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Under-5 mortality by country

196 countries and territories · latest available readings · reference years 2024

Measure: Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births)

Unit: per 1,000 live births

This measure concerns the probability of dying before age five, expressed per 1,000 live births. Infant mortality concerns death before age one and is a different statistic.

The legacy URL contains infant-mortality because this series was previously mislabeled. The indicator code and values here are the under-5 series. Compare reference years before drawing conclusions between countries.

World Bank (World Development Indicators) · Publisher definition. Metadata retrieved 2026-09-07; that is not an observation release date.

Measurement correction record · Compare countries in the same year and export the data

Under-5 mortality by country: latest available values and reference years
RankCountry or territoryDeaths per 1,000 live birthsYear
1Nigeria115.62024
2Niger110.72024
3Somalia, Fed. Rep.101.12024
4Chad97.32024
5South Sudan96.72024
6Guinea92.12024
7Sierra Leone90.52024
8Central African Republic89.72024
9Congo, Dem. Rep.89.72024
10Liberia86.42024
11Burkina Faso74.92024
12Benin74.72024
13Mali732024
14Equatorial Guinea682024
15Guinea-Bissau67.32024
16Cameroon64.82024
17Zimbabwe64.72024
18Cote d'Ivoire64.52024
19Madagascar62.42024
20Sudan61.62024
21Lesotho602024
22Mozambique59.42024
23Togo56.12024
24Pakistan562024
25Kiribati53.12024
26Afghanistan532024
27Haiti52.82024
28Angola492024
29Djibouti48.92024
30Malawi48.82024
31Uganda48.72024
32Zambia48.42024
33Timor-Leste47.62024
34Burundi47.12024
35Eswatini45.12024
36Ethiopia44.52024
37Gambia, The42.42024
38Namibia39.52024
39Papua New Guinea39.42024
40Congo, Rep.39.12024
41Turkmenistan392024
42Comoros392024
43Kenya38.82024
44Yemen, Rep.38.12024
45West Bank and Gaza37.92024
46Rwanda37.72024
47Tanzania372024
48Mauritania36.92024
49Myanmar36.92024
50Senegal36.52024
51Ghana35.92024
52Dominica35.72024
53South Africa35.12024
54Eritrea34.32024
55Botswana33.32024
56Gabon32.62024
57Dominican Republic30.62024
58Bangladesh30.52024
59Lao PDR29.42024
60Fiji29.12024
61Tajikistan28.12024
62Marshall Islands26.72024
63India26.62024
64Philippines26.52024
65Guyana25.22024
66Nepal25.12024
67Venezuela, RB24.22024
68Egypt, Arab Rep.22.42024
69Micronesia, Fed. Sts.22.42024
70Iraq21.82024
71Algeria21.62024
72Palau21.42024
73Guatemala20.52024
74Solomon Islands202024
75Tuvalu19.22024
76Trinidad and Tobago18.82024
77Syrian Arab Republic18.42024
78Cambodia18.42024
79Grenada182024
80Azerbaijan17.92024
81Jamaica17.82024
82Indonesia17.72024
83Lebanon17.62024
84Viet Nam17.32024
85St. Lucia17.22024
86Bhutan17.22024
87Vanuatu17.12024
88Kyrgyz Republic16.82024
89Korea, Dem. People's Rep.16.72024
90Moldova16.52024
91Paraguay16.32024
92St. Kitts and Nevis15.92024
93Suriname15.82024
94Bolivia15.72024
95Morocco15.72024
96Mauritius15.42024
97Panama15.32024
98Honduras152024
99Samoa14.92024
100Brazil14.22024
101Seychelles142024
102Sao Tome and Principe13.62024
103Mongolia13.42024
104Uzbekistan13.42024
105Mexico13.12024
106Jordan12.92024
107Peru12.92024
108Ecuador12.92024
109Belize12.72024
110Bahamas, The12.42024
111British Virgin Islands12.42024
112Tunisia12.12024
113Colombia11.52024
114Iran, Islamic Rep.11.32024
115St. Vincent and the Grenadines11.32024
116Nicaragua11.22024
117Cabo Verde11.12024
118Costa Rica10.42024
119Oman10.32024
120El Salvador102024
121Brunei Darussalam9.92024
122Libya9.82024
123Barbados9.82024
124Turkiye9.62024
125Armenia9.62024
126Argentina9.52024
127Tonga9.52024
128Kazakhstan9.42024
129Albania9.22024
130Antigua and Barbuda9.12024
131Thailand92024
132Bahrain8.82024
133Kosovo8.72024
134Georgia8.62024
135Cuba8.62024
136Naoero8.32024
137Malaysia8.32024
138Kuwait8.12024
139Ukraine7.92024
140Uruguay7.42024
141Romania7.32024
142Bosnia and Herzegovina6.92024
143Chile6.82024
144United States6.52024
145Slovak Republic6.32024
146Saudi Arabia62024
147Sri Lanka5.92024
148Qatar5.92024
149China5.72024
150Bulgaria5.72024
151Croatia5.62024
152Canada5.42024
153Serbia5.42024
154Maldives5.42024
155Malta5.32024
156Russian Federation5.22024
157Cyprus52024
158United Arab Emirates4.82024
159United Kingdom4.72024
160Turks and Caicos Islands4.72024
161New Zealand4.72024
162France4.32024
163Poland4.22024
164Denmark42024
165Ireland3.92024
166Switzerland3.92024
167Netherlands3.92024
168Greece3.82024
169Belgium3.72024
170Hungary3.72024
171Germany3.72024
172Australia3.62024
173Lithuania3.42024
174Austria3.32024
175Israel3.32024
176Portugal3.22024
177Spain3.22024
178North Macedonia2.82024
179Iceland2.82024
180Korea, Rep.2.82024
181Italy2.72024
182Singapore2.72024
183Monaco2.72024
184Czechia2.62024
185Andorra2.52024
186Latvia2.52024
187Norway2.52024
188Sweden2.42024
189Montenegro2.42024
190Finland2.42024
191Japan2.42024
192Belarus2.32024
193Slovenia2.32024
194Luxembourg2.22024
195Estonia22024
196San Marino1.32024

Values are rounded for display. Countries without a reading are omitted; zero is a valid reading. The year column belongs to each estimate. Rankings compare the listed latest values, which may cover different years.

Read the original measurement definition

Under-five mortality rate is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.

Original contributors: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), uri: www.childmortality.org, publisher: UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, United Nations Population Division; World Health Organization (WHO), uri: www.childmortality.org, note: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation; World Bank (WB), uri: www.childmortality.org, note: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation; United Nations (UN), uri: www.childmortality.org, note: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, publisher: UN Population Division