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Under-five mortality rate

The probability that a newborn dies before reaching age five, per 1,000 live births, at the age-specific mortality rates of the year. These are modelled estimates.

Unit: Deaths per 1,000 live births Frequency: Annual Coverage: 196 countries and 11 groups 1960 to 2024 Source: World Bank (original data: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA))

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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 BotswanaNamibia
2024 33.3 per 1,000 live births 39.5 per 1,000 live births
2023 34.6 per 1,000 live births 41.1 per 1,000 live births
2022 35.7 per 1,000 live births 41.6 per 1,000 live births
2021 37.1 per 1,000 live births 43.2 per 1,000 live births
2020 38.9 per 1,000 live births 44.8 per 1,000 live births
2019 40.0 per 1,000 live births 46.6 per 1,000 live births
2018 41.2 per 1,000 live births 48.5 per 1,000 live births
2017 42.1 per 1,000 live births 49.8 per 1,000 live births
2016 45.1 per 1,000 live births 51.4 per 1,000 live births
2015 46.7 per 1,000 live births 51.8 per 1,000 live births
2014 49.0 per 1,000 live births 50.0 per 1,000 live births
2013 50.3 per 1,000 live births 50.8 per 1,000 live births
2012 53.9 per 1,000 live births 52.6 per 1,000 live births
2011 58.8 per 1,000 live births 50.0 per 1,000 live births
2010 58.4 per 1,000 live births 50.3 per 1,000 live births
2009 60.6 per 1,000 live births 53.2 per 1,000 live births
2008 63.7 per 1,000 live births 57.5 per 1,000 live births
2007 64.3 per 1,000 live births 62.0 per 1,000 live births
2006 66.0 per 1,000 live births 66.0 per 1,000 live births
2005 70.8 per 1,000 live births 71.0 per 1,000 live births
2004 75.7 per 1,000 live births 74.4 per 1,000 live births
2003 76.7 per 1,000 live births 75.6 per 1,000 live births
2002 77.9 per 1,000 live births 76.6 per 1,000 live births
2001 79.3 per 1,000 live births 77.6 per 1,000 live births
2000 79.8 per 1,000 live births 78.2 per 1,000 live births

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Definition
The probability that a newborn dies before reaching age five, per 1,000 live births, at the age-specific mortality rates of the year. These are modelled estimates.
Population covered
Live births
Unit
Deaths per 1,000 live births
Frequency
Annual
Changes are shown as
Differences in the same unit (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
1960 to 2024
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)

Latest value for each country Each value is the country's most recent figure. Years differ, so check the period beside each value before comparing.

  1. 1 Nigeria 115.6 per 1,000 live births2024
  2. 2 Niger 110.7 per 1,000 live births2024
  3. 3 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 101.1 per 1,000 live births2024
  4. 4 Chad 97.3 per 1,000 live births2024
  5. 5 South Sudan 96.7 per 1,000 live births2024
  6. 6 Guinea 92.1 per 1,000 live births2024
  7. 7 Sierra Leone 90.5 per 1,000 live births2024
  8. 8 Central African Republic 89.7 per 1,000 live births2024
  9. 9 Democratic Republic of the Congo 89.7 per 1,000 live births2024
  10. 10 Liberia 86.4 per 1,000 live births2024
  11. 11 Burkina Faso 74.9 per 1,000 live births2024
  12. 12 Benin 74.7 per 1,000 live births2024
