Child deaths (aged 1-4 years), per square kilometre by country
Child deaths (aged 1-4 years) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
195
Highest
0.6193 units per square kilometre
Palestine
Lowest
0 units per square kilometre
British Virgin Islands
Median
0.0027 units per square kilometre
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
10,454
What the numbers show
Child deaths (aged 1-4 years), per square kilometre is currently reported for 195 countries. The highest value is 0.6193 units per square kilometre in Palestine; the lowest is 0 units per square kilometre in British Virgin Islands.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0027 units per square kilometre, and the mean is 0.0209 units per square kilometre.
Over the past decade 18 countries rose and 170 fell. The largest increase was in Palestine (up 956.1%), and the largest decrease in Nauru (down 100.0%).
Child deaths (aged 1-4 years), per square kilometre: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palestine | 0.6193 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 956.1% | volatile |
| 2 | Nigeria | 0.3735 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.4% | flat |
| 3 | Burundi | 0.3022 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 36.3% | falling |
| 4 | Bangladesh | 0.1604 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 36.6% | volatile |
| 5 | Rwanda | 0.1389 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 38.5% | volatile |
| 6 | Haiti | 0.136 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 32.5% | falling |
| 7 | Sierra Leone | 0.1313 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 31.8% | falling |
| 8 | Benin | 0.1254 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 9 | Togo | 0.1142 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 10 | Uganda | 0.1074 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 11 | Burkina Faso | 0.0846 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 31.0% | falling |
| 12 | Gambia | 0.0792 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 38.6% | falling |
| 13 | Malawi | 0.0758 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 40.8% | falling |
| 14 | Pakistan | 0.0703 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 32.6% | falling |
| 15 | Guinea | 0.0643 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 16 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.0622 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 26.7% | rising |
| 17 | Kiribati | 0.0617 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 18 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.061 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 19 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0589 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 30.2% | falling |
| 20 | Comoros | 0.0537 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 34.6% | volatile |
| 21 | Cameroon | 0.0502 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 21.9% | rising |
| 22 | Ethiopia | 0.0444 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 23 | Somalia | 0.0432 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.4% | flat |
| 24 | Liberia | 0.0405 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 25 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0404 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 19.6% | rising |
| 26 | Niger | 0.0371 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 27 | Bahrain | 0.035 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.7% | volatile |
| 28 | Ghana | 0.0337 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 44.7% | falling |
| 29 | Tuvalu | 0.0333 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 30 | Madagascar | 0.0329 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.3% | falling |
| 31 | Philippines | 0.0319 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 37.7% | falling |
| 32 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0302 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 56.7% | falling |
| 33 | Singapore | 0.0292 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 17.3% | volatile |
| 34 | India | 0.028 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 65.2% | volatile |
| 35 | East Timor | 0.0279 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 29.7% | volatile |
| 36 | Chad | 0.0254 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.6% | rising |
| 37 | Vietnam | 0.0254 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 17.5% | volatile |
| 38 | Mozambique | 0.0253 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 39 | Marshall Islands | 0.0222 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 60.0% | falling |
| 40 | Tanzania | 0.022 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 27.5% | falling |
| 41 | Lebanon | 0.0218 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 49.7% | volatile |
| 42 | Senegal | 0.0215 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 48.5% | falling |
| 43 | Mali | 0.0195 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 33.9% | falling |
| 44 | Angola | 0.0183 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 45 | Maldives | 0.0168 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 54.2% | volatile |
| 46 | Sudan | 0.0165 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 40.5% | flat |
| 47 | Dominican Republic | 0.0131 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 27.5% | volatile |
| 48 | Guatemala | 0.0124 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 39.8% | volatile |
| 49 | Zambia | 0.0124 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 50 | Kenya | 0.0124 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 46.2% | falling |
| 51 | Nepal | 0.0123 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 54.6% | volatile |
| 52 | South Sudan | 0.0123 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.5% | volatile |
| 53 | Yemen | 0.0112 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.1% | volatile |
| 54 | Afghanistan | 0.0108 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 33.6% | volatile |
| 55 | South Africa | 0.0102 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.8% | volatile |
| 56 | Central African Republic | 0.0101 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 39.3% | volatile |
| 57 | North Korea | 0.01 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 24.3% | volatile |
| 58 | Mauritius | 0.01 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 23.1% | volatile |
| 59 | Azerbaijan | 0.0097 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 34.8% | volatile |
