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Under-five mortality rate in Myanmar

The under-five mortality rate in Myanmar was 36.9 per 1,000 live births in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1968.

Measure: Under-five mortality rate Unit: Deaths per 1,000 live births Data: 1968 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Myanmar, 2024 36.9 Deaths per 1,000 live births
Change from 2023 −1.2per 1,000 live births 2023: 38.1 per 1,000 live births
World, 2024 37.4 per 1,000 live births Official aggregate
Position in 2024 49th of 196 See the full ranking

Under-five mortality rate in Myanmar 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 MyanmarWorld
2024 36.9 per 1,000 live births 37.4 per 1,000 live births
2023 38.1 per 1,000 live births 38.3 per 1,000 live births
2022 39.5 per 1,000 live births 40.0 per 1,000 live births
2021 40.8 per 1,000 live births 39.6 per 1,000 live births
2020 42.1 per 1,000 live births 39.2 per 1,000 live births
2019 43.6 per 1,000 live births 39.6 per 1,000 live births
2018 45.2 per 1,000 live births 40.0 per 1,000 live births
2017 46.8 per 1,000 live births 40.9 per 1,000 live births
2016 48.7 per 1,000 live births 41.7 per 1,000 live births
2015 50.5 per 1,000 live births 42.9 per 1,000 live births
2014 52.4 per 1,000 live births 43.9 per 1,000 live births
2013 54.6 per 1,000 live births 45.1 per 1,000 live births
2012 57.0 per 1,000 live births 46.7 per 1,000 live births
2011 59.7 per 1,000 live births 49.5 per 1,000 live births
2010 62.4 per 1,000 live births 50.6 per 1,000 live births
2009 65.1 per 1,000 live births 52.9 per 1,000 live births
2008 101.7 per 1,000 live births 54.7 per 1,000 live births
2007 70.8 per 1,000 live births 57.0 per 1,000 live births
2006 73.6 per 1,000 live births 59.6 per 1,000 live births
2005 76.3 per 1,000 live births 62.3 per 1,000 live births
2004 79.1 per 1,000 live births 65.8 per 1,000 live births
2003 81.6 per 1,000 live births 68.3 per 1,000 live births
2002 84.1 per 1,000 live births 71.3 per 1,000 live births
2001 86.5 per 1,000 live births 74.3 per 1,000 live births
2000 88.9 per 1,000 live births 76.7 per 1,000 live births

A dash means no value was published for that period.

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In short

  • That is a change of −1.2 from 38.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 52.4 per 1,000 live births, the figure has changed by −15.5.
  • Among the 196 countries with data for 2024, Myanmar has the 49th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 37.4 per 1,000 live births.

More for Myanmar

All statistics for Myanmar
Infant mortality rate 32.8 per 1,000 live births 2024 · World Bank Maternal mortality ratio 185 per 100,000 live births 2023 · World Bank Life expectancy estimates and projections 66.9 years 2023 · UN Population Division Life expectancy at 65, estimates and projections 13.4 years 2023 · UN Population Division Healthy life expectancy 60.6 years 2023 · WHO UHC service coverage 52 2023 · WHO

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
1968 to 2024 for Myanmar
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)