Canada · Under-5 Mortality (WHO)
5.42024
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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A “<” sign means strictly below the stated number. Numeric readings and uncertainty endpoints keep their own comparison signs. A number without a sign does not establish certainty or an observed outcome.
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
Each comparison sign applies to its own reading or uncertainty endpoint. Values retain source precision. “Not reported” identifies an absent reading or uncertainty endpoint in this source capture.
| Country | Year | Reading | Lower endpoint | Upper endpoint | Publisher note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 1949 | 51.253244556 | 48.994060604 | 53.653134551 | — |
| Canada | 1950 | 48.636117152 | 47.167692771 | 50.189535025 | — |
| Canada | 1951 | 46.149945038 | 45.169440284 | 47.196777636 | — |
| Canada | 1952 | 43.844393047 | 43.057056912 | 44.696435188 | — |
| Canada | 1953 | 41.747148493 | 40.993796516 | 42.514444431 | — |
| Canada | 1954 | 39.902340504 | 39.142060973 | 40.643973886 | — |
| Canada | 1955 | 38.337757107 | 37.632182991 | 39.042896145 | — |
| Canada | 1956 | 37.010240013 | 36.349004634 | 37.679837621 | — |
| Canada | 1957 | 35.825596262 | 35.187331414 | 36.469220245 | — |
| Canada | 1958 | 34.708444047 | 34.109847823 | 35.318703987 | — |
| Canada | 1959 | 33.648654329 | 33.057546074 | 34.24531022 | — |
| Canada | 1960 | 32.619087824 | 32.070084093 | 33.198546944 | — |
| Canada | 1961 | 31.581780108 | 31.043109895 | 32.149550285 | — |
| Canada | 1962 | 30.507849988 | 29.975053537 | 31.054014565 | — |
| Canada | 1963 | 29.376736359 | 28.872165462 | 29.891432421 | — |
| Canada | 1964 | 28.231860749 | 27.74622456 | 28.731087969 | — |
| Canada | 1965 | 27.099054591 | 26.643336459 | 27.58263728 | — |
| Canada | 1966 | 26.00541546 | 25.566244075 | 26.473661506 | — |
| Canada | 1967 | 24.952946391 | 24.528478499 | 25.398322027 | — |
| Canada | 1968 | 23.942622682 | 23.542918629 | 24.355308275 | — |
| Canada | 1969 | 22.948107269 | 22.563196976 | 23.347641986 | — |
| Canada | 1970 | 21.953066246 | 21.589387452 | 22.335136121 | — |
| Canada | 1971 | 20.950276048 | 20.601504169 | 21.324710073 | — |
| Canada | 1972 | 19.942144048 | 19.604035285 | 20.300666487 | — |
| Canada | 1973 | 18.939244321 | 18.626074257 | 19.278139968 | — |
| Canada | 1974 | 17.945248789 | 17.637393379 | 18.267386538 | — |
| Canada | 1975 | 16.964712543 | 16.676380742 | 17.261277297 | — |
| Canada | 1976 | 16.003758714 | 15.73081225 | 16.284847853 | — |
| Canada | 1977 | 15.072890609 | 14.808080283 | 15.337677523 | — |
| Canada | 1978 | 14.178926397 | 13.931862016 | 14.421917468 | — |
| Canada | 1979 | 13.3256286 | 13.091323992 | 13.55836995 | — |
| Canada | 1980 | 12.527864114 | 12.308919563 | 12.745217599 | — |
| Canada | 1981 | 11.799175064 | 11.587582018 | 12.003824108 | — |
| Canada | 1982 | 11.151591047 | 10.946263567 | 11.355027237 | — |
| Canada | 1983 | 10.597885005 | 10.404057822 | 10.785460484 | — |
| Canada | 1984 | 10.130439513 | 9.94346235 | 10.311450307 | — |
| Canada | 1985 | 9.744174498 | 9.569027704 | 9.914463172 | — |
| Canada | 1986 | 9.418161694 | 9.25450222 | 9.582115026 | — |
| Canada | 1987 | 9.123879938 | 8.965588634 | 9.286251049 | — |
| Canada | 1988 | 8.841515468 | 8.687361184 | 8.996028408 | — |
| Canada | 1989 | 8.557070679 | 8.402466869 | 8.711453971 | — |
| Canada | 1990 | 8.260860254 | 8.116274048 | 8.405785638 | — |
| Canada | 1991 | 7.963156542 | 7.826027222 | 8.100358168 | — |
| Canada | 1992 | 7.677572445 | 7.543675268 | 7.813324356 | — |
| Canada | 1993 | 7.414493203 | 7.286271537 | 7.542642016 | — |
| Canada | 1994 | 7.166650024 | 7.04152373 | 7.294573314 | — |
| Canada | 1995 | 6.929415236 | 6.810356894 | 7.0517447 | — |
| Canada | 1996 | 6.711819227 | 6.594117122 | 6.830638788 | — |
| Canada | 1997 | 6.525971723 | 6.408855122 | 6.644109787 | — |
| Canada | 1998 | 6.379500045 | 6.265005685 | 6.495579045 | — |
| Canada | 1999 | 6.277619225 | 6.162369572 | 6.392723458 | — |
| Canada | 2000 | 6.220880415 | 6.110661361 | 6.330700639 | — |
| Canada | 2001 | 6.195764959 | 6.089635905 | 6.302663803 | — |
| Canada | 2002 | 6.184115963 | 6.077066694 | 6.296053611 | — |
| Canada | 2003 | 6.170979636 | 6.067984052 | 6.285329117 | — |
| Canada | 2004 | 6.147414442 | 6.042340308 | 6.263526744 | — |
| Canada | 2005 | 6.103237893 | 5.997962577 | 6.216146387 | — |
| Canada | 2006 | 6.040506106 | 5.935607208 | 6.15035132 | — |
| Canada | 2007 | 5.966684527 | 5.86260995 | 6.073509188 | — |
| Canada | 2008 | 5.885465928 | 5.785451719 | 5.987053516 | — |
| Canada | 2009 | 5.803738493 | 5.703745738 | 5.903529739 | — |
| Canada | 2010 | 5.725838801 | 5.627398936 | 5.823180793 | — |
| Canada | 2011 | 5.649656646 | 5.55179252 | 5.748710748 | — |
| Canada | 2012 | 5.572413113 | 5.47589362 | 5.672417348 | — |
| Canada | 2013 | 5.49390928 | 5.400867334 | 5.590636325 | — |
| Canada | 2014 | 5.415688086 | 5.321657947 | 5.51268933 | — |
| Canada | 2015 | 5.34295127 | 5.250439561 | 5.436674819 | — |
| Canada | 2016 | 5.277148185 | 5.18536553 | 5.371255846 | — |
| Canada | 2017 | 5.225028483 | 5.131662578 | 5.319250333 | — |
| Canada | 2018 | 5.191380912 | 5.09731917 | 5.284220367 | — |
| Canada | 2019 | 5.179659084 | 5.083141695 | 5.273687439 | — |
| Canada | 2020 | 5.1942479 | 5.099474645 | 5.287372181 | — |
| Canada | 2021 | 5.234140066 | 5.137842267 | 5.330709964 | — |
| Canada | 2022 | 5.298237138 | 5.181840098 | 5.414360691 | — |
| Canada | 2023 | 5.370950366 | 5.210760496 | 5.54029242 | — |
| Canada | 2024 | 5.426925906 | 5.193913097 | 5.689253895 | — |
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.