| 60 | Tajikistan | 0.0096 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.2% | volatile |
| 61 | Micronesia (country) | 0.0086 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 62 | Eritrea | 0.0078 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 36.9% | volatile |
| 63 | Tonga | 0.0069 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 28.6% | volatile |
| 64 | Congo | 0.0067 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 27.9% | falling |
| 65 | Indonesia | 0.0064 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 49.2% | volatile |
| 66 | Turkey | 0.0063 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 46.9% | volatile |
| 67 | Djibouti | 0.0063 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 36.2% | falling |
| 68 | El Salvador | 0.0063 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 52.6% | volatile |
| 69 | Malta | 0.0063 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 70 | Myanmar | 0.0061 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 40.1% | volatile |
| 71 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.006 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 27.9% | falling |
| 72 | Grenada | 0.0059 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 73 | Samoa | 0.0058 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 22.4% | volatile |
| 74 | Israel | 0.0055 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 75 | Lesotho | 0.0055 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 64.1% | volatile |
| 76 | Fiji | 0.0054 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 77 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0051 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 78 | Saint Lucia | 0.0049 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 40.0% | volatile |
| 79 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0047 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 23.2% | falling |
| 80 | Honduras | 0.0047 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 34.8% | volatile |
| 81 | Barbados | 0.0047 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 82 | Iraq | 0.0046 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 37.9% | volatile |
| 83 | Cambodia | 0.0045 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 52.4% | volatile |
| 84 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0045 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 85 | Jamaica | 0.0045 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 27.9% | volatile |
| 86 | Seychelles | 0.0043 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 87 | Sri Lanka | 0.004 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 57.3% | volatile |
| 88 | Egypt | 0.0039 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 42.1% | volatile |
| 89 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0038 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 90 | Syria | 0.0034 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 91.8% | volatile |
| 91 | Panama | 0.0032 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.6% | volatile |
| 92 | Kuwait | 0.0032 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 26.9% | volatile |
| 93 | Turkmenistan | 0.0031 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 94 | Tunisia | 0.0029 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.1% | volatile |
| 95 | Solomon Islands | 0.0028 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 96 | Jordan | 0.0027 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 27.9% | volatile |
| 97 | Eswatini | 0.0027 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 67.8% | volatile |
| 98 | Dominica | 0.0027 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 99 | Netherlands | 0.0025 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 24.1% | volatile |
| 100 | Qatar | 0.0025 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.7% | falling |
| 101 | Zimbabwe | 0.0025 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 67.9% | falling |
| 102 | Ecuador | 0.0023 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 35.5% | volatile |
| 103 | Belgium | 0.0023 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 26.2% | falling |
| 104 | China | 0.0023 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 57.9% | volatile |
| 105 | Vanuatu | 0.0021 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.8% | volatile |
| 106 | Nicaragua | 0.002 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 30.5% | volatile |
| 107 | Malaysia | 0.0019 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 19.1% | volatile |
| 108 | Gabon | 0.0018 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 30.1% | falling |
| 109 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0017 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 29.8% | falling |
| 110 | Brunei | 0.0017 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.0% | volatile |
| 111 | Cuba | 0.0017 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.8% | volatile |
| 112 | Laos | 0.0017 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 58.5% | volatile |
| 113 | Thailand | 0.0016 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 49.1% | volatile |
| 114 | United Kingdom | 0.0016 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 25.7% | volatile |
| 115 | Venezuela | 0.0016 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.3% | volatile |
| 116 | Morocco | 0.0015 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 54.2% | volatile |
| 117 | Moldova | 0.0015 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 36.8% | volatile |
| 118 | Costa Rica | 0.0015 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 19.1% | volatile |
| 119 | Armenia | 0.0015 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 54.0% | falling |
| 120 | Japan | 0.0014 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 39.9% | volatile |
| 121 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0014 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 122 | South Korea | 0.0014 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 58.6% | volatile |
| 123 | Germany | 0.0013 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.1% | volatile |
| 124 | Cyprus | 0.0013 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 140.0% | volatile |
| 125 | Uzbekistan | 0.0012 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 42.4% | volatile |
| 126 | France | 0.0012 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.4% | volatile |
| 127 | Libya | 0.0012 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 353.1% | volatile |
