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

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

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

53 years are reported by both, from 1972 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 Tajikistan: Mortality rate, under-5

Fiji

29.1 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Tajikistan

28.1 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Fiji rank

60th

Tajikistan rank

61st

Mortality rate, under-5 over time

Fiji
Tajikistan

How they compare

Fiji currently reports 29.1 per 1,000 live births against 28.1 per 1,000 live births in Tajikistan, a difference of 1 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 53 shared years of data; in 1972 it was Tajikistan ahead.

Fiji ranks 60th and Tajikistan ranks 61st of 197 countries.

Tajikistan has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Fiji	Tajikistan	Difference	Ahead
1970s	52.4 per 1,000 live births	138.2 per 1,000 live births	85.8 per 1,000 live births	Tajikistan
1980s	36.46 per 1,000 live births	114.12 per 1,000 live births	77.66 per 1,000 live births	Tajikistan
1990s	25.17 per 1,000 live births	100.92 per 1,000 live births	75.75 per 1,000 live births	Tajikistan
2000s	23.01 per 1,000 live births	55.12 per 1,000 live births	32.11 per 1,000 live births	Tajikistan
2010s	22.12 per 1,000 live births	33.16 per 1,000 live births	11.04 per 1,000 live births	Tajikistan
2020s	28.54 per 1,000 live births	29.24 per 1,000 live births	0.7 per 1,000 live births	Tajikistan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, Fiji or Tajikistan?: Fiji, at 29.1 per 1,000 live births against 28.1 per 1,000 live births in Tajikistan as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between Fiji and Tajikistan?: 1 per 1,000 live births, with Fiji ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Fiji and Tajikistan?: 53 years are reported by both, from 1972 to 2024.
How do Fiji and Tajikistan rank globally for mortality rate, under-5?: Fiji ranks 60th and Tajikistan ranks 61st of 197 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: 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.