Under-five mortality rate in World
The under-five mortality rate in the world was 37.4 per 1,000 live births in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1990.
World is a group: All economies covered by the World Bank. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
World, 2024
37.4
Change from 2023
−0.9per 1,000 live births
European Union, 2024
3.9 per 1,000 live births
Under-five mortality rate in World 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 | World | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 37.4 per 1,000 live births | 3.9 per 1,000 live births |
| 2023 | 38.3 per 1,000 live births | 3.9 per 1,000 live births |
| 2022 | 40.0 per 1,000 live births | 3.9 per 1,000 live births |
| 2021 | 39.6 per 1,000 live births | 3.9 per 1,000 live births |
| 2020 | 39.2 per 1,000 live births | 3.9 per 1,000 live births |
| 2019 | 39.6 per 1,000 live births | 3.9 per 1,000 live births |
| 2018 | 40.0 per 1,000 live births | 4.0 per 1,000 live births |
| 2017 | 40.9 per 1,000 live births | 4.1 per 1,000 live births |
| 2016 | 41.7 per 1,000 live births | 4.2 per 1,000 live births |
| 2015 | 42.9 per 1,000 live births | 4.3 per 1,000 live births |
| 2014 | 43.9 per 1,000 live births | 4.3 per 1,000 live births |
| 2013 | 45.1 per 1,000 live births | 4.4 per 1,000 live births |
| 2012 | 46.7 per 1,000 live births | 4.5 per 1,000 live births |
| 2011 | 49.5 per 1,000 live births | 4.7 per 1,000 live births |
| 2010 | 50.6 per 1,000 live births | 4.9 per 1,000 live births |
| 2009 | 52.9 per 1,000 live births | 5.1 per 1,000 live births |
| 2008 | 54.7 per 1,000 live births | 5.2 per 1,000 live births |
| 2007 | 57.0 per 1,000 live births | 5.4 per 1,000 live births |
| 2006 | 59.6 per 1,000 live births | 5.7 per 1,000 live births |
| 2005 | 62.3 per 1,000 live births | 5.9 per 1,000 live births |
| 2004 | 65.8 per 1,000 live births | 6.2 per 1,000 live births |
| 2003 | 68.3 per 1,000 live births | 6.4 per 1,000 live births |
| 2002 | 71.3 per 1,000 live births | 6.6 per 1,000 live births |
| 2001 | 74.3 per 1,000 live births | 6.8 per 1,000 live births |
| 2000 | 76.7 per 1,000 live births | 7.2 per 1,000 live births |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.9 from 38.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 43.9 per 1,000 live births, the figure has changed by −6.5.
- The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 3.9 per 1,000 live births.
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Infant mortality rate
27.7 per 1,000 live births
2024 · World Bank
Maternal mortality ratio
197 per 100,000 live births
2023 · World Bank
Life expectancy at birth
73.5 years
2024 · World Bank
Life expectancy at birth, women
76.0 years
2024 · World Bank
Life expectancy at birth, men
71.1 years
2024 · World Bank
Health spending share of GDP
10.1%
2023 · World Bank