United Kingdom · Under-5 Mortality (WHO)
4.72024
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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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
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| Country | Year | Reading | Lower endpoint | Upper endpoint | Publisher note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1949 | 38.149481147 | 36.21335096 | 40.166483234 | — |
| United Kingdom | 1950 | 36.592406439 | 35.452601372 | 37.773354141 | — |
| United Kingdom | 1951 | 35.072578075 | 34.305351595 | 35.8695677 | — |
| United Kingdom | 1952 | 33.568509865 | 32.908491398 | 34.264086789 | — |
| United Kingdom | 1953 | 32.108310593 | 31.492708051 | 32.733781437 | — |
| United Kingdom | 1954 | 30.764705917 | 30.164925452 | 31.385181998 | — |
| United Kingdom | 1955 | 29.630125494 | 29.049717546 | 30.205567643 | — |
| United Kingdom | 1956 | 28.70102497 | 28.130551303 | 29.248755052 | — |
| United Kingdom | 1957 | 27.968711284 | 27.403024692 | 28.510600075 | — |
| United Kingdom | 1958 | 27.405686014 | 26.904058826 | 27.933468041 | — |
| United Kingdom | 1959 | 26.956444141 | 26.453517041 | 27.482544872 | — |
| United Kingdom | 1960 | 26.561488701 | 26.06543543 | 27.069660245 | — |
| United Kingdom | 1961 | 26.130961527 | 25.641718838 | 26.658369473 | — |
| United Kingdom | 1962 | 25.594168826 | 25.101752723 | 26.132027306 | — |
| United Kingdom | 1963 | 24.916469309 | 24.452513611 | 25.40928144 | — |
| United Kingdom | 1964 | 24.171827886 | 23.709470668 | 24.644676086 | — |
| United Kingdom | 1965 | 23.435246574 | 22.999156046 | 23.880483299 | — |
| United Kingdom | 1966 | 22.770692006 | 22.331747262 | 23.211550085 | — |
| United Kingdom | 1967 | 22.222454492 | 21.789773934 | 22.669417654 | — |
| United Kingdom | 1968 | 21.794117114 | 21.389655014 | 22.212797311 | — |
| United Kingdom | 1969 | 21.417983778 | 21.011765039 | 21.837461915 | — |
| United Kingdom | 1970 | 21.027667261 | 20.634462999 | 21.434635804 | — |
| United Kingdom | 1971 | 20.57394295 | 20.182101892 | 20.969849549 | — |
| United Kingdom | 1972 | 20.039998447 | 19.650099024 | 20.437733101 | — |
| United Kingdom | 1973 | 19.409975813 | 19.057314302 | 19.785883687 | — |
| United Kingdom | 1974 | 18.719386036 | 18.360454469 | 19.085213125 | — |
| United Kingdom | 1975 | 17.978079232 | 17.640841523 | 18.314331603 | — |
| United Kingdom | 1976 | 17.209017416 | 16.890796629 | 17.535438195 | — |
| United Kingdom | 1977 | 16.442996613 | 16.130301149 | 16.764020491 | — |
| United Kingdom | 1978 | 15.679899291 | 15.387032327 | 15.985513246 | — |
| United Kingdom | 1979 | 14.911684347 | 14.62862931 | 15.218284053 | — |
| United Kingdom | 1980 | 14.130839675 | 13.865241681 | 14.409387346 | — |
| United Kingdom | 1981 | 13.376245872 | 13.122936124 | 13.637888206 | — |
| United Kingdom | 1982 | 12.707990666 | 12.452249026 | 12.961849955 | — |
| United Kingdom | 1983 | 12.157323934 | 11.912649452 | 12.389743591 | — |
