Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions, ages 0-4 (% of total deaths ages 0-4) by country
Number of deaths ages 0-4 due to communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions divided by number of all deaths ages 0-4, expressed by percentage. Communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions included infectious and parasitic diseases, respiratory infections, and...
Countries reporting
185
Highest
94.2%
Central African Republic
Lowest
31.3%
Japan
Median
62.9%
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
1,392
What the numbers show
Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions, ages 0-4 (% of total deaths ages 0-4) is currently reported for 185 countries. The highest value is 94.2% in Central African Republic; the lowest is 31.3% in Japan.
The median across all reporting countries is 62.9%, and the mean is 66.2%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.
Over the past decade 46 countries rose and 139 fell. The largest increase was in Haiti (up 168.5%), and the largest decrease in Slovenia (down 33.5%).
Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Central African Republic | 94.2% | 2021 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 2 | Liberia | 93.0% | 2021 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 3 | South Sudan | 92.8% | 2021 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 4 | Nigeria | 92.7% | 2021 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 5 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 92.4% | 2021 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 6 | Equatorial Guinea | 92.4% | 2021 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 7 | Niger | 92.0% | 2021 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 8 | Chad | 91.8% | 2021 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 9 | Somalia | 91.5% | 2021 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 10 | Guinea | 91.5% | 2021 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 11 | Mozambique | 91.5% | 2021 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 12 | Angola | 91.1% | 2021 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 13 | Sierra Leone | 91.0% | 2021 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 14 | Benin | 90.4% | 2021 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 15 | Mali | 90.4% | 2021 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 16 | Congo | 90.2% | 2021 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 17 | Madagascar | 89.5% | 2021 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 18 | Cameroon | 89.2% | 2021 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 19 | Côte d'Ivoire | 89.1% | 2021 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 20 | Guinea-Bissau | 88.9% | 2021 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 21 | Ethiopia | 88.7% | 2021 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 22 | Djibouti | 88.3% | 2021 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 23 | Gabon | 88.1% | 2021 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 24 | Papua New Guinea | 87.5% | 2021 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 25 | Burkina Faso | 87.3% | 2021 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 26 | Mauritania | 86.9% | 2021 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 27 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 86.5% | 2021 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 28 | Zambia | 86.4% | 2021 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 29 | Togo | 86.0% | 2021 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 30 | Afghanistan | 85.6% | 2021 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 31 | Uganda | 85.4% | 2021 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 32 | Gambia | 85.4% | 2021 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 33 | Lesotho | 85.3% | 2021 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 34 | Burundi | 85.1% | 2021 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 35 | Comoros | 85.1% | 2021 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 36 | Malawi | 84.2% | 2021 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 37 | Sudan | 83.8% | 2021 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 38 | Zimbabwe | 83.6% | 2021 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 39 | Eswatini | 83.5% | 2021 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 40 | Timor-Leste | 83.4% | 2021 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 41 | Namibia | 83.0% | 2021 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 42 | Senegal | 82.4% | 2021 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 43 | Ghana | 82.3% | 2021 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 44 | Kiribati | 82.2% | 2021 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 45 | Kenya | 82.0% | 2021 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 46 | Eritrea | 81.2% | 2021 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 47 | Botswana | 81.1% | 2021 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 48 | Pakistan | 81.0% | 2021 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 49 | Haiti | 80.9% | 2021 | up 168.5% | rising |
| 50 | Yemen | 80.9% | 2021 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 51 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 80.1% | 2021 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 52 | Rwanda | 80.1% | 2021 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 53 | India | 79.7% | 2021 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 54 | Myanmar | 79.5% | 2021 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 55 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 79.2% | 2021 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 56 | Dominican Republic | 78.0% | 2021 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 57 | Turkmenistan | 77.8% | 2021 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 58 | South Africa | 75.9% | 2021 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 59 | Bangladesh | 75.5% | 2021 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 60 | Jamaica | 75.4% | 2021 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 61 | Tajikistan | 74.4% | 2021 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 62 | Solomon Islands | 74.3% | 2021 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 63 | Nepal | 73.9% | 2021 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 64 | Kyrgyzstan | 73.3% | 2021 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 65 | Belize | 72.5% | 2021 | up 26.0% | rising |
