South Sudan · Under-5 Mortality (WHO)
96.72024
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 · 71 rows
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| Country | Year | Reading | Lower endpoint | Upper endpoint | Publisher note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Sudan | 1954 | 368.35776767 | 289.021873449 | 481.115122206 | — |
| South Sudan | 1955 | 365.609540376 | 291.953727743 | 470.759441649 | — |
| South Sudan | 1956 | 362.939853117 | 290.596985207 | 465.303200713 | — |
| South Sudan | 1957 | 360.307706365 | 286.397926905 | 466.577845912 | — |
| South Sudan | 1958 | 357.436840952 | 279.942820674 | 469.688713662 | — |
| South Sudan | 1959 | 355.13241595 | 272.918454928 | 473.550039009 | — |
| South Sudan | 1960 | 352.618267139 | 266.154720863 | 477.013129432 | — |
| South Sudan | 1961 | 349.950207752 | 259.045612199 | 482.859151196 | — |
| South Sudan | 1962 | 347.189358166 | 253.055581607 | 487.632259856 | — |
| South Sudan | 1963 | 388.327778067 | 279.054858188 | 550.892681411 | — |
| South Sudan | 1964 | 341.177536057 | 243.657794922 | 487.25172974 | — |
| South Sudan | 1965 | 338.307103061 | 238.688578659 | 484.089967473 | — |
| South Sudan | 1966 | 410.861189765 | 289.6373509 | 591.306634505 | — |
| South Sudan | 1967 | 407.030991203 | 285.023633029 | 587.310835941 | — |
| South Sudan | 1968 | 403.469651067 | 282.629620434 | 583.171892335 | — |
| South Sudan | 1969 | 409.385016595 | 287.538323085 | 586.739896359 | — |
| South Sudan | 1970 | 405.247915285 | 285.52185704 | 576.148319889 | — |
| South Sudan | 1971 | 317.695641441 | 226.005363759 | 448.87943871 | — |
| South Sudan | 1972 | 314.277608878 | 225.351384507 | 440.231996301 | — |
| South Sudan | 1973 | 311.002083728 | 225.37367807 | 430.333344278 | — |
| South Sudan | 1974 | 307.23070075 | 224.890130575 | 420.273631504 | — |
| South Sudan | 1975 | 303.854431952 | 225.56462956 | 411.013479782 | — |
| South Sudan | 1976 | 300.593715203 | 225.387471119 | 401.123178571 | — |
| South Sudan | 1977 | 297.082418039 | 225.520020806 | 391.868594007 | — |
| South Sudan | 1978 | 293.149535561 | 225.719611487 | 381.694804218 | — |
| South Sudan | 1979 | 289.439531019 | 225.765207612 | 371.47358247 | — |
| South Sudan | 1980 | 286.009414772 | 224.9551563 | 362.946134763 | — |
| South Sudan | 1981 | 282.590572947 | 223.579158792 | 355.325910103 | — |
| South Sudan | 1982 | 279.207449433 | 222.77414892 | 348.691870971 | — |
| South Sudan | 1983 | 275.947005009 | 220.434290111 | 341.876889747 | — |
| South Sudan | 1984 | 272.471297986 | 218.095269452 | 335.383140485 | — |
| South Sudan | 1985 | 268.719781001 | 216.010743849 | 328.855780927 | — |
| South Sudan | 1986 | 264.973908215 | 214.223689419 | 322.543826772 | — |
| South Sudan | 1987 | 357.833880528 | 290.001520182 | 431.940892029 | — |
| South Sudan | 1988 | 780.939112097 | 634.070431102 | 934.764213861 | — |
| South Sudan | 1989 | 305.68004527 | 249.293898162 | 362.600638374 | — |
| South Sudan | 1990 | 301.295885358 | 246.738676299 | 355.140277356 | — |
| South Sudan | 1991 | 295.618451615 | 243.202189775 | 346.943310592 | — |
| South Sudan | 1992 | 337.126203706 | 277.017361562 | 394.160391368 | — |
| South Sudan | 1993 | 330.591472295 | 272.048498571 | 386.165198605 | — |
| South Sudan | 1994 | 227.620768819 | 187.940285282 | 266.522265256 | — |
| South Sudan | 1995 | 267.971721457 | 222.002706352 | 315.437471718 | — |
| South Sudan | 1996 | 259.713655443 | 215.926594513 | 306.585814374 | — |
| South Sudan | 1997 | 250.900610762 | 209.18861417 | 297.260344706 | — |
| South Sudan | 1998 | 430.799262017 | 361.19017912 | 510.476471695 | — |
| South Sudan | 1999 | 189.029150408 | 158.855367237 | 223.728184196 | — |
| South Sudan | 2000 | 180.053267616 | 151.72944905 | 212.690364734 | — |
| South Sudan | 2001 | 171.069203955 | 144.673119426 | 201.711181928 | — |
| South Sudan | 2002 | 162.240064015 | 137.301697615 | 190.819958017 | — |
| South Sudan | 2003 | 153.73106771 | 129.956871201 | 181.019156068 | — |
| South Sudan | 2004 | 145.81438561 | 122.253778023 | 172.505097725 | — |
| South Sudan | 2005 | 138.401326189 | 114.697283726 | 165.475381085 | — |
| South Sudan | 2006 | 131.45137115 | 106.850404581 | 159.674805983 | — |
| South Sudan | 2007 | 124.856733174 | 98.714784423 | 154.869579995 | — |
| South Sudan | 2008 | 118.680714115 | 91.039039364 | 151.298347061 | — |
| South Sudan | 2009 | 112.671616403 | 82.872185171 | 148.708189841 | — |
| South Sudan | 2010 | 107.157830455 | 74.998780732 | 147.118019632 | — |
| South Sudan | 2011 | 102.332033838 | 67.872484112 | 146.193776269 | — |
| South Sudan | 2012 | 98.915572538 | 62.057154084 | 146.824749971 | — |
| South Sudan | 2013 | 97.178879547 | 57.591138008 | 151.285543186 | — |
| South Sudan | 2014 | 182.629180938 | 102.009829339 | 297.536469508 | — |
| South Sudan | 2015 | 240.791417637 | 125.775406217 | 409.690574542 | — |
| South Sudan | 2016 | 272.880542214 | 132.796053402 | 490.408149701 | — |
| South Sudan | 2017 | 292.048258376 | 130.992348313 | 552.20678635 | — |
| South Sudan | 2018 | 133.715441744 | 56.066484582 | 266.152895236 | — |
| South Sudan | 2019 | 96.711334749 | 37.663443482 | 206.668069796 | — |
| South Sudan | 2020 | 96.711334749 | 34.751259916 | 219.547891901 | — |
| South Sudan | 2021 | 96.711334749 | 32.065385022 | 233.955691832 | — |
| South Sudan | 2022 | 96.711334749 | 29.260516267 | 249.088640673 | — |
| South Sudan | 2023 | 96.711334749 | 26.76443431 | 265.633640805 | — |
| South Sudan | 2024 | 96.711334749 | 24.93572557 | 283.180989501 | — |
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.