| United Kingdom | 1984 | 11.714167999 | 11.481664994 | 11.94546812 | — |
| United Kingdom | 1985 | 11.378525924 | 11.16425315 | 11.597487849 | — |
| United Kingdom | 1986 | 11.09261291 | 10.882882234 | 11.310551688 | — |
| United Kingdom | 1987 | 10.774186862 | 10.556736989 | 11.000563104 | — |
| United Kingdom | 1988 | 10.375062745 | 10.158767489 | 10.601080511 | — |
| United Kingdom | 1989 | 9.881344343 | 9.677343328 | 10.098601167 | — |
| United Kingdom | 1990 | 9.30436235 | 9.127016348 | 9.487290301 | — |
| United Kingdom | 1991 | 8.705127304 | 8.543288679 | 8.869772001 | — |
| United Kingdom | 1992 | 8.171244612 | 8.004043066 | 8.336741008 | — |
| United Kingdom | 1993 | 7.743926144 | 7.580147596 | 7.897573834 | — |
| United Kingdom | 1994 | 7.416419522 | 7.262459669 | 7.566170208 | — |
| United Kingdom | 1995 | 7.184448177 | 7.04449182 | 7.321378694 | — |
| United Kingdom | 1996 | 7.019875282 | 6.889387079 | 7.153078923 | — |
| United Kingdom | 1997 | 6.88799706 | 6.758208279 | 7.025700345 | — |
| United Kingdom | 1998 | 6.769491212 | 6.640246777 | 6.901151236 | — |
| United Kingdom | 1999 | 6.655926181 | 6.527613898 | 6.787185168 | — |
| United Kingdom | 2000 | 6.549426168 | 6.425776654 | 6.67347064 | — |
| United Kingdom | 2001 | 6.447014329 | 6.322304393 | 6.56909914 | — |
| United Kingdom | 2002 | 6.347808941 | 6.223258629 | 6.47050214 | — |
| United Kingdom | 2003 | 6.249437681 | 6.133552278 | 6.368216026 | — |
| United Kingdom | 2004 | 6.147758582 | 6.029679684 | 6.267425604 | — |
| United Kingdom | 2005 | 6.034873675 | 5.923411645 | 6.150649191 | — |
| United Kingdom | 2006 | 5.905547339 | 5.795577104 | 6.021095987 | — |
| United Kingdom | 2007 | 5.751435004 | 5.642452987 | 5.869042703 | — |
| United Kingdom | 2008 | 5.571344269 | 5.467881258 | 5.682409612 | — |
| United Kingdom | 2009 | 5.374823458 | 5.273773218 | 5.48147266 | — |
| United Kingdom | 2010 | 5.168310757 | 5.074241247 | 5.267104914 | — |
| United Kingdom | 2011 | 4.968769721 | 4.87650462 | 5.061747114 | — |
| United Kingdom | 2012 | 4.790722569 | 4.698085138 | 4.880954817 | — |
| United Kingdom | 2013 | 4.645314317 | 4.558018067 | 4.731140081 | — |
| United Kingdom | 2014 | 4.533418511 | 4.445729457 | 4.621093966 | — |
| United Kingdom | 2015 | 4.457972674 | 4.376590478 | 4.543590831 | — |
| United Kingdom | 2016 | 4.410890526 | 4.329605852 | 4.496246261 | — |
| United Kingdom | 2017 | 4.382434352 | 4.299009686 | 4.468365741 | — |
| United Kingdom | 2018 | 4.366871001 | 4.284624079 | 4.449779611 | — |
| United Kingdom | 2019 | 4.369152412 | 4.282014508 | 4.455990488 | — |
| United Kingdom | 2020 | 4.393954122 | 4.30711506 | 4.479568173 | — |
| United Kingdom | 2021 | 4.444453467 | 4.357692145 | 4.532636248 | — |
| United Kingdom | 2022 | 4.518449766 | 4.420303968 | 4.61864618 | — |
| United Kingdom | 2023 | 4.606016794 | 4.459910823 | 4.761282604 | — |
| United Kingdom | 2024 | 4.67995627 | 4.448736291 | 4.936260986 | — |
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.