous year and down 22.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, children died before five per woman in Vietnam peaked at 0.7824 in 1959 and was at its lowest, 0.0333, in 2024.
That places Vietnam 94th out of 200 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.
Children died before five per woman in Vietnam, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1959 | 0.7824 | — |
| 1960 | 0.7574 | -3.2% |
| 1961 | 0.638 | -15.8% |
| 1962 | 0.7065 | +10.7% |
| 1963 | 0.6953 | -1.6% |
| 1964 | 0.6246 | -10.2% |
| 1965 | 0.6337 | +1.5% |
| 1966 | 0.6164 | -2.7% |
| 1967 | 0.6112 | -0.9% |
| 1968 | 0.7243 | +18.5% |
| 1969 | 0.6691 | -7.6% |
| 1970 | 0.6646 | -0.7% |
| 1971 | 0.6531 | -1.7% |
| 1972 | 0.7466 | +14.3% |
| 1973 | 0.6511 | -12.8% |
| 1974 | 0.6395 | -1.8% |
| 1975 | 0.443 | -30.7% |
| 1976 | 0.419 | -5.4% |
| 1977 | 0.3955 | -5.6% |
| 1978 | 0.3756 | -5.0% |
| 1979 | 0.3571 | -4.9% |
| 1980 | 0.3397 | -4.9% |
| 1981 | 0.3243 | -4.5% |
| 1982 | 0.3083 | -4.9% |
| 1983 | 0.2927 | -5.1% |
| 1984 | 0.2773 | -5.3% |
| 1985 | 0.2621 | -5.5% |
| 1986 | 0.2468 | -5.8% |
| 1987 | 0.2304 | -6.7% |
| 1988 | 0.2148 | -6.7% |
| 1989 | 0.2 | -6.9% |
| 1990 | 0.1854 | -7.3% |
| 1991 | 0.1706 | -8.0% |
| 1992 | 0.1547 | -9.3% |
| 1993 | 0.1385 | -10.5% |
| 1994 | 0.1217 | -12.2% |
| 1995 | 0.1048 | -13.8% |
| 1996 | 0.0909 | -13.3% |
| 1997 | 0.0806 | -11.3% |
| 1998 | 0.0724 | -10.2% |
| 1999 | 0.0665 | -8.1% |
| 2000 | 0.0627 | -5.7% |
| 2001 | 0.0595 | -5.1% |
| 2002 | 0.0576 | -3.3% |
| 2003 | 0.0545 | -5.3% |
| 2004 | 0.0526 | -3.7% |
| 2005 | 0.0498 | -5.2% |
| 2006 | 0.0472 | -5.2% |
| 2007 | 0.0464 | -1.6% |
| 2008 | 0.0458 | -1.5% |
| 2009 | 0.0447 | -2.3% |
| 2010 | 0.0438 | -2.0% |
| 2011 | 0.0434 | -0.9% |
| 2012 | 0.0435 | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 0.0434 | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 0.0428 | -1.4% |
| 2015 | 0.0422 | -1.4% |
| 2016 | 0.0413 | -2.3% |
| 2017 | 0.0403 | -2.3% |
| 2018 | 0.0396 | -1.6% |
| 2019 | 0.039 | -1.7% |
| 2020 | 0.0381 | -2.3% |
| 2021 | 0.0368 | -3.3% |
| 2022 | 0.0355 | -3.7% |
| 2023 | 0.0344 | -3.0% |
| 2024 | 0.0333 | -3.1% |
Vietnam compared with similar countries
- Vietnam's 0.0333 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.027, 1.2× the median. (58 countries reporting)
- Vietnam's 0.0333 is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.0408, 82% of the median. (30 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Children died before five per woman in Vietnam changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | -30.7% | 0.6395 | 0.443 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 0.7824 | 0.7824 | 0.7824 | 1 |
| 1960s | 0.6676 | 0.6112 | 0.7574 | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.5345 | 0.3571 | 0.7466 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.2696 | 0.2 | 0.3397 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.1186 | 0.0665 | 0.1854 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0521 | 0.0447 | 0.0627 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0419 | 0.039 | 0.0438 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0356 | 0.0333 | 0.0381 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Vietnam
More reference data data for Vietnam
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 3.68 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 4.24 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 16.73 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 1.89 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 16.73 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 12.35 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 18.98 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 23.56 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 93.83 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 10.27 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is children died before five per woman in Vietnam?
- Children died before five per woman in Vietnam was 0.0333 in 2024, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest children died before five per woman recorded in Vietnam?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7824 in 1959.
- What is the lowest children died before five per woman recorded in Vietnam?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0333 in 2024.
- How does Vietnam rank for children died before five per woman?
- Vietnam ranks 94th out of 200 countries with data for 2024.
- Is children died before five per woman rising or falling in Vietnam?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Vietnam data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Children died before five per woman. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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