Child mortality by country
The estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.
Countries reporting
199
Highest
11.56 deaths per 100 live births
Nigeria
Lowest
0.126 deaths per 100 live births
San Marino
Median
1.5 deaths per 100 live births
Years covered
225
1800–2024
Data points
42,924
What the numbers show
Child mortality is currently reported for 199 countries. The highest value is 11.56 deaths per 100 live births in Nigeria; the lowest is 0.126 deaths per 100 live births in San Marino.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.5 deaths per 100 live births, and the mean is 2.41 deaths per 100 live births.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 92.
Over the past decade 22 countries rose and 177 fell. The largest increase was in Cyprus (up 94.5%), and the largest decrease in North Macedonia (down 74.7%).
Child mortality: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigeria | 11.56 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 2 | Niger | 11.07 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 3 | Somalia | 10.11 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 27.1% | falling |
| 4 | Chad | 9.73 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 5 | South Sudan | 9.67 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 47.0% | falling |
| 6 | Guinea | 9.21 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 7 | Sierra Leone | 9.05 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 33.4% | falling |
| 8 | Central African Republic | 8.97 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 52.0% | falling |
| 9 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 8.97 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 10 | Liberia | 8.64 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 11 | Burkina Faso | 7.49 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 28.2% | falling |
| 12 | Benin | 7.47 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 13 | Mali | 7.3 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 36.2% | falling |
| 14 | Equatorial Guinea | 6.8 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 28.7% | falling |
| 15 | Guinea-Bissau | 6.73 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 29.2% | falling |
| 16 | Cameroon | 6.48 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 29.8% | falling |
| 17 | Zimbabwe | 6.47 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | up 8.1% | falling |
| 18 | Cote d'Ivoire | 6.45 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 27.2% | falling |
| 19 | Madagascar | 6.24 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 20 | Sudan | 6.16 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 21 | Lesotho | 6 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 22 | Mozambique | 5.94 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 23 | Togo | 5.61 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 27.7% | falling |
| 24 | Pakistan | 5.6 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 27.5% | falling |
| 25 | Kiribati | 5.31 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 26 | Afghanistan | 5.3 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 28.9% | falling |
| 27 | Haiti | 5.28 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 28 | Angola | 4.9 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 29 | Djibouti | 4.89 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 30 | Malawi | 4.88 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 31 | Uganda | 4.87 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 32 | Zambia | 4.84 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 33 | East Timor | 4.76 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 34 | Burundi | 4.71 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 35 | Eswatini | 4.51 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 36 | Ethiopia | 4.45 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 34.3% | falling |
| 37 | Gambia | 4.24 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 31.0% | falling |
| 38 | Namibia | 3.95 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 21.0% | volatile |
| 39 | Papua New Guinea | 3.94 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 26.1% | falling |
| 40 | Congo | 3.91 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 28.2% | falling |
| 41 | Turkmenistan | 3.9 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 9.2% | volatile |
| 42 | Comoros | 3.9 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 22.1% | falling |
| 43 | Kenya | 3.88 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 44 | Yemen | 3.81 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 45 | Palestine | 3.79 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | up 72.5% | volatile |
| 46 | Rwanda | 3.77 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 47 | Tanzania | 3.7 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 34.3% | falling |
| 48 | Myanmar | 3.69 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 29.6% | falling |
| 49 | Mauritania | 3.69 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 50 | Senegal | 3.65 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 32.0% | falling |
| 51 | Ghana | 3.59 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 34.7% | falling |
| 52 | Dominica | 3.57 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | up 26.1% | volatile |
| 53 | South Africa | 3.51 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 54 | Eritrea | 3.43 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 55 | Botswana | 3.33 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 32.0% | falling |
| 56 | Gabon | 3.26 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 28.7% | falling |
| 57 | Dominican Republic | 3.06 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 12.1% | volatile |
| 58 | Bangladesh | 3.05 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 24.6% | falling |
| 59 | Laos | 2.94 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 37.3% | falling |
| 60 | Fiji | 2.91 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | up 41.2% | volatile |
| 61 | Tajikistan | 2.81 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 62 | Marshall Islands | 2.67 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 25.9% | volatile |
| 63 | India | 2.66 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 42.7% | falling |
| 64 | Philippines | 2.65 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 5.6% | volatile |
| 65 | Guyana | 2.52 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 26.6% | volatile |
| 66 | Nepal | 2.51 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 36.7% | falling |
