Indicator field guide / SH.DYN.MORT

Under-five mortality

Under-five mortality rate is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.

Unit: deaths per 1,000 live births. Original provider definition and metadata ↗

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Covered economies, 2023

EconomyValue
Afghanistan54.9 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Albania9.4 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Algeria22.0 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Andorra2.6 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Angola50.5 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Antigua and Barbuda9.3 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Argentina9.7 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Armenia10.0 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Australia3.7 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Austria3.3 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Azerbaijan18.7 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Bahamas, The12.7 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Bahrain8.6 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Bangladesh30.6 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Barbados10.1 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Belarus2.4 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Belgium3.7 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Belize12.8 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Benin77.2 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Bhutan18.0 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Bolivia16.4 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Bosnia and Herzegovina6.0 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Botswana34.6 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Brazil14.4 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Brunei Darussalam10.1 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Bulgaria5.9 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Burkina Faso77.4 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Burundi48.7 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Cabo Verde11.6 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Cambodia19.1 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Cameroon67.0 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Canada5.4 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Central African Republic92.6 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Chad100.6 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Chile6.9 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
China6.1 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Colombia11.9 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Comoros40.2 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Congo, Dem. Rep.91.3 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Congo, Rep.40.3 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Costa Rica10.1 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Cote d'Ivoire66.5 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Croatia5.1 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Cyprus4.6 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Czechia2.6 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Denmark3.9 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Djibouti50.5 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Dominica35.4 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Dominican Republic31.5 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Ecuador13.0 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Egypt, Arab Rep.22.9 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
El Salvador10.4 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Equatorial Guinea70.4 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Estonia2.1 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Eswatini46.2 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Ethiopia51.5 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Fiji29.2 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Finland2.4 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
France4.3 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Gabon33.8 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Gambia, The43.8 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Georgia8.8 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Germany3.7 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Ghana37.2 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Greece3.9 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Grenada18.3 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Guatemala21.2 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Guinea95.0 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Guinea-Bissau69.7 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Guyana26.0 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Haiti54.4 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Honduras15.5 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Hungary3.8 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Iceland2.9 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
India28.0 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Indonesia18.4 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Iran, Islamic Rep.11.7 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Iraq22.5 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Ireland3.8 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Israel3.4 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Italy2.8 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Jamaica18.1 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Japan2.4 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Jordan13.3 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Kazakhstan9.6 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Kenya39.6 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Kiribati54.5 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Korea, Rep.2.9 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Kosovo9.1 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Kuwait8.4 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Kyrgyz Republic17.0 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Lao PDR30.5 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Latvia2.8 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Lebanon17.0 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Lesotho61.3 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Liberia87.3 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Libya31.7 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Lithuania3.4 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Luxembourg2.2 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Madagascar63.6 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Malawi49.6 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Malaysia8.3 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Maldives5.7 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Mali76.2 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Malta5.5 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Marshall Islands27.6 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Mauritania38.1 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Mauritius15.4 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Mexico13.4 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.23.1 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Moldova16.2 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Mongolia13.6 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Montenegro2.5 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Morocco16.3 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Mozambique61.7 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Myanmar38.1 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Namibia41.1 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Naoero8.7 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Nepal26.1 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Netherlands3.9 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
New Zealand4.9 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Nicaragua13.8 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Niger113.5 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Nigeria116.8 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
North Macedonia3.4 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Norway2.4 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Oman10.4 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Pakistan57.8 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Palau21.9 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Panama15.1 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Papua New Guinea40.6 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Paraguay16.9 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Peru13.3 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Philippines27.0 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Poland4.3 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Portugal3.2 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Qatar6.0 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Romania6.9 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Russian Federation5.3 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Rwanda38.8 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Samoa15.3 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
San Marino1.3 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Sao Tome and Principe14.1 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Saudi Arabia6.2 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Senegal38.2 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Serbia5.4 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Seychelles14.3 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Sierra Leone93.8 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Singapore2.6 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Slovak Republic6.2 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Slovenia2.3 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Solomon Islands20.6 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Somalia, Fed. Rep.104.3 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
South Africa34.8 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Spain3.2 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Sri Lanka6.1 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
St. Kitts and Nevis16.4 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
St. Lucia17.5 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
St. Vincent and the Grenadines11.8 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Sudan63.1 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Suriname16.3 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Sweden2.4 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Switzerland3.9 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Tajikistan28.8 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Tanzania38.5 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Thailand9.2 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Timor-Leste49.2 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Togo58.1 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Tonga9.8 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Trinidad and Tobago19.3 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Tunisia12.9 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Turkiye13.8 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Turkmenistan40.2 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Turks and Caicos Islands4.8 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Tuvalu19.8 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Uganda49.4 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Ukraine8.0 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
United Arab Emirates5.0 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
United Kingdom4.6 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
United States6.5 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Uruguay7.4 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Uzbekistan13.7 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Vanuatu17.5 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Viet Nam17.8 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
West Bank and Gaza41.9 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Zambia49.1 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Zimbabwe64.2 (deaths per 1,000 live births)

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