Child mortality by sex by country
The estimated number of deaths of male children aged under five years, per 100 live births .
Countries reporting
195
Highest
12.14 deaths per 100 live births
Nigeria
Lowest
0.1363 deaths per 100 live births
San Marino
Median
1.63 deaths per 100 live births
Years covered
75
1950–2024
Data points
12,985
What the numbers show
Child mortality by sex is currently reported for 195 countries. The highest value is 12.14 deaths per 100 live births in Nigeria; the lowest is 0.1363 deaths per 100 live births in San Marino.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.63 deaths per 100 live births, and the mean is 2.61 deaths per 100 live births.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 89.
Over the past decade 24 countries rose and 171 fell. The largest increase was in Cyprus (up 94.7%), and the largest decrease in North Macedonia (down 74.9%).
Child mortality by sex: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigeria | 12.14 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 2 | Niger | 11.49 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 3 | Somalia | 10.64 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 26.6% | falling |
| 4 | Chad | 10.32 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 26.0% | falling |
| 5 | South Sudan | 10.21 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 45.6% | falling |
| 6 | Guinea | 9.88 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 7 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 9.73 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 8 | Sierra Leone | 9.61 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 32.7% | falling |
| 9 | Central African Republic | 9.52 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 50.7% | falling |
| 10 | Liberia | 9.34 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 11 | Benin | 7.99 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 12 | Burkina Faso | 7.91 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 27.6% | falling |
| 13 | Mali | 7.71 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 35.6% | falling |
| 14 | Equatorial Guinea | 7.34 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 27.9% | falling |
| 15 | Guinea-Bissau | 7.29 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 28.7% | falling |
| 16 | Cote d'Ivoire | 7.13 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 17 | Zimbabwe | 7.1 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | up 7.7% | falling |
| 18 | Cameroon | 6.99 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 29.4% | falling |
| 19 | Madagascar | 6.74 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 20 | Sudan | 6.64 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 21 | Lesotho | 6.61 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 22 | Mozambique | 6.36 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 23 | Pakistan | 6.08 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 24 | Togo | 6.04 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 27.1% | falling |
| 25 | Haiti | 5.76 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 25.1% | falling |
| 26 | Kiribati | 5.75 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 27 | Afghanistan | 5.7 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 27.8% | volatile |
| 28 | Malawi | 5.39 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 18.1% | volatile |
| 29 | Uganda | 5.37 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 30 | Angola | 5.34 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 32 | Zambia | 5.29 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 33 | East Timor | 5.17 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 22.4% | volatile |
| 34 | Burundi | 5.1 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 32.7% | falling |
| 35 | Ethiopia | 5.02 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 33.9% | falling |
| 36 | Eswatini | 4.97 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 24.6% | falling |
| 37 | Gambia | 4.68 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 30.4% | volatile |
| 38 | Turkmenistan | 4.4 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 39 | Namibia | 4.34 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 40 | Kenya | 4.27 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 19.2% | volatile |
| 41 | Papua New Guinea | 4.25 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 25.4% | volatile |
| 42 | Congo | 4.24 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 27.7% | falling |
| 43 | Comoros | 4.22 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 21.6% | volatile |
| 44 | Yemen | 4.17 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 20.8% | volatile |
| 45 | Rwanda | 4.12 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 46 | Mauritania | 4.07 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 26.5% | volatile |
| 47 | Senegal | 4.05 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 31.0% | volatile |
| 48 | Tanzania | 4.05 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 33.6% | falling |
| 49 | Myanmar | 4.05 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 29.4% | falling |
| 50 | Ghana | 3.98 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 34.0% | falling |
| 51 | Palestine | 3.9 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | up 65.7% | volatile |
| 52 | Eritrea | 3.83 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 28.2% | volatile |
| 53 | Dominica | 3.8 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | up 26.3% | volatile |
| 54 | South Africa | 3.76 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 55 | Botswana | 3.68 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 31.7% | volatile |
| 56 | Gabon | 3.62 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 28.2% | volatile |
| 57 | Dominican Republic | 3.33 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 11.8% | volatile |
| 58 | Laos | 3.29 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 37.0% | volatile |
| 59 | Bangladesh | 3.26 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 24.1% | volatile |
| 60 | Fiji | 3.17 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | up 41.3% | volatile |
| 61 | Tajikistan | 3.15 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 62 | Marshall Islands | 2.95 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 25.8% | falling |
| 63 | Philippines | 2.92 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 64 | Guyana | 2.83 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 26.6% | falling |
