Australia · Under-5 Mortality (WHO)
3.62024
Unit: per 1,000 live births. Publisher measure: Under-five mortality rate (probability of dying by age 5 per 1000 live births).
Probability of dying before the fifth birthday, both sexes and the whole wealth population (total wealth group), expressed per 1,000 live births under reference-year mortality conditions.
Measurement basis: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME) modelled or adjusted mortality probabilities/rates, disseminated by WHO.
Reference-period cadence: annual.
Source update cadence: annual. This does not establish a publication date for an individual reading.
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World Health Organization (Global Health Observatory); retrieved 2026-09-07. Retrieval time is separate from an official publisher release vintage.
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Reported estimates and uncertainty · 76 rows
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| Country | Year | Reading | Lower endpoint | Upper endpoint | Publisher note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 1949 | 32.158470951 | 30.477588749 | 33.910374392 | — |
| Australia | 1950 | 31.583086397 | 30.580258877 | 32.651630246 | — |
| Australia | 1951 | 30.969156989 | 30.287291521 | 31.671998439 | — |
| Australia | 1952 | 30.273512771 | 29.662430702 | 30.884381671 | — |
| Australia | 1953 | 29.49991339 | 28.92793592 | 30.087461006 | — |
| Australia | 1954 | 28.713561015 | 28.145184207 | 29.294397621 | — |
| Australia | 1955 | 27.961170728 | 27.431414929 | 28.513033348 | — |
| Australia | 1956 | 27.262602898 | 26.758629012 | 27.79646001 | — |
| Australia | 1957 | 26.61772774 | 26.107022358 | 27.146441657 | — |
| Australia | 1958 | 26.014796749 | 25.535653672 | 26.503149545 | — |
| Australia | 1959 | 25.437023127 | 24.956854771 | 25.931110981 | — |
| Australia | 1960 | 24.854803581 | 24.393541443 | 25.341197183 | — |
| Australia | 1961 | 24.27876522 | 23.839037772 | 24.755820486 | — |
| Australia | 1962 | 23.712234685 | 23.279207675 | 24.181435851 | — |
| Australia | 1963 | 23.171501394 | 22.752037372 | 23.615979725 | — |
| Australia | 1964 | 22.702988937 | 22.263933612 | 23.15718798 | — |
| Australia | 1965 | 22.342055231 | 21.908734237 | 22.7802151 | — |
| Australia | 1966 | 22.104781545 | 21.66835039 | 22.53358647 | — |
| Australia | 1967 | 21.965424627 | 21.528197547 | 22.391764028 | — |
| Australia | 1968 | 21.877831566 | 21.465566455 | 22.298564228 | — |
| Australia | 1969 | 21.7450973 | 21.334175949 | 22.175980067 | — |
| Australia | 1970 | 21.457849692 | 21.061106383 | 21.883816444 | — |
| Australia | 1971 | 20.978825206 | 20.583390717 | 21.394929829 | — |
| Australia | 1972 | 20.291722839 | 19.903936874 | 20.698398072 | — |
| Australia | 1973 | 19.420327981 | 19.055178054 | 19.792696772 | — |
| Australia | 1974 | 18.407061264 | 18.057212019 | 18.775510628 | — |
| Australia | 1975 | 17.31998417 | 16.98978102 | 17.652029625 | — |
| Australia | 1976 | 16.227854594 | 15.925691731 | 16.537312299 | — |
| Australia | 1977 | 15.228634207 | 14.9391742 | 15.529986601 | — |
| Australia | 1978 | 14.360757975 | 14.087969074 | 14.629050745 | — |
| Australia | 1979 | 13.627217446 | 13.361361133 | 13.892517908 | — |