  13. 13 Mali 73.0 per 1,000 live births2024
  14. 14 Equatorial Guinea 68.0 per 1,000 live births2024
  15. 15 Guinea-Bissau 67.3 per 1,000 live births2024
  16. 16 Cameroon 64.8 per 1,000 live births2024
  17. 17 Zimbabwe 64.7 per 1,000 live births2024
  18. 18 Côte d'Ivoire 64.5 per 1,000 live births2024
  19. 19 Madagascar 62.4 per 1,000 live births2024
  20. 20 Sudan 61.6 per 1,000 live births2024
  21. 21 Lesotho 60.0 per 1,000 live births2024
  22. 22 Mozambique 59.4 per 1,000 live births2024
  23. 23 Togo 56.1 per 1,000 live births2024
  24. 24 Pakistan 56.0 per 1,000 live births2024
  25. 25 Kiribati 53.1 per 1,000 live births2024
  26. 26 Afghanistan 53.0 per 1,000 live births2024
  27. 27 Haiti 52.8 per 1,000 live births2024
  28. 28 Angola 49.0 per 1,000 live births2024
  29. 29 Djibouti 48.9 per 1,000 live births2024
  30. 30 Malawi 48.8 per 1,000 live births2024
  31. 31 Uganda 48.7 per 1,000 live births2024
  32. 32 Zambia 48.4 per 1,000 live births2024
  33. 33 Timor-Leste 47.6 per 1,000 live births2024
  34. 34 Burundi 47.1 per 1,000 live births2024
  35. 35 Eswatini 45.1 per 1,000 live births2024
  36. 36 Ethiopia 44.5 per 1,000 live births2024
  37. 37 Gambia 42.4 per 1,000 live births2024
  38. 38 Namibia 39.5 per 1,000 live births2024
  39. 39 Papua New Guinea 39.4 per 1,000 live births2024
  40. 40 Republic of the Congo 39.1 per 1,000 live births2024
  41. 41 Comoros 39.0 per 1,000 live births2024
  42. 42 Turkmenistan 39.0 per 1,000 live births2024
  43. 43 Kenya 38.8 per 1,000 live births2024
  44. 44 Yemen 38.1 per 1,000 live births2024
  45. 45 West Bank and Gaza 37.9 per 1,000 live births2024
  46. 46 Rwanda 37.7 per 1,000 live births2024
  47. 47 Tanzania 37.0 per 1,000 live births2024
  48. 48 Mauritania 36.9 per 1,000 live births2024
  49. 49 Myanmar 36.9 per 1,000 live births2024
  50. 50 Senegal 36.5 per 1,000 live births2024
  51. 51 Ghana 35.9 per 1,000 live births2024
  52. 52 Dominica 35.7 per 1,000 live births2024
  53. 53 South Africa 35.1 per 1,000 live births2024
  54. 54 Eritrea 34.3 per 1,000 live births2024
  55. 55 Botswana 33.3 per 1,000 live births2024
  56. 56 Gabon 32.6 per 1,000 live births2024
  57. 57 Dominican Republic 30.6 per 1,000 live births2024
  58. 58 Bangladesh 30.5 per 1,000 live births2024
  59. 59 Laos 29.4 per 1,000 live births2024
  60. 60 Fiji 29.1 per 1,000 live births2024
  61. 61 Tajikistan 28.1 per 1,000 live births2024
  62. 62 Marshall Islands 26.7 per 1,000 live births2024
  63. 63 India 26.6 per 1,000 live births2024
  64. 64 Philippines 26.5 per 1,000 live births2024
  65. 65 Guyana 25.2 per 1,000 live births2024
  66. 66 Nepal 25.1 per 1,000 live births2024
  67. 67 Venezuela 24.2 per 1,000 live births2024
  68. 68 Egypt 22.4 per 1,000 live births2024
  69. 69 Micronesia 22.4 per 1,000 live births2024
  70. 70 Iraq 21.8 per 1,000 live births2024
  71. 71 Algeria 21.6 per 1,000 live births2024
  72. 72 Palau 21.4 per 1,000 live births2024
  73. 73 Guatemala 20.5 per 1,000 live births2024
  74. 74 Solomon Islands 20.0 per 1,000 live births2024
  75. 75 Tuvalu 19.2 per 1,000 live births2024
  76. 76 Trinidad and Tobago 18.8 per 1,000 live births2024
  77. 77 Cambodia 18.4 per 1,000 live births2024
  78. 78 Syria 18.4 per 1,000 live births2024