| 65 | Nepal | 2.7 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 36.0% | volatile |
| 66 | India | 2.65 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 40.6% | volatile |
| 67 | Niue | 2.63 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 26.5% | volatile |
| 68 | Venezuela | 2.62 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | up 29.9% | volatile |
| 69 | Micronesia (country) | 2.52 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 27.2% | falling |
| 70 | Egypt | 2.39 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 16.9% | volatile |
| 71 | Iraq | 2.38 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 27.8% | volatile |
| 72 | Palau | 2.37 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | up 4.2% | volatile |
| 73 | Algeria | 2.35 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 13.9% | volatile |
| 74 | Guatemala | 2.26 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 29.6% | volatile |
| 75 | Solomon Islands | 2.17 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 20.8% | volatile |
| 76 | Tuvalu | 2.12 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 29.1% | volatile |
| 77 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2.05 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 78 | Cambodia | 2.04 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 42.5% | volatile |
| 79 | Vietnam | 2.03 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 21.6% | volatile |
| 80 | Syria | 2.02 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 45.9% | volatile |
| 81 | Jamaica | 1.99 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 5.1% | volatile |
| 82 | Grenada | 1.94 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | up 5.1% | volatile |
| 83 | Indonesia | 1.94 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 35.2% | volatile |
| 84 | Lebanon | 1.91 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | up 38.7% | volatile |
| 85 | Bhutan | 1.89 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 44.4% | volatile |
| 86 | Azerbaijan | 1.89 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 39.8% | volatile |
| 87 | Saint Lucia | 1.88 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 8.1% | volatile |
| 88 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.87 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 28.8% | volatile |
| 89 | North Korea | 1.84 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 26.5% | volatile |
| 90 | Vanuatu | 1.83 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 8.4% | volatile |
| 91 | Moldova | 1.82 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | up 4.2% | falling |
| 92 | Paraguay | 1.79 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 27.9% | falling |
| 93 | Suriname | 1.76 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 94 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1.74 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 95 | Morocco | 1.73 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 35.7% | volatile |
| 96 | Bolivia | 1.72 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 44.7% | volatile |
| 97 | Mauritius | 1.69 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | up 5.0% | volatile |
| 99 | Honduras | 1.65 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 29.2% | volatile |
| 100 | Samoa | 1.63 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 19.4% | volatile |
| 101 | Brazil | 1.57 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 12.9% | volatile |
| 102 | Uzbekistan | 1.5 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 37.4% | volatile |
| 103 | Seychelles | 1.5 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 3.2% | volatile |
| 104 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1.48 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 46.8% | falling |
| 105 | Mongolia | 1.48 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 35.0% | volatile |
| 106 | Ecuador | 1.45 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 19.9% | volatile |
| 108 | Jordan | 1.41 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 24.0% | volatile |
| 109 | Peru | 1.41 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 24.8% | volatile |
| 110 | Belize | 1.39 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 22.4% | volatile |
| 111 | Cook Islands | 1.38 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | up 1.9% | volatile |
| 112 | Bahamas | 1.33 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 113 | Tunisia | 1.28 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 34.8% | volatile |
| 114 | Colombia | 1.27 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 27.9% | volatile |
| 115 | British Virgin Islands | 1.25 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 18.5% | volatile |
| 116 | Nicaragua | 1.24 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 38.9% | volatile |
| 117 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.22 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 38.2% | volatile |
| 118 | Cape Verde | 1.21 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 46.8% | volatile |
| 119 | Iran | 1.19 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 29.3% | volatile |
| 120 | Costa Rica | 1.12 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | up 13.3% | volatile |
| 121 | Oman | 1.12 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 8.3% | volatile |
| 122 | El Salvador | 1.1 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 34.2% | volatile |
| 123 | Brunei | 1.07 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 5.9% | volatile |
| 124 | Libya | 1.06 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 29.6% | volatile |
| 125 | Barbados | 1.05 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 126 | Kazakhstan | 1.05 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 28.3% | volatile |
| 127 | Tonga | 1.05 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 22.0% | volatile |
| 128 | Armenia | 1.05 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 38.0% | volatile |
| 129 | Argentina | 1.04 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 21.5% | volatile |
| 130 | Turkey | 1.03 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 30.2% | volatile |
| 131 | Albania | 0.9973 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 5.5% | volatile |
| 132 | Thailand | 0.9877 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 27.2% | volatile |
| 133 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.9818 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 19.3% | volatile |