| 128 | Albania | 0.0011 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 64.8% | volatile |
| 129 | Slovakia | 0.0011 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 130 | Mauritania | 0.0011 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 26.6% | falling |
| 131 | Mexico | 0.0011 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 45.6% | volatile |
| 132 | Romania | 0.001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 36.4% | volatile |
| 133 | Cape Verde | 0.001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 81.0% | volatile |
| 134 | Switzerland | 0.001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.2% | volatile |
| 135 | Bhutan | 0.001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 61.5% | volatile |
| 136 | Algeria | 0.0009 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 22.6% | volatile |
| 137 | Georgia | 0.0009 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 45.5% | volatile |
| 138 | Peru | 0.0008 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 39.9% | volatile |
| 139 | Iran | 0.0008 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 41.4% | volatile |
| 140 | Luxembourg | 0.0008 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 141 | Poland | 0.0007 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 26.1% | volatile |
| 142 | Czechia | 0.0007 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 143 | Colombia | 0.0007 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 40.6% | volatile |
| 144 | Croatia | 0.0007 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.6% | falling |
| 145 | Hungary | 0.0007 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 27.4% | volatile |
| 146 | Brazil | 0.0007 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 21.9% | volatile |
| 147 | Paraguay | 0.0007 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 29.9% | falling |
| 148 | Denmark | 0.0006 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 23.5% | volatile |
| 149 | Bulgaria | 0.0006 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 41.7% | volatile |
| 150 | Belize | 0.0006 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 151 | Serbia | 0.0006 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 152 | Bahamas | 0.0006 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 153 | Italy | 0.0006 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 44.3% | volatile |
| 154 | Oman | 0.0005 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.4% | volatile |
| 155 | Austria | 0.0005 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.0% | volatile |
| 156 | Portugal | 0.0005 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 31.9% | volatile |
| 157 | United States | 0.0004 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.0% | volatile |
| 158 | Slovenia | 0.0004 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 159 | Spain | 0.0004 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 31.2% | volatile |
| 160 | Greece | 0.0004 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 31.5% | volatile |
| 161 | Ireland | 0.0004 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 35.0% | volatile |
| 162 | Bolivia | 0.0004 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 59.9% | volatile |
| 163 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0004 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 36.7% | volatile |
| 164 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0003 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 165 | Kazakhstan | 0.0003 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 166 | North Macedonia | 0.0003 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 74.2% | volatile |
| 167 | Argentina | 0.0003 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 37.1% | volatile |
| 168 | Montenegro | 0.0003 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 169 | Uruguay | 0.0003 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 33.8% | volatile |
| 170 | Chile | 0.0003 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 31.8% | volatile |
| 171 | Namibia | 0.0003 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 35.7% | falling |
| 172 | Belarus | 0.0002 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 60.5% | volatile |
| 173 | Lithuania | 0.0002 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 53.3% | volatile |
| 174 | Guyana | 0.0002 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 35.5% | volatile |
| 175 | Estonia | 0.0002 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 40.7% | volatile |
| 176 | New Zealand | 0.0002 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 29.5% | volatile |
| 177 | Ukraine | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 34.9% | volatile |
| 178 | Botswana | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 59.0% | volatile |
| 179 | Sweden | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 16.7% | volatile |
| 180 | Latvia | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 181 | Mongolia | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 40.9% | volatile |
| 182 | Russia | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 54.2% | falling |
| 183 | Suriname | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 40.0% | volatile |
| 184 | Finland | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 29.0% | volatile |
| 185 | Norway | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 28.0% | volatile |
| 186 | Iceland | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 32.6% | volatile |
| 187 | Canada | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.2% | volatile |
| 188 | Australia | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 18.0% | volatile |
| 189 | Andorra | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 189 | Monaco | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 189 | Nauru | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 189 | Palau | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 189 | San Marino | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 189 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 189 | British Virgin Islands | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 0.0099 units per square kilometre
How this figure is calculated
Child deaths (aged 1-4 years) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Child deaths (aged 1-4 years) ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Child deaths UNICEF
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Child deaths (aged 1-4 years) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.