  79. 79 Grenada 18.0 per 1,000 live births2024
  80. 80 Azerbaijan 17.9 per 1,000 live births2024
  81. 81 Jamaica 17.8 per 1,000 live births2024
  82. 82 Indonesia 17.7 per 1,000 live births2024
  83. 83 Lebanon 17.6 per 1,000 live births2024
  84. 84 Viet Nam 17.3 per 1,000 live births2024
  85. 85 Bhutan 17.2 per 1,000 live births2024
  86. 86 Saint Lucia 17.2 per 1,000 live births2024
  87. 87 Vanuatu 17.1 per 1,000 live births2024
  88. 88 Kyrgyzstan 16.8 per 1,000 live births2024
  89. 89 North Korea 16.7 per 1,000 live births2024
  90. 90 Moldova 16.5 per 1,000 live births2024
  91. 91 Paraguay 16.3 per 1,000 live births2024
  92. 92 Saint Kitts and Nevis 15.9 per 1,000 live births2024
  93. 93 Suriname 15.8 per 1,000 live births2024
  94. 94 Bolivia 15.7 per 1,000 live births2024
  95. 95 Morocco 15.7 per 1,000 live births2024
  96. 96 Mauritius 15.4 per 1,000 live births2024
  97. 97 Panama 15.3 per 1,000 live births2024
  98. 98 Honduras 15.0 per 1,000 live births2024
  99. 99 Samoa 14.9 per 1,000 live births2024
  100. 100 Brazil 14.2 per 1,000 live births2024
  101. 101 Seychelles 14.0 per 1,000 live births2024
  102. 102 São Tomé and Príncipe 13.6 per 1,000 live births2024
  103. 103 Mongolia 13.4 per 1,000 live births2024
  104. 104 Uzbekistan 13.4 per 1,000 live births2024
  105. 105 Mexico 13.1 per 1,000 live births2024
  106. 106 Ecuador 12.9 per 1,000 live births2024
  107. 107 Jordan 12.9 per 1,000 live births2024
  108. 108 Peru 12.9 per 1,000 live births2024
  109. 109 Belize 12.7 per 1,000 live births2024
  110. 110 Bahamas 12.4 per 1,000 live births2024
  111. 111 British Virgin Islands 12.4 per 1,000 live births2024
  112. 112 Tunisia 12.1 per 1,000 live births2024
  113. 113 Colombia 11.5 per 1,000 live births2024
  114. 114 Iran 11.3 per 1,000 live births2024
  115. 115 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 11.3 per 1,000 live births2024
  116. 116 Nicaragua 11.2 per 1,000 live births2024
  117. 117 Cabo Verde 11.1 per 1,000 live births2024
  118. 118 Costa Rica 10.4 per 1,000 live births2024
  119. 119 Oman 10.3 per 1,000 live births2024
  120. 120 El Salvador 10.0 per 1,000 live births2024
  121. 121 Brunei 9.9 per 1,000 live births2024
  122. 122 Barbados 9.8 per 1,000 live births2024
  123. 123 Libya 9.8 per 1,000 live births2024
  124. 124 Armenia 9.6 per 1,000 live births2024
  125. 125 Türkiye 9.6 per 1,000 live births2024
  126. 126 Argentina 9.5 per 1,000 live births2024
  127. 127 Tonga 9.5 per 1,000 live births2024
  128. 128 Kazakhstan 9.4 per 1,000 live births2024
  129. 129 Albania 9.2 per 1,000 live births2024
  130. 130 Antigua and Barbuda 9.1 per 1,000 live births2024
  131. 131 Thailand 9.0 per 1,000 live births2024
  132. 132 Bahrain 8.8 per 1,000 live births2024
  133. 133 Kosovo 8.7 per 1,000 live births2024
  134. 134 Cuba 8.6 per 1,000 live births2024
  135. 135 Georgia 8.6 per 1,000 live births2024
  136. 136 Malaysia 8.3 per 1,000 live births2024
  137. 137 Naoero 8.3 per 1,000 live births2024
  138. 138 Kuwait 8.1 per 1,000 live births2024
  139. 139 Ukraine 7.9 per 1,000 live births2024
  140. 140 Uruguay 7.4 per 1,000 live births2024
  141. 141 Romania 7.3 per 1,000 live births2024
  142. 142 Bosnia and Herzegovina 6.9 per 1,000 live births2024
  143. 143 Chile 6.8 per 1,000 live births2024