| 67 | Venezuela | 2.42 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | up 32.3% | volatile |
| 68 | Niue | 2.38 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 26.7% | volatile |
| 69 | Micronesia (country) | 2.24 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 26.9% | volatile |
| 70 | Egypt | 2.24 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 71 | Iraq | 2.18 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 27.9% | volatile |
| 72 | Algeria | 2.16 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 73 | Palau | 2.14 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | up 3.9% | falling |
| 74 | Guatemala | 2.05 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 29.8% | volatile |
| 75 | Solomon Islands | 2 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 21.1% | volatile |
| 76 | Tuvalu | 1.92 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 28.8% | volatile |
| 77 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.88 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 18.8% | volatile |
| 78 | Syria | 1.84 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 48.1% | volatile |
| 79 | Cambodia | 1.84 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 42.5% | falling |
| 80 | Grenada | 1.8 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | up 4.6% | volatile |
| 81 | Azerbaijan | 1.79 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 39.6% | falling |
| 82 | Jamaica | 1.78 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 5.3% | volatile |
| 83 | Indonesia | 1.77 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 35.3% | falling |
| 84 | Lebanon | 1.76 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | up 37.8% | volatile |
| 85 | Vietnam | 1.73 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 21.3% | volatile |
| 86 | Saint Lucia | 1.72 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 8.3% | volatile |
| 87 | Bhutan | 1.72 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 44.9% | falling |
| 88 | Vanuatu | 1.71 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 9.0% | volatile |
| 89 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.68 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 28.6% | volatile |
| 90 | North Korea | 1.67 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 26.4% | volatile |
| 91 | Moldova | 1.65 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | up 4.5% | volatile |
| 92 | Vatican | 1.64 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 23.3% | volatile |
| 93 | Paraguay | 1.63 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 28.2% | volatile |
| 94 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1.59 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 18.5% | volatile |
| 95 | Suriname | 1.58 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 25.2% | volatile |
| 96 | Morocco | 1.57 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 35.7% | falling |
| 97 | Bolivia | 1.57 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 44.8% | falling |
| 98 | Mauritius | 1.54 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | up 4.4% | volatile |
| 99 | Panama | 1.53 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 11.7% | volatile |
| 100 | Honduras | 1.5 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 29.2% | falling |
| 101 | Samoa | 1.49 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 19.5% | volatile |
| 102 | Brazil | 1.42 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 12.8% | volatile |
| 103 | Seychelles | 1.4 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 3.6% | volatile |
| 104 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1.36 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 46.9% | volatile |
| 105 | Mongolia | 1.34 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 34.4% | falling |
| 106 | Uzbekistan | 1.34 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 37.2% | falling |
| 107 | Cook Islands | 1.33 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | up 1.6% | volatile |
| 108 | Mexico | 1.31 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 23.3% | volatile |
| 109 | Jordan | 1.29 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 23.7% | volatile |
| 110 | Peru | 1.29 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 111 | Ecuador | 1.29 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 19.1% | volatile |
| 112 | Belize | 1.27 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 22.5% | volatile |
| 113 | British Virgin Islands | 1.24 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 20.7% | volatile |
| 114 | Bahamas | 1.24 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 12.8% | volatile |
| 115 | Tunisia | 1.21 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 34.0% | volatile |
| 116 | Colombia | 1.15 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 27.7% | volatile |
| 117 | Iran | 1.13 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 29.8% | falling |
| 118 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.13 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 38.1% | volatile |
| 119 | Nicaragua | 1.12 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 38.5% | volatile |
| 120 | Cape Verde | 1.11 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 46.6% | volatile |
| 121 | Costa Rica | 1.04 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | up 12.8% | volatile |
| 122 | Oman | 1.03 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 123 | El Salvador | 1 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 34.2% | volatile |
| 124 | Brunei | 0.9944 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 5.8% | volatile |
| 125 | Libya | 0.9765 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 29.3% | volatile |
| 126 | Barbados | 0.9764 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 25.2% | volatile |
| 127 | Turkey | 0.9607 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 31.3% | falling |
| 128 | Armenia | 0.9585 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 37.7% | volatile |
| 129 | Argentina | 0.9514 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 22.0% | volatile |
| 130 | Tonga | 0.9513 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 21.3% | volatile |
| 131 | Kazakhstan | 0.9437 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 27.6% | volatile |
| 132 | Albania | 0.9227 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 7.1% | volatile |
| 133 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.9051 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 19.1% | volatile |
