3.2.1 Under-five mortality rate (deaths per 1,000 live births) by country
Countries reporting
199
Highest
115.2
Niger
Lowest
1.7
San Marino
Median
14.6
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
4,378
What the numbers show
3.2.1 Under-five mortality rate (deaths per 1,000 live births) is currently reported for 199 countries. The highest value is 115.2 in Niger; the lowest is 1.7 in San Marino.
The median across all reporting countries is 14.6, and the mean is 25.65.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 68.
Over the past decade 10 countries rose and 189 fell. The largest increase was in Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of (up 40.7%), and the largest decrease in Montenegro (down 62.3%).
3.2.1 Under-five mortality rate: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niger | 115.2 | 2021 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 2 | Somalia | 111.8 | 2021 | down 26.8% | falling |
| 3 | Nigeria | 110.8 | 2021 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 4 | Chad | 107.1 | 2021 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 5 | Sierra Leone | 104.7 | 2021 | down 32.2% | falling |
| 6 | Central African Republic | 99.9 | 2021 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 7 | Guinea | 98.7 | 2021 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 7 | South Sudan | 98.7 | 2021 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 9 | Mali | 97.1 | 2021 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 10 | Benin | 83.5 | 2021 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 11 | Burkina Faso | 82.6 | 2021 | down 29.5% | falling |
| 12 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 79 | 2021 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 13 | Equatorial Guinea | 76.8 | 2021 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 14 | Liberia | 76 | 2021 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 15 | Côte d'Ivoire | 74.8 | 2021 | down 27.5% | falling |
| 16 | Guinea-Bissau | 74.3 | 2021 | down 31.8% | falling |
| 17 | Lesotho | 72.9 | 2021 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 18 | Cameroon | 69.8 | 2021 | down 34.1% | falling |
| 19 | Mozambique | 69.6 | 2021 | down 30.8% | falling |
| 20 | Angola | 69.4 | 2021 | down 38.1% | falling |
| 21 | Madagascar | 66 | 2021 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 22 | Pakistan | 63.3 | 2021 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 23 | Togo | 62.6 | 2021 | down 27.5% | falling |
| 24 | Yemen | 61.9 | 2021 | up 5.5% | falling |
| 25 | Haiti | 58.6 | 2021 | down 24.5% | falling |
| 26 | Zambia | 57.7 | 2021 | down 24.6% | falling |
| 27 | Afghanistan | 55.7 | 2021 | down 33.7% | falling |
| 28 | Sudan | 54.9 | 2021 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 29 | Djibouti | 54.1 | 2021 | down 27.2% | falling |
| 30 | Burundi | 52.6 | 2021 | down 38.6% | falling |
| 30 | Eswatini | 52.6 | 2021 | down 31.2% | falling |
| 32 | Timor-Leste | 50.5 | 2021 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 33 | Comoros | 49.7 | 2021 | down 29.3% | falling |
| 34 | Zimbabwe | 49.5 | 2021 | down 38.6% | falling |
| 35 | Kiribati | 48.2 | 2021 | down 23.9% | falling |
| 36 | Gambia | 47.9 | 2021 | down 32.3% | falling |
| 37 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 47.1 | 2021 | down 30.9% | falling |
| 38 | Ethiopia | 46.8 | 2021 | down 39.8% | falling |
| 39 | Ghana | 44 | 2021 | down 33.8% | falling |
| 40 | Congo | 43 | 2021 | down 28.5% | falling |
| 41 | Papua New Guinea | 42.8 | 2021 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 42 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 42.5 | 2021 | down 34.6% | falling |
| 43 | Uganda | 42.1 | 2021 | down 41.2% | falling |
| 44 | Malawi | 41.9 | 2021 | down 45.5% | falling |
| 45 | Myanmar | 41.8 | 2021 | down 31.2% | falling |
| 46 | Turkmenistan | 41.4 | 2021 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 47 | Mauritania | 40.5 | 2021 | down 26.2% | falling |
| 48 | Gabon | 39.7 | 2021 | down 33.1% | falling |
| 49 | Rwanda | 39.4 | 2021 | down 32.8% | volatile |
| 50 | Namibia | 39 | 2021 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 51 | Senegal | 38.6 | 2021 | down 38.6% | falling |
| 52 | Eritrea | 38.1 | 2021 | down 28.5% | falling |
| 53 | Kenya | 37.2 | 2021 | down 31.0% | falling |
| 54 | Dominica | 35.9 | 2021 | up 39.1% | rising |
| 55 | Botswana | 34.9 | 2021 | down 43.0% | falling |
| 56 | Dominican Republic | 33 | 2021 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 57 | South Africa | 32.8 | 2021 | down 27.9% | falling |
| 58 | Tajikistan | 31.4 | 2021 | down 24.5% | falling |
| 59 | India | 30.6 | 2021 | down 44.4% | falling |