| 66 | Montenegro | 71.7% | 2021 | down 4.7% | flat |
| 67 | Suriname | 71.5% | 2021 | up 3.9% | flat |
| 68 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 71.4% | 2021 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 69 | Guatemala | 70.6% | 2021 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 70 | Guyana | 70.1% | 2021 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 71 | Algeria | 69.5% | 2021 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 72 | Bhutan | 69.3% | 2021 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 73 | Vanuatu | 69.2% | 2021 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 74 | Saint Lucia | 69.1% | 2021 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 75 | Sao Tome and Principe | 68.3% | 2021 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 76 | Palestine, State of | 68.1% | 2021 | down 3.8% | flat |
| 77 | Fiji | 67.9% | 2021 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 78 | Iraq | 67.8% | 2021 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 79 | Cambodia | 67.8% | 2021 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 80 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 67.7% | 2021 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 81 | Honduras | 67.4% | 2021 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 82 | Grenada | 67.2% | 2021 | up 18.4% | falling |
| 83 | North Macedonia | 66.6% | 2021 | down 7.9% | flat |
| 84 | Samoa | 66.2% | 2021 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 85 | Nicaragua | 65.9% | 2021 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 86 | Mauritius | 65.7% | 2021 | up 9.7% | flat |
| 87 | Bahamas | 65.5% | 2021 | up 17.6% | falling |
| 88 | Philippines | 65.2% | 2021 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 89 | Serbia | 65.1% | 2021 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 90 | Cape Verde | 64.7% | 2021 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 91 | Morocco | 64.2% | 2021 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 92 | Tunisia | 63.2% | 2021 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 93 | Brazil | 62.9% | 2021 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 94 | Albania | 62.9% | 2021 | up 12.0% | flat |
| 95 | Puerto Rico | 62.9% | 2021 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 96 | Paraguay | 62.8% | 2021 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 97 | Indonesia | 61.6% | 2021 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 98 | Peru | 61.6% | 2021 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 99 | Panama | 61.1% | 2021 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 100 | Romania | 60.9% | 2021 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 101 | Colombia | 60.5% | 2021 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 102 | Jordan | 60.3% | 2021 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 103 | Viet Nam | 59.7% | 2021 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 104 | Syrian Arab Republic | 59.4% | 2021 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 105 | Mexico | 59.3% | 2021 | up 4.9% | falling |
| 106 | Egypt | 59.1% | 2021 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 107 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 59.1% | 2021 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 108 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 59.1% | 2021 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 109 | Seychelles | 59.1% | 2021 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 110 | Ecuador | 59.0% | 2021 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 111 | Maldives | 58.9% | 2021 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 112 | Uzbekistan | 58.9% | 2021 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 113 | Czechia | 58.7% | 2021 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 114 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 58.5% | 2021 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 115 | Armenia | 57.7% | 2021 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 116 | Mongolia | 57.7% | 2021 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 117 | France | 57.5% | 2021 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 118 | Republic of Moldova | 57.2% | 2021 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 119 | Korea, Democratic People's Republic of | 57.2% | 2021 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 120 | Netherlands | 56.9% | 2021 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 121 | Azerbaijan | 56.7% | 2021 | down 26.4% | falling |
| 122 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 56.5% | 2021 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 123 | Russian Federation | 56.5% | 2021 | up 11.6% | flat |
| 124 | Bulgaria | 56.3% | 2021 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 125 | Denmark | 56.1% | 2021 | down 7.6% | rising |
| 126 | El Salvador | 56.1% | 2021 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 127 | Tonga | 55.6% | 2021 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 128 | Trinidad and Tobago | 55.2% | 2021 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 129 | Lebanon | 55.2% | 2021 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 130 | Hungary | 54.4% | 2021 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 131 | Cyprus | 54.1% | 2021 | down 14.0% | flat |