| 134 | Cuba | 0.9462 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | up 41.2% | volatile |
| 135 | Georgia | 0.9317 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 22.0% | volatile |
| 136 | Nauru | 0.9032 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 57.3% | volatile |
| 137 | Malaysia | 0.9019 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | up 2.6% | volatile |
| 138 | Bahrain | 0.8969 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | up 13.1% | volatile |
| 139 | Kuwait | 0.8734 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 13.6% | volatile |
| 140 | Ukraine | 0.8656 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 141 | Uruguay | 0.8247 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 20.3% | volatile |
| 142 | Romania | 0.7894 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 27.4% | volatile |
| 143 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.7397 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | up 1.0% | volatile |
| 144 | Chile | 0.7264 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 16.5% | volatile |
| 145 | United States | 0.7012 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 5.9% | volatile |
| 146 | Slovakia | 0.694 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | up 0.2% | volatile |
| 147 | Sri Lanka | 0.6471 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 36.8% | volatile |
| 148 | Qatar | 0.6238 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 27.8% | volatile |
| 149 | Bulgaria | 0.62 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 35.0% | volatile |
| 150 | Saudi Arabia | 0.6193 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 38.0% | volatile |
| 151 | Montserrat | 0.6089 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 27.0% | volatile |
| 152 | Croatia | 0.6025 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | up 12.3% | volatile |
| 153 | China | 0.6012 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 50.8% | volatile |
| 154 | Serbia | 0.5961 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 17.6% | volatile |
| 155 | Maldives | 0.5876 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 49.2% | volatile |
| 156 | Canada | 0.5873 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | up 1.0% | volatile |
| 157 | Malta | 0.5713 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 20.3% | volatile |
| 158 | Russia | 0.569 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 42.1% | volatile |
| 159 | Anguilla | 0.552 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 26.1% | falling |
| 160 | Cyprus | 0.5309 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | up 94.7% | volatile |
| 161 | United Arab Emirates | 0.5226 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 40.0% | volatile |
| 162 | United Kingdom | 0.5165 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | up 4.1% | volatile |
| 163 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.5154 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 27.4% | volatile |
| 164 | New Zealand | 0.5103 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 18.1% | volatile |
| 165 | France | 0.4694 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | up 4.0% | volatile |
| 166 | Poland | 0.4649 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 15.1% | volatile |
| 167 | Denmark | 0.4277 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 3.1% | volatile |
| 168 | Netherlands | 0.4247 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 5.6% | volatile |
| 169 | Switzerland | 0.4165 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 11.0% | volatile |
| 170 | Ireland | 0.4149 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | up 2.0% | volatile |
| 171 | Greece | 0.4121 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 9.5% | volatile |
| 172 | Belgium | 0.4097 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 11.2% | volatile |
| 173 | Hungary | 0.4062 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 29.9% | volatile |
| 174 | Germany | 0.3973 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 6.9% | volatile |
| 175 | Australia | 0.3899 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 9.5% | volatile |
| 176 | Lithuania | 0.366 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 33.8% | volatile |
| 177 | Israel | 0.3597 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 16.6% | volatile |
| 178 | Austria | 0.3596 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 13.1% | volatile |
| 179 | Portugal | 0.3527 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 11.6% | volatile |
| 180 | Spain | 0.3475 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 4.7% | volatile |
| 181 | South Korea | 0.3051 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 21.8% | volatile |
| 182 | Iceland | 0.3028 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | up 8.8% | volatile |
| 183 | North Macedonia | 0.2962 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 74.9% | volatile |
| 184 | Monaco | 0.293 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 26.8% | falling |
| 185 | Italy | 0.2916 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 25.1% | volatile |
| 186 | Czechia | 0.2869 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 18.4% | volatile |
| 188 | Andorra | 0.2829 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 32.7% | volatile |
| 189 | Norway | 0.2735 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 10.8% | volatile |
| 190 | Latvia | 0.2698 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 55.1% | volatile |
| 191 | Sweden | 0.2615 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 17.2% | volatile |
| 192 | Belarus | 0.2604 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 46.4% | volatile |
| 193 | Finland | 0.2543 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 8.4% | volatile |
| 194 | Montenegro | 0.2529 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 47.6% | volatile |
| 195 | Japan | 0.2526 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 15.6% | volatile |
| 196 | Slovenia | 0.2439 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 16.2% | volatile |
| 197 | Luxembourg | 0.2374 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 15.5% | volatile |
| 198 | Estonia | 0.2217 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 40.4% | volatile |
| 199 | San Marino | 0.1363 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 37.7% | volatile |
About this data
The estimated number of deaths of male children aged under five years, per 100 live births .