What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, male between East Asia & Pacific and Namibia?

29 per 1,000 live births, with Namibia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for East Asia & Pacific and Namibia?

35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Mortality rate, under-5, male (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

East Asia & Pacific vs Namibia: Mortality rate, under-5, male

East Asia & Pacific

14.4 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Namibia

43.4 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

East Asia & Pacific rank

36th

Namibia rank

39th

Mortality rate, under-5, male over time

East Asia & Pacific
Namibia

How they compare

Namibia currently reports 43.4 per 1,000 live births against 14.4 per 1,000 live births in East Asia & Pacific, a difference of 29 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Namibia's figure about 3.0 times East Asia & Pacific's.

Across all 35 years both countries report, Namibia has been ahead every year.

East Asia & Pacific ranks 36th and Namibia ranks 39th of 47 groups.

Namibia has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	East Asia & Pacific	Namibia	Difference	Ahead
1990s	52.91 per 1,000 live births	79.21 per 1,000 live births	26.3 per 1,000 live births	Namibia
2000s	32.68 per 1,000 live births	74.27 per 1,000 live births	41.59 per 1,000 live births	Namibia
2010s	18.63 per 1,000 live births	54.88 per 1,000 live births	36.25 per 1,000 live births	Namibia
2020s	15.16 per 1,000 live births	46.16 per 1,000 live births	31 per 1,000 live births	Namibia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, male, East Asia & Pacific or Namibia?: Namibia, at 43.4 per 1,000 live births against 14.4 per 1,000 live births in East Asia & Pacific as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, male between East Asia & Pacific and Namibia?: 29 per 1,000 live births, with Namibia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for East Asia & Pacific and Namibia?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do East Asia & Pacific and Namibia rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, male?: East Asia & Pacific ranks 36th and Namibia ranks 39th of 47 groups.
Where does this data come from?: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Mortality rate, under-5, male (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Mortality rate, under-5, male (per 1,000 live births)
Unit: per 1,000 live births
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 244 places, 13,515 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 03 September 2026

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