| Australia | 1980 | 13.027934689 | 12.77995661 | 13.276423115 | — |
| Australia | 1981 | 12.545686716 | 12.312686878 | 12.783777726 | — |
| Australia | 1982 | 12.166614016 | 11.935957551 | 12.399293295 | — |
| Australia | 1983 | 11.862362163 | 11.641964429 | 12.08835013 | — |
| Australia | 1984 | 11.583558866 | 11.35968105 | 11.813861204 | — |
| Australia | 1985 | 11.293710399 | 11.078855665 | 11.516084958 | — |
| Australia | 1986 | 10.971828091 | 10.759918247 | 11.189352781 | — |
| Australia | 1987 | 10.602110128 | 10.396157231 | 10.820478675 | — |
| Australia | 1988 | 10.183469338 | 9.991450692 | 10.389648126 | — |
| Australia | 1989 | 9.713858513 | 9.524297878 | 9.910641138 | — |
| Australia | 1990 | 9.194537151 | 9.020586761 | 9.37542278 | — |
| Australia | 1991 | 8.661531025 | 8.497055025 | 8.82841635 | — |
| Australia | 1992 | 8.152257533 | 7.995235721 | 8.310559767 | — |
| Australia | 1993 | 7.6980134 | 7.550114262 | 7.843834499 | — |
| Australia | 1994 | 7.314079865 | 7.169890193 | 7.456790715 | — |
| Australia | 1995 | 7.009072932 | 6.873879007 | 7.14342743 | — |
| Australia | 1996 | 6.775761154 | 6.64482184 | 6.905788349 | — |
| Australia | 1997 | 6.593446617 | 6.466510987 | 6.724235738 | — |
| Australia | 1998 | 6.445976882 | 6.323566922 | 6.569954169 | — |
| Australia | 1999 | 6.317402656 | 6.191775586 | 6.442324096 | — |
| Australia | 2000 | 6.19188044 | 6.071405925 | 6.313122908 | — |
| Australia | 2001 | 6.07745781 | 5.955234439 | 6.197451656 | — |
| Australia | 2002 | 5.983026608 | 5.861084698 | 6.103963036 | — |
| Australia | 2003 | 5.908928649 | 5.793690934 | 6.025966855 | — |
| Australia | 2004 | 5.831027056 | 5.715480621 | 5.950841355 | — |
| Australia | 2005 | 5.723940932 | 5.613488126 | 5.839661231 | — |
| Australia | 2006 | 5.582402472 | 5.475490527 | 5.696249253 | — |
| Australia | 2007 | 5.412019482 | 5.306521277 | 5.523783291 | — |
| Australia | 2008 | 5.215773447 | 5.118120035 | 5.323310308 | — |
| Australia | 2009 | 5.000087539 | 4.904215974 | 5.104062609 | — |
| Australia | 2010 | 4.766181656 | 4.674144404 | 4.864039178 | — |
| Australia | 2011 | 4.532051218 | 4.441039407 | 4.623722439 | — |
| Australia | 2012 | 4.314755777 | 4.222921269 | 4.40503079 | — |
| Australia | 2013 | 4.127335719 | 4.038834914 | 4.213549632 | — |
| Australia | 2014 | 3.980898001 | 3.892062257 | 4.070118241 | — |
| Australia | 2015 | 3.883152099 | 3.79703672 | 3.96925998 | — |
| Australia | 2016 | 3.82795709 | 3.743758772 | 3.910449513 | — |
| Australia | 2017 | 3.801624823 | 3.717577769 | 3.884238037 | — |
| Australia | 2018 | 3.792094729 | 3.7099963 | 3.874086878 | — |
| Australia | 2019 | 3.786011571 | 3.70067843 | 3.874997658 | — |
| Australia | 2020 | 3.773206484 | 3.688931095 | 3.862787635 | — |
| Australia | 2021 | 3.747973222 | 3.66403414 | 3.837542055 | — |
| Australia | 2022 | 3.711634145 | 3.616633443 | 3.812053801 | — |
| Australia | 2023 | 3.664211014 | 3.52658266 | 3.806964002 | — |
| Australia | 2024 | 3.606601431 | 3.397561431 | 3.821536411 | — |
One row per country, indicator and year, with raw values, source links and reuse notices. Thresholds have an empty numeric value and separate number/operator fields; value_kind distinguishes upper bounds from absent readings.