Under-five mortality rate in East Asia and Pacific
The under-five mortality rate in East Asia and Pacific was 13.2 per 1,000 live births in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1990.
East Asia and Pacific is a group: World Bank region. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
East Asia and Pacific, 2024
13.2
Change from 2023
−0.5per 1,000 live births
World, 2024
37.4 per 1,000 live births
Under-five mortality rate in East Asia and Pacific 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.
| Period | East Asia and Pacific | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 13.2 per 1,000 live births | 37.4 per 1,000 live births |
| 2023 | 13.7 per 1,000 live births | 38.3 per 1,000 live births |
| 2022 | 14.0 per 1,000 live births | 40.0 per 1,000 live births |
| 2021 | 14.2 per 1,000 live births | 39.6 per 1,000 live births |
| 2020 | 14.4 per 1,000 live births | 39.2 per 1,000 live births |
| 2019 | 14.3 per 1,000 live births | 39.6 per 1,000 live births |
| 2018 | 14.8 per 1,000 live births | 40.0 per 1,000 live births |
| 2017 | 15.0 per 1,000 live births | 40.9 per 1,000 live births |
| 2016 | 15.7 per 1,000 live births | 41.7 per 1,000 live births |
| 2015 | 16.6 per 1,000 live births | 42.9 per 1,000 live births |
| 2014 | 17.2 per 1,000 live births | 43.9 per 1,000 live births |
| 2013 | 18.2 per 1,000 live births | 45.1 per 1,000 live births |
| 2012 | 19.1 per 1,000 live births | 46.7 per 1,000 live births |
| 2011 | 20.3 per 1,000 live births | 49.5 per 1,000 live births |
| 2010 | 21.4 per 1,000 live births | 50.6 per 1,000 live births |
| 2009 | 22.5 per 1,000 live births | 52.9 per 1,000 live births |
| 2008 | 24.9 per 1,000 live births | 54.7 per 1,000 live births |
| 2007 | 25.4 per 1,000 live births | 57.0 per 1,000 live births |
| 2006 | 27.0 per 1,000 live births | 59.6 per 1,000 live births |
| 2005 | 28.7 per 1,000 live births | 62.3 per 1,000 live births |
| 2004 | 31.5 per 1,000 live births | 65.8 per 1,000 live births |
| 2003 | 32.6 per 1,000 live births | 68.3 per 1,000 live births |
| 2002 | 35.5 per 1,000 live births | 71.3 per 1,000 live births |
| 2001 | 37.5 per 1,000 live births | 74.3 per 1,000 live births |
| 2000 | 39.6 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 −0.5 from 13.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 17.2 per 1,000 live births, the figure has changed by −4.0.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 37.4 per 1,000 live births.
More for East Asia and Pacific
All statistics for East Asia and Pacific
Infant mortality rate
10.7 per 1,000 live births
2024 · World Bank
Maternal mortality ratio
66 per 100,000 live births
2023 · World Bank
Life expectancy at birth
76.7 years
2024 · World Bank
Life expectancy at birth, women
79.7 years
2024 · World Bank
Life expectancy at birth, men
73.9 years
2024 · World Bank
Health spending share of GDP
6.8%
2023 · World Bank