Which has higher number of under-five deaths, India or Low & middle income?

Low & middle income, at 4.79 million against 615,030 in India as of 2024.

What is the difference in number of under-five deaths between India and Low & middle income?

4.18 million, with Low & middle income ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for India and Low & middle income?

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 Number of under-five deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

India vs Low & middle income: Number of under-five deaths

India

615,030

in 2024

Low & middle income

4.79 million

in 2024

India rank

2nd

Low & middle income rank

3rd

Number of under-five deaths over time

India
Low & middle income

How they compare

Low & middle income currently reports 4.79 million against 615,030 in India, a difference of 4.18 million.

That makes Low & middle income's figure about 7.8 times India's.

Across all 35 years both countries report, Low & middle income has been ahead every year.

India ranks 2nd and Low & middle income ranks 3rd of 197 countries.

Low & middle income has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	India	Low & middle income	Difference	Ahead
1990s	3.13 million	11.53 million	8.40 million	Low & middle income
2000s	2.15 million	8.49 million	6.34 million	Low & middle income
2010s	1.17 million	6.13 million	4.96 million	Low & middle income
2020s	693,757	5.04 million	4.35 million	Low & middle income

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of under-five deaths, India or Low & middle income?: Low & middle income, at 4.79 million against 615,030 in India as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of under-five deaths between India and Low & middle income?: 4.18 million, with Low & middle income ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for India and Low & middle income?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do India and Low & middle income rank globally for number of under-five deaths?: India ranks 2nd and Low & middle income ranks 3rd of 197 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Number of under-five deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of under-five deaths
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, 13,104 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 03 September 2026

Number of children dying before reaching age five.