Under-five mortality rate in Sub-Saharan Africa
The under-five mortality rate in Sub-Saharan Africa was 71.2 per 1,000 live births in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1990.
Sub-Saharan Africa is a group: World Bank region. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
Sub-Saharan Africa, 2024
71.2
Change from 2023
−2.0per 1,000 live births
World, 2024
37.4 per 1,000 live births
Under-five mortality rate in Sub-Saharan Africa 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 | Sub-Saharan Africa | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 71.2 per 1,000 live births | 37.4 per 1,000 live births |
| 2023 | 73.2 per 1,000 live births | 38.3 per 1,000 live births |
| 2022 | 78.3 per 1,000 live births | 40.0 per 1,000 live births |
| 2021 | 77.1 per 1,000 live births | 39.6 per 1,000 live births |
| 2020 | 75.9 per 1,000 live births | 39.2 per 1,000 live births |
| 2019 | 78.0 per 1,000 live births | 39.6 per 1,000 live births |
| 2018 | 79.0 per 1,000 live births | 40.0 per 1,000 live births |
| 2017 | 82.5 per 1,000 live births | 40.9 per 1,000 live births |
| 2016 | 83.4 per 1,000 live births | 41.7 per 1,000 live births |
| 2015 | 85.0 per 1,000 live births | 42.9 per 1,000 live births |
| 2014 | 86.8 per 1,000 live births | 43.9 per 1,000 live births |
| 2013 | 87.6 per 1,000 live births | 45.1 per 1,000 live births |
| 2012 | 90.7 per 1,000 live births | 46.7 per 1,000 live births |
| 2011 | 97.1 per 1,000 live births | 49.5 per 1,000 live births |
| 2010 | 97.2 per 1,000 live births | 50.6 per 1,000 live births |
| 2009 | 102.8 per 1,000 live births | 52.9 per 1,000 live births |
| 2008 | 104.5 per 1,000 live births | 54.7 per 1,000 live births |
| 2007 | 109.1 per 1,000 live births | 57.0 per 1,000 live births |
| 2006 | 114.0 per 1,000 live births | 59.6 per 1,000 live births |
| 2005 | 119.8 per 1,000 live births | 62.3 per 1,000 live births |
| 2004 | 127.7 per 1,000 live births | 65.8 per 1,000 live births |
| 2003 | 133.0 per 1,000 live births | 68.3 per 1,000 live births |
| 2002 | 138.9 per 1,000 live births | 71.3 per 1,000 live births |
| 2001 | 146.3 per 1,000 live births | 74.3 per 1,000 live births |
| 2000 | 150.4 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 −2.0 from 73.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 86.8 per 1,000 live births, the figure has changed by −15.6.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 37.4 per 1,000 live births.
More for Sub-Saharan Africa
All statistics for Sub-Saharan Africa
Infant mortality rate
47.1 per 1,000 live births
2024 · World Bank
Maternal mortality ratio
448 per 100,000 live births
2023 · World Bank
Life expectancy at birth
62.8 years
2024 · World Bank
Life expectancy at birth, women
65.0 years
2024 · World Bank
Life expectancy at birth, men
60.7 years
2024 · World Bank
Health spending share of GDP
4.9%
2023 · World Bank