| 134 | Thailand | 0.8963 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 26.9% | volatile |
| 135 | Bahrain | 0.8767 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | up 12.9% | volatile |
| 136 | Georgia | 0.8595 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 21.6% | volatile |
| 137 | Cuba | 0.8559 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | up 41.0% | volatile |
| 138 | Malaysia | 0.8309 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | up 2.7% | volatile |
| 139 | Nauru | 0.8261 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 56.9% | volatile |
| 140 | Kuwait | 0.8104 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 13.1% | volatile |
| 141 | Ukraine | 0.7888 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 19.5% | volatile |
| 142 | Uruguay | 0.7447 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 19.9% | volatile |
| 143 | Romania | 0.7311 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 25.9% | volatile |
| 144 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.6905 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | up 2.9% | volatile |
| 145 | Chile | 0.6753 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 16.3% | volatile |
| 146 | United States | 0.6472 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 5.4% | volatile |
| 147 | Montserrat | 0.6354 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 27.4% | volatile |
| 148 | Slovakia | 0.6286 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 0.5% | volatile |
| 149 | Saudi Arabia | 0.5958 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 37.6% | volatile |
| 150 | Qatar | 0.5885 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 27.4% | volatile |
| 151 | Sri Lanka | 0.5881 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 36.4% | volatile |
| 152 | Bulgaria | 0.5736 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 34.0% | volatile |
| 153 | China | 0.5724 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 50.5% | volatile |
| 154 | Croatia | 0.5646 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | up 13.5% | volatile |
| 155 | Anguilla | 0.5608 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 26.8% | falling |
| 156 | Maldives | 0.5439 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 48.5% | falling |
| 157 | Canada | 0.5427 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | up 0.2% | volatile |
| 158 | Serbia | 0.5408 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 17.5% | volatile |
| 161 | Russia | 0.5173 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 41.8% | volatile |
| 162 | Cyprus | 0.4979 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | up 94.5% | volatile |
| 163 | United Arab Emirates | 0.4789 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 39.5% | volatile |
| 164 | New Zealand | 0.4738 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 17.6% | volatile |
| 165 | United Kingdom | 0.468 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | up 3.2% | volatile |
| 166 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.4653 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 27.2% | volatile |
| 167 | France | 0.4343 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | up 5.1% | volatile |
| 168 | Poland | 0.4221 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 16.2% | volatile |
| 169 | Denmark | 0.3955 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 2.9% | volatile |
| 170 | Taiwan | 0.392 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 22.7% | volatile |
| 171 | Netherlands | 0.3885 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 5.6% | volatile |
| 172 | Switzerland | 0.3866 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 10.9% | volatile |
| 174 | Greece | 0.3824 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 9.5% | volatile |
| 175 | Belgium | 0.3721 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 10.3% | volatile |
| 176 | Germany | 0.3711 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 6.1% | volatile |
| 177 | Hungary | 0.3707 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 30.6% | volatile |
| 178 | Australia | 0.3607 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 9.4% | volatile |
| 179 | Lithuania | 0.3377 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 33.9% | volatile |
| 180 | Israel | 0.334 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 17.0% | volatile |
| 181 | Austria | 0.3322 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 12.5% | volatile |
| 182 | Portugal | 0.3228 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 11.2% | volatile |
| 183 | Spain | 0.3193 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 5.3% | volatile |
| 184 | Iceland | 0.282 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | up 8.5% | volatile |
| 185 | North Macedonia | 0.2803 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 74.7% | volatile |
| 186 | South Korea | 0.2796 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 22.7% | volatile |
| 187 | Italy | 0.2702 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 24.9% | volatile |
| 188 | Singapore | 0.268 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 1.4% | volatile |
| 189 | Monaco | 0.2661 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 26.6% | volatile |
| 190 | Czechia | 0.2594 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 17.6% | volatile |
| 191 | Andorra | 0.2507 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 32.4% | volatile |
| 192 | Latvia | 0.2501 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 55.1% | volatile |
| 193 | Norway | 0.2487 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 10.8% | volatile |
| 194 | Japan | 0.2434 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 14.8% | volatile |
| 195 | Sweden | 0.2406 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 17.2% | volatile |
| 196 | Montenegro | 0.2383 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 47.8% | volatile |
| 197 | Finland | 0.2352 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 8.1% | volatile |
| 198 | Belarus | 0.2331 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 46.1% | volatile |
| 199 | Slovenia | 0.2259 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 16.5% | volatile |
| 201 | Estonia | 0.2016 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 40.4% | volatile |
| 202 | Hong Kong | 0.181 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 24.3% | volatile |
| 203 | San Marino | 0.126 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 37.6% | volatile |
About this data
The estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.