Child mortality rate: China
0.57% in 2024, the latest year published. Figures for 65 years from 1950 to 2024 are below.
Long-run estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.
Source: Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (deaths per 100 live births) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.57 |
| 2023 | 0.61 |
| 2022 | 0.66 |
| 2021 | 0.7 |
| 2020 | 0.75 |
| 2019 | 0.8 |
| 2018 | 0.86 |
| 2017 | 0.93 |
| 2016 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1.07 |
| 2014 | 1.16 |
| 2013 | 1.25 |
| 2012 | 1.35 |
| 2011 | 1.46 |
| 2010 | 1.57 |
| 2009 | 1.71 |
| 2008 | 1.85 |
| 2007 | 2.01 |
| 2006 | 2.19 |
| 2005 | 2.4 |
| 2004 | 2.63 |
| 2003 | 2.88 |
| 2002 | 3.14 |
| 2001 | 3.41 |
| 2000 | 3.66 |
| 1999 | 3.91 |
| 1998 | 4.14 |
| 1997 | 4.35 |
| 1996 | 4.55 |
| 1995 | 4.74 |
| 1994 | 4.92 |
| 1993 | 5.08 |
| 1992 | 5.21 |
| 1991 | 5.3 |
| 1990 | 5.36 |
| 1989 | 5.38 |
| 1988 | 5.39 |
| 1987 | 5.38 |
| 1986 | 5.39 |
| 1985 | 5.42 |
| 1984 | 5.49 |
| 1983 | 5.61 |
| 1982 | 5.77 |
| 1981 | 5.99 |
| 1980 | 6.26 |
| 1979 | 6.59 |
| 1978 | 6.98 |
| 1977 | 7.42 |
| 1976 | 7.91 |
| 1975 | 8.43 |
| 1974 | 8.97 |
| 1973 | 9.52 |
| 1972 | 10.08 |
| 1971 | 10.63 |
| 1970 | 11.21 |
| 1969 | 11.8 |
| 1968 | 13.23 |
| 1965 | 11.54 |
| 1962 | 16.78 |
| 1961 | 26.19 |
| 1960 | 30.9 |
| 1959 | 26.85 |
| 1958 | 23.33 |
| 1955 | 29.1 |
| 1950 | 31.71 |