What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between Africa Eastern and Southern and Mali?

15.75 per 1,000 live births, with Mali ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Africa Eastern and Southern and Mali?

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 (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Africa Eastern and Southern vs Mali: Mortality rate, under-5

Africa Eastern and Southern

57.25 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Mali

73 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Africa Eastern and Southern rank

11th

Mali rank

13th

Mortality rate, under-5 over time

Africa Eastern and Southern
Mali

How they compare

Mali currently reports 73 per 1,000 live births against 57.25 per 1,000 live births in Africa Eastern and Southern, a difference of 15.75 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Mali's figure about 1.3 times Africa Eastern and Southern's.

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

Africa Eastern and Southern ranks 11th and Mali ranks 13th of 47 groups.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Africa Eastern and Southern	Mali	Difference	Ahead
1990s	159.44 per 1,000 live births	215.05 per 1,000 live births	55.61 per 1,000 live births	Mali
2000s	111.46 per 1,000 live births	163.58 per 1,000 live births	52.12 per 1,000 live births	Mali
2010s	71.36 per 1,000 live births	112.35 per 1,000 live births	40.99 per 1,000 live births	Mali
2020s	60.71 per 1,000 live births	80.02 per 1,000 live births	19.31 per 1,000 live births	Mali

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, Africa Eastern and Southern or Mali?: Mali, at 73 per 1,000 live births against 57.25 per 1,000 live births in Africa Eastern and Southern as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between Africa Eastern and Southern and Mali?: 15.75 per 1,000 live births, with Mali ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Africa Eastern and Southern and Mali?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Africa Eastern and Southern and Mali rank globally for mortality rate, under-5?: Africa Eastern and Southern ranks 11th and Mali ranks 13th 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 (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 (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, 13,546 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 03 September 2026

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.