| 132 | Georgia | 54.1% | 2021 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 133 | Cuba | 53.9% | 2021 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 134 | Belgium | 53.6% | 2021 | up 25.1% | rising |
| 135 | Argentina | 53.6% | 2021 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 136 | Canada | 53.2% | 2021 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 137 | Slovakia | 53.2% | 2021 | up 7.7% | falling |
| 138 | Barbados | 53.1% | 2021 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 139 | Italy | 52.9% | 2021 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 140 | Germany | 52.8% | 2021 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 141 | Costa Rica | 52.8% | 2021 | up 8.4% | flat |
| 142 | Thailand | 52.8% | 2021 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 143 | Libya | 52.7% | 2021 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 144 | Australia | 52.5% | 2021 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 145 | Greece | 52.4% | 2021 | up 32.6% | rising |
| 146 | Kazakhstan | 52.3% | 2021 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 147 | Oman | 52.0% | 2021 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 148 | Malaysia | 52.0% | 2021 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 149 | Ukraine | 51.8% | 2021 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 150 | Qatar | 51.7% | 2021 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 151 | Korea | 51.7% | 2021 | down 4.4% | flat |
| 152 | Spain | 51.6% | 2021 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 153 | Türkiye | 51.4% | 2021 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 154 | Poland | 51.4% | 2021 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 155 | Saudi Arabia | 51.1% | 2021 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 156 | Sri Lanka | 51.0% | 2021 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 157 | Croatia | 50.6% | 2021 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 158 | United Arab Emirates | 49.8% | 2021 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 159 | Luxembourg | 49.4% | 2021 | up 4.0% | flat |
| 160 | New Zealand | 49.2% | 2021 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 161 | Sweden | 49.2% | 2021 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 162 | Iceland | 49.1% | 2021 | up 47.2% | rising |
| 163 | Latvia | 49.0% | 2021 | down 9.4% | rising |
| 164 | Austria | 48.8% | 2021 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 165 | Norway | 48.7% | 2021 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 166 | Malta | 48.6% | 2021 | up 52.3% | falling |
| 167 | Uruguay | 48.5% | 2021 | up 3.3% | falling |
| 168 | United States of America | 48.5% | 2021 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 169 | Brunei Darussalam | 47.7% | 2021 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 170 | Bahrain | 47.5% | 2021 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 171 | China | 46.9% | 2021 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 172 | Portugal | 45.9% | 2021 | down 10.7% | flat |
| 173 | Kuwait | 45.7% | 2021 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 174 | Switzerland | 45.0% | 2021 | down 6.3% | flat |
| 175 | Finland | 44.6% | 2021 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 176 | Chile | 44.2% | 2021 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 177 | Slovenia | 42.8% | 2021 | down 33.5% | falling |
| 178 | Ireland | 42.8% | 2021 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 179 | Antigua and Barbuda | 42.4% | 2021 | down 24.3% | falling |
| 180 | Israel | 40.6% | 2021 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 181 | Estonia | 40.2% | 2021 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 182 | Belarus | 37.9% | 2021 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 183 | Singapore | 37.1% | 2021 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 184 | Lithuania | 37.0% | 2021 | down 12.7% | flat |
| 185 | Japan | 31.3% | 2021 | down 0.3% | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Africa Western and Central 91.3%
- Pre-demographic dividend 90.1%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 89.9%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 89.9%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 89.9%
- Low income 89.0%
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 88.9%
- Africa Eastern and Southern 88.4%
- IDA blend 88.1%
- Least developed countries 88.0%
- IDA total 87.7%
- IDA only 87.4%
- Lower middle income 84.4%
- Low & middle income 83.3%
- IDA & IBRD total 83.2%
- World 82.8%
- Other small states 81.9%
- Middle income 80.7%
- South Asia 79.0%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 79.0%
- Small states 78.3%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 78.0%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 78.0%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 77.7%
- Early-demographic dividend 77.5%
- Arab World 77.5%
- IBRD only 72.4%
- Pacific island small states 72.0%
- Caribbean Small States 65.8%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 65.4%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 65.2%
- Latin America & Caribbean 65.1%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 61.7%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 61.6%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 61.5%
- Upper middle income 61.4%
- East Asia & Pacific 61.3%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 60.8%
- Europe & Central Asia 59.5%
- Late-demographic dividend 54.9%
About this data
Number of deaths ages 0-4 due to communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions divided by number of all deaths ages 0-4, expressed by percentage. Communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions included infectious and parasitic diseases, respiratory infections, and nutritional deficiencies such as underweight and stunting.