| 60 | Marshall Islands | 29.7 | 2021 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 61 | Fiji | 27.7 | 2021 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 61 | Guyana | 27.7 | 2021 | down 24.3% | falling |
| 63 | Naoero | 27.6 | 2021 | down 25.2% | falling |
| 64 | Bangladesh | 27.3 | 2021 | down 41.5% | falling |
| 65 | Nepal | 27.2 | 2021 | down 37.6% | falling |
| 66 | Bhutan | 26.7 | 2021 | down 33.4% | falling |
| 67 | Philippines | 25.7 | 2021 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 68 | Micronesia (country) | 24.9 | 2021 | down 26.1% | falling |
| 69 | Cambodia | 24.8 | 2021 | down 38.9% | falling |
| 69 | Saint Lucia | 24.8 | 2021 | up 23.4% | rising |
| 71 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 24.7 | 2021 | down 37.5% | falling |
| 72 | Iraq | 24.5 | 2021 | down 27.5% | falling |
| 73 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 24.2 | 2021 | up 40.7% | rising |
| 74 | Niue | 24.1 | 2021 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 75 | Vanuatu | 23.2 | 2021 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 76 | Guatemala | 23 | 2021 | down 31.1% | falling |
| 77 | Algeria | 22.3 | 2021 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 77 | Syria | 22.3 | 2021 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 79 | Indonesia | 22.2 | 2021 | down 31.7% | falling |
| 80 | Tuvalu | 21.3 | 2021 | down 29.2% | falling |
| 81 | Viet Nam | 20.6 | 2021 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 82 | Egypt | 19 | 2021 | down 31.2% | falling |
| 83 | Solomon Islands | 18.8 | 2021 | down 26.6% | falling |
| 84 | Azerbaijan | 18.6 | 2021 | down 46.6% | falling |
| 85 | Paraguay | 18.2 | 2021 | down 27.8% | falling |
| 86 | Morocco | 18 | 2021 | down 39.0% | falling |
| 87 | Kyrgyzstan | 17.4 | 2021 | down 37.2% | falling |
| 88 | Suriname | 17.2 | 2021 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 89 | Samoa | 16.7 | 2021 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 90 | Honduras | 16.6 | 2021 | down 30.3% | falling |
| 90 | Mauritius | 16.6 | 2021 | up 12.2% | falling |
| 92 | Trinidad and Tobago | 16.3 | 2021 | down 26.6% | falling |
| 92 | Tunisia | 16.3 | 2021 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 94 | Grenada | 16.2 | 2021 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 94 | Palau | 16.2 | 2021 | down 27.7% | falling |
| 96 | North Korea | 15.4 | 2021 | down 44.4% | falling |
| 96 | Sao Tome and Principe | 15.4 | 2021 | down 53.8% | volatile |
| 98 | Palestine, State of | 14.8 | 2021 | down 30.5% | falling |
| 99 | Mongolia | 14.7 | 2021 | down 39.8% | falling |
| 100 | Jordan | 14.6 | 2021 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 100 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 14.6 | 2021 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 102 | Brazil | 14.4 | 2021 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 103 | Republic of Moldova | 14.2 | 2021 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 104 | Peru | 14.1 | 2021 | down 25.8% | falling |
| 104 | Uzbekistan | 14.1 | 2021 | down 45.3% | falling |
| 106 | Panama | 13.9 | 2021 | down 27.6% | falling |
| 106 | Seychelles | 13.9 | 2021 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 108 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 13.7 | 2021 | down 29.0% | falling |
| 109 | Cape Verde | 13.5 | 2021 | down 47.1% | falling |
| 110 | Nicaragua | 13.3 | 2021 | down 42.2% | falling |
| 111 | Bahamas | 13.2 | 2021 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 111 | Mexico | 13.2 | 2021 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 113 | Colombia | 12.8 | 2021 | down 28.1% | falling |
| 114 | Iran | 12.6 | 2021 | down 31.5% | falling |
| 115 | Ecuador | 12.5 | 2021 | down 30.9% | falling |
| 116 | Jamaica | 12.4 | 2021 | down 26.2% | falling |
| 116 | El Salvador | 12.4 | 2021 | down 32.6% | falling |
| 118 | Barbados | 11.9 | 2021 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 119 | Brunei Darussalam | 11.5 | 2021 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 120 | Belize | 11.2 | 2021 | down 39.1% | falling |
| 121 | Tonga | 11.1 | 2021 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 122 | Libya | 10.8 | 2021 | down 44.6% | falling |
| 123 | Armenia | 10.7 | 2021 | down 39.2% | falling |
| 124 | British Virgin Islands | 10.5 | 2021 | down 26.1% | falling |
| 125 | Kazakhstan | 10.3 | 2021 | down 43.7% | falling |
| 126 | Oman | 10.1 | 2021 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 127 | Albania | 9.5 | 2021 | down 22.1% | falling |
| 127 | Georgia | 9.5 | 2021 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 129 | Türkiye | 9 | 2021 | down 46.7% | falling |
| 130 | Kuwait | 8.7 | 2021 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 131 | Thailand | 8.3 | 2021 | down 36.2% | falling |
| 132 | Lebanon | 8.2 | 2021 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 132 | Ukraine | 8.2 | 2021 | down 26.8% | falling |