  144. 144 United States 6.5 per 1,000 live births2024
  145. 145 Slovakia 6.3 per 1,000 live births2024
  146. 146 Saudi Arabia 6.0 per 1,000 live births2024
  147. 147 Qatar 5.9 per 1,000 live births2024
  148. 148 Sri Lanka 5.9 per 1,000 live births2024
  149. 149 Bulgaria 5.7 per 1,000 live births2024
  150. 150 China 5.7 per 1,000 live births2024
  151. 151 Croatia 5.6 per 1,000 live births2024
  152. 152 Canada 5.4 per 1,000 live births2024
  153. 153 Maldives 5.4 per 1,000 live births2024
  154. 154 Serbia 5.4 per 1,000 live births2024
  155. 155 Malta 5.3 per 1,000 live births2024
  156. 156 Russia 5.2 per 1,000 live births2024
  157. 157 Cyprus 5.0 per 1,000 live births2024
  158. 158 United Arab Emirates 4.8 per 1,000 live births2024
  159. 159 New Zealand 4.7 per 1,000 live births2024
  160. 160 Turks and Caicos Islands 4.7 per 1,000 live births2024
  161. 161 United Kingdom 4.7 per 1,000 live births2024
  162. 162 France 4.3 per 1,000 live births2024
  163. 163 Poland 4.2 per 1,000 live births2024
  164. 164 Denmark 4.0 per 1,000 live births2024
  165. 165 Ireland 3.9 per 1,000 live births2024
  166. 166 Netherlands 3.9 per 1,000 live births2024
  167. 167 Switzerland 3.9 per 1,000 live births2024
  168. 168 Greece 3.8 per 1,000 live births2024
  169. 169 Belgium 3.7 per 1,000 live births2024
  170. 170 Germany 3.7 per 1,000 live births2024
  171. 171 Hungary 3.7 per 1,000 live births2024
  172. 172 Australia 3.6 per 1,000 live births2024
  173. 173 Lithuania 3.4 per 1,000 live births2024
  174. 174 Austria 3.3 per 1,000 live births2024
  175. 175 Israel 3.3 per 1,000 live births2024
  176. 176 Portugal 3.2 per 1,000 live births2024
  177. 177 Spain 3.2 per 1,000 live births2024
  178. 178 Iceland 2.8 per 1,000 live births2024
  179. 179 North Macedonia 2.8 per 1,000 live births2024
  180. 180 South Korea 2.8 per 1,000 live births2024
  181. 181 Italy 2.7 per 1,000 live births2024
  182. 182 Monaco 2.7 per 1,000 live births2024
  183. 183 Singapore 2.7 per 1,000 live births2024
  184. 184 Czechia 2.6 per 1,000 live births2024
  185. 185 Andorra 2.5 per 1,000 live births2024
  186. 186 Latvia 2.5 per 1,000 live births2024
  187. 187 Norway 2.5 per 1,000 live births2024
  188. 188 Finland 2.4 per 1,000 live births2024
  189. 189 Japan 2.4 per 1,000 live births2024
  190. 190 Montenegro 2.4 per 1,000 live births2024
  191. 191 Sweden 2.4 per 1,000 live births2024
  192. 192 Belarus 2.3 per 1,000 live births2024
  193. 193 Slovenia 2.3 per 1,000 live births2024
  194. 194 Luxembourg 2.2 per 1,000 live births2024
  195. 195 Estonia 2.0 per 1,000 live births2024
  196. 196 San Marino 1.3 per 1,000 live births2024
  197. East Asia and Pacific 13.2 per 1,000 live births2024
  198. Euro area 3.7 per 1,000 live births2024
  199. Europe and Central Asia 7.8 per 1,000 live births2024
  200. European Union 3.9 per 1,000 live births2024
  201. Latin America and Caribbean 15.4 per 1,000 live births2024
  202. Middle East and North Africa 36.4 per 1,000 live births2024
  203. North America 6.4 per 1,000 live births2024
  204. OECD members 6.7 per 1,000 live births2024
  205. South Asia 26.8 per 1,000 live births2024
  206. Sub-Saharan Africa 71.2 per 1,000 live births2024
  207. World 37.4 per 1,000 live births2024
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