Under-five mortality rate in South Sudan

The under-five mortality rate in South Sudan was 96.7 per 1,000 live births in 2024.

Measure: Under-five mortality rate Unit: Deaths per 1,000 live births Data: 1960 to 2024 Source: World Bank
South Sudan, 2024 96.7 Deaths per 1,000 live births
Change from 2023 0per 1,000 live births 2023: 96.7 per 1,000 live births
World, 2024 37.4 per 1,000 live births Official aggregate
Position in 2024 5th of 196 See the full ranking

Under-five mortality rate in South Sudan 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 South SudanWorld
2024 96.7 per 1,000 live births 37.4 per 1,000 live births
2023 96.7 per 1,000 live births 38.3 per 1,000 live births
2022 96.7 per 1,000 live births 40.0 per 1,000 live births
2021 96.7 per 1,000 live births 39.6 per 1,000 live births
2020 96.7 per 1,000 live births 39.2 per 1,000 live births
2019 96.7 per 1,000 live births 39.6 per 1,000 live births
2018 133.7 per 1,000 live births 40.0 per 1,000 live births
2017 292.0 per 1,000 live births 40.9 per 1,000 live births
2016 272.9 per 1,000 live births 41.7 per 1,000 live births
2015 240.8 per 1,000 live births 42.9 per 1,000 live births
2014 182.6 per 1,000 live births 43.9 per 1,000 live births
2013 97.2 per 1,000 live births 45.1 per 1,000 live births
2012 98.9 per 1,000 live births 46.7 per 1,000 live births
2011 102.3 per 1,000 live births 49.5 per 1,000 live births
2010 107.2 per 1,000 live births 50.6 per 1,000 live births
2009 112.7 per 1,000 live births 52.9 per 1,000 live births
2008 118.7 per 1,000 live births 54.7 per 1,000 live births
2007 124.9 per 1,000 live births 57.0 per 1,000 live births
2006 131.5 per 1,000 live births 59.6 per 1,000 live births
2005 138.4 per 1,000 live births 62.3 per 1,000 live births
2004 145.8 per 1,000 live births 65.8 per 1,000 live births
2003 153.7 per 1,000 live births 68.3 per 1,000 live births
2002 162.2 per 1,000 live births 71.3 per 1,000 live births
2001 171.1 per 1,000 live births 74.3 per 1,000 live births
2000 180.1 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 unchanged from 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 182.6 per 1,000 live births, the figure has changed by −85.9.
  • Among the 196 countries with data for 2024, South Sudan has the 5th 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 South Sudan
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)