What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between Fiji and India?

2.5 per 1,000 live births, with Fiji ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Fiji and India?

65 years are reported by both, from 1960 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.

Fiji vs India: Mortality rate, under-5

Fiji

29.1 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

India

26.6 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Fiji rank

60th

India rank

63rd

Mortality rate, under-5 over time

Fiji
India

How they compare

Fiji currently reports 29.1 per 1,000 live births against 26.6 per 1,000 live births in India, a difference of 2.5 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Fiji's figure about 1.1 times India's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was India ahead.

Fiji ranks 60th and India ranks 63rd of 196 countries.

India has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Fiji	India	Difference	Ahead
1960s	66.1 per 1,000 live births	228.66 per 1,000 live births	162.56 per 1,000 live births	India
1970s	53.21 per 1,000 live births	196.85 per 1,000 live births	143.64 per 1,000 live births	India
1980s	36.46 per 1,000 live births	149.45 per 1,000 live births	112.99 per 1,000 live births	India
1990s	25.17 per 1,000 live births	111.3 per 1,000 live births	86.13 per 1,000 live births	India
2000s	23.01 per 1,000 live births	76.21 per 1,000 live births	53.2 per 1,000 live births	India
2010s	22.12 per 1,000 live births	45.64 per 1,000 live births	23.52 per 1,000 live births	India
2020s	28.54 per 1,000 live births	29.66 per 1,000 live births	1.12 per 1,000 live births	India

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, Fiji or India?: Fiji, at 29.1 per 1,000 live births against 26.6 per 1,000 live births in India as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between Fiji and India?: 2.5 per 1,000 live births, with Fiji ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Fiji and India?: 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Fiji and India rank globally for mortality rate, under-5?: Fiji ranks 60th and India ranks 63rd of 196 countries.
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: 243 places, 13,506 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 20 August 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.