Under-five mortality rate in Central African Republic

The under-five mortality rate in Central African Republic was 89.7 per 1,000 live births in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1960.

Measure: Under-five mortality rate Unit: Deaths per 1,000 live births Data: 1960 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Central African Republic, 2024 89.7 Deaths per 1,000 live births
Change from 2023 −2.9per 1,000 live births 2023: 92.6 per 1,000 live births
World, 2024 37.4 per 1,000 live births Official aggregate
Position in 2024 8th of 196 See the full ranking

Under-five mortality rate in Central African Republic over time

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Deaths per 1,000 live births. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Under-five mortality rate (deaths per 1,000 live births), 2000 to 2024
Period Central African RepublicWorld
2024 89.7 per 1,000 live births 37.4 per 1,000 live births
2023 92.6 per 1,000 live births 38.3 per 1,000 live births
2022 424.6 per 1,000 live births 40.0 per 1,000 live births
2021 178.7 per 1,000 live births 39.6 per 1,000 live births
2020 124.2 per 1,000 live births 39.2 per 1,000 live births
2019 254.7 per 1,000 live births 39.6 per 1,000 live births
2018 120.2 per 1,000 live births 40.0 per 1,000 live births
2017 155.2 per 1,000 live births 40.9 per 1,000 live births
2016 126.8 per 1,000 live births 41.7 per 1,000 live births
2015 113.7 per 1,000 live births 42.9 per 1,000 live births
2014 186.8 per 1,000 live births 43.9 per 1,000 live births
2013 134.2 per 1,000 live births 45.1 per 1,000 live births
2012 121.9 per 1,000 live births 46.7 per 1,000 live births
2011 125.1 per 1,000 live births 49.5 per 1,000 live births
2010 150.7 per 1,000 live births 50.6 per 1,000 live births
2009 489.3 per 1,000 live births 52.9 per 1,000 live births
2008 135.5 per 1,000 live births 54.7 per 1,000 live births
2007 139.3 per 1,000 live births 57.0 per 1,000 live births
2006 143.5 per 1,000 live births 59.6 per 1,000 live births
2005 147.9 per 1,000 live births 62.3 per 1,000 live births
2004 151.8 per 1,000 live births 65.8 per 1,000 live births
2003 155.6 per 1,000 live births 68.3 per 1,000 live births
2002 159.0 per 1,000 live births 71.3 per 1,000 live births
2001 162.5 per 1,000 live births 74.3 per 1,000 live births
2000 165.5 per 1,000 live births 76.7 per 1,000 live births

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −2.9 from 92.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 186.8 per 1,000 live births, the figure has changed by −97.1.
  • Among the 196 countries with data for 2024, Central African Republic has the 8th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 37.4 per 1,000 live births.

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Source and dates

Original producer
UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA)
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SH.DYN.MORT · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1960 to 2024 for Central African Republic
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA)