Middle income vs Mozambique: Mortality rate, under-5

Middle income
34.27 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Mozambique
59.4 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Middle income rank
20th
Mozambique rank
22nd

Mortality rate, under-5 over time

  • Middle income
  • Mozambique
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How they compare

Mozambique currently reports 59.4 per 1,000 live births against 34.27 per 1,000 live births in Middle income, a difference of 25.13 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Mozambique's figure about 1.7 times Middle income's.

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

Middle income ranks 20th and Mozambique ranks 22nd of 47 groups.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Middle income Mozambique Difference Ahead
1990s 87.02 per 1,000 live births 209.97 per 1,000 live births 122.95 per 1,000 live births Mozambique
2000s 62.28 per 1,000 live births 129.8 per 1,000 live births 67.52 per 1,000 live births Mozambique
2010s 41.56 per 1,000 live births 79.57 per 1,000 live births 38.01 per 1,000 live births Mozambique
2020s 35.56 per 1,000 live births 63.62 per 1,000 live births 28.06 per 1,000 live births Mozambique

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, Middle income or Mozambique?
Mozambique, at 59.4 per 1,000 live births against 34.27 per 1,000 live births in Middle income as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between Middle income and Mozambique?
25.13 per 1,000 live births, with Mozambique ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Middle income and Mozambique?
35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Middle income and Mozambique rank globally for mortality rate, under-5?
Middle income ranks 20th and Mozambique ranks 22nd 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

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.