| 134 | Costa Rica | 7.6 | 2021 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 134 | Malaysia | 7.6 | 2021 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 136 | Cook Islands | 7.2 | 2021 | down 30.1% | falling |
| 137 | Argentina | 6.9 | 2021 | down 50.4% | falling |
| 137 | Bahrain | 6.9 | 2021 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 137 | China | 6.9 | 2021 | down 52.7% | volatile |
| 140 | Sri Lanka | 6.7 | 2021 | down 38.0% | falling |
| 140 | Saudi Arabia | 6.7 | 2021 | down 41.7% | falling |
| 142 | Chile | 6.6 | 2021 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 143 | United Arab Emirates | 6.4 | 2021 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 143 | Romania | 6.4 | 2021 | down 45.8% | falling |
| 145 | Bulgaria | 6.3 | 2021 | down 39.4% | falling |
| 146 | United States | 6.2 | 2021 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 147 | Antigua and Barbuda | 6.1 | 2021 | down 35.8% | falling |
| 148 | Maldives | 6 | 2021 | down 53.5% | volatile |
| 149 | Malta | 5.8 | 2021 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 149 | Uruguay | 5.8 | 2021 | down 44.2% | falling |
| 151 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5.6 | 2021 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 151 | Slovakia | 5.6 | 2021 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 153 | Serbia | 5.5 | 2021 | down 25.7% | falling |
| 154 | North Macedonia | 5.3 | 2021 | down 47.0% | falling |
| 154 | Qatar | 5.3 | 2021 | down 40.4% | falling |
| 154 | Montserrat | 5.3 | 2021 | down 27.4% | falling |
| 157 | Russian Federation | 5.1 | 2021 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 158 | Canada | 5 | 2021 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 158 | Cuba | 5 | 2021 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 160 | New Zealand | 4.7 | 2021 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 161 | Croatia | 4.6 | 2021 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 162 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 4.5 | 2021 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 163 | France | 4.4 | 2021 | up 4.8% | falling |
| 164 | Poland | 4.3 | 2021 | down 24.6% | falling |
| 165 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 4.2 | 2021 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 166 | Belgium | 4.1 | 2021 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 166 | Netherlands | 4.1 | 2021 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 168 | Hungary | 4 | 2021 | down 32.2% | falling |
| 168 | Anguilla | 4 | 2021 | down 31.0% | falling |
| 170 | Switzerland | 3.8 | 2021 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 171 | Australia | 3.7 | 2021 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 171 | Austria | 3.7 | 2021 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 171 | Greece | 3.7 | 2021 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 171 | Latvia | 3.7 | 2021 | down 48.6% | falling |
| 175 | Germany | 3.6 | 2021 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 175 | Denmark | 3.6 | 2021 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 177 | Israel | 3.4 | 2021 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 178 | Lithuania | 3.3 | 2021 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 179 | Ireland | 3.1 | 2021 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 179 | Portugal | 3.1 | 2021 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 181 | Spain | 3 | 2021 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 182 | Republic of Korea | 2.9 | 2021 | down 27.5% | falling |
| 182 | Monaco | 2.9 | 2021 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 184 | Andorra | 2.8 | 2021 | down 34.9% | falling |
| 184 | Cyprus | 2.8 | 2021 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 184 | Czechia | 2.8 | 2021 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 187 | Belarus | 2.7 | 2021 | down 48.1% | falling |
| 187 | Luxembourg | 2.7 | 2021 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 189 | Iceland | 2.6 | 2021 | down 0.0% | falling |
| 189 | Italy | 2.6 | 2021 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 191 | Sweden | 2.5 | 2021 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 192 | Japan | 2.3 | 2021 | down 28.1% | falling |
| 192 | Montenegro | 2.3 | 2021 | down 62.3% | volatile |
| 194 | Finland | 2.2 | 2021 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 194 | Norway | 2.2 | 2021 | down 29.0% | falling |
| 194 | Slovenia | 2.2 | 2021 | down 29.0% | falling |
| 197 | Singapore | 2.1 | 2021 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 198 | Estonia | 2 | 2021 | down 52.4% | volatile |
| 199 | San Marino | 1.7 | 2021 | down 37.0% | falling |