Under-five mortality rate in Namibia

The under-five mortality rate in Namibia was 39.5 per 1,000 live births in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1967.

Measure: Under-five mortality rate Unit: Deaths per 1,000 live births Data: 1967 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Namibia, 2024 39.5 Deaths per 1,000 live births
Change from 2023 −1.6per 1,000 live births 2023: 41.1 per 1,000 live births
World, 2024 37.4 per 1,000 live births Official aggregate
Position in 2024 38th of 196 See the full ranking

Under-five mortality rate in Namibia 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), 2015 to 2024
Period Namibia
2024 39.5 per 1,000 live births
2023 41.1 per 1,000 live births
2022 41.6 per 1,000 live births
2021 43.2 per 1,000 live births
2020 44.8 per 1,000 live births
2019 46.6 per 1,000 live births
2018 48.5 per 1,000 live births
2017 49.8 per 1,000 live births
2016 51.4 per 1,000 live births
2015 51.8 per 1,000 live births

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −1.6 from 41.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 50.0 per 1,000 live births, the figure has changed by −10.5.
  • Among the 196 countries with data for 2024, Namibia has the 38th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 37.4 per 1,000 live births.

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
1967 to 2024 for Namibia
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)