What is child mortality in Uganda?

Child mortality in Uganda was 4.87 deaths per 100 live births in 2024, according to Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.

What is the highest child mortality recorded in Uganda?

The highest recorded value was 51.09 deaths per 100 live births in 1800.

What is the lowest child mortality recorded in Uganda?

The lowest recorded value was 4.87 deaths per 100 live births in 2024.

How does Uganda rank for child mortality?

Uganda ranks 31st out of 203 countries with data for 2024.

Is child mortality rising or falling in Uganda?

Over the last ten years it is down 19.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.

Where does this Uganda data come from?

The figures come from Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Child mortality. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Child mortality in Uganda

Name: Child mortality in Uganda
Creator: Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

Uganda: Child mortality was 4.87 deaths per 100 live births in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)

4.87 deaths per 100 live births

Change on year

down 1.3%

World rank

31st

of 203 countries

All-time high

51.09 deaths per 100 live births

in 1800

All-time low

4.87 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Years of data

225

1800–2024

Child mortality in Uganda, 1800–2024

Source: Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in deaths per 100 live births.

Analysis

Uganda recorded 4.87 deaths per 100 live births for child mortality in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 225 years on record.

That represents a change of down 1.3% on the previous year and down 19.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, child mortality in Uganda peaked at 51.09 deaths per 100 live births in 1800 and was at its lowest, 4.87 deaths per 100 live births, in 2024.

Uganda ranks 31st of 203 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 225 years of available data.

Child mortality in Uganda, year by year

Annual values for Child mortality in Uganda, 1800 to 2024.
Year	deaths per 100 live births	Change
1800	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	—
1801	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1802	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1803	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1804	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1805	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1806	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1807	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1808	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1809	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1810	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1811	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1812	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1813	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1814	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1815	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1816	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1817	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1818	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1819	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1820	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1821	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1822	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1823	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1824	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1825	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1826	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1827	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1828	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1829	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1830	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1831	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1832	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1833	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1834	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1835	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1836	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1837	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1838	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1839	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1840	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1841	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1842	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1843	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1844	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1845	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1846	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1847	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1848	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1849	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1850	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1851	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1852	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1853	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1854	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1855	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1856	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1857	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1858	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1859	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1860	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1861	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1862	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1863	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1864	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1865	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1866	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1867	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1868	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1869	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1870	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1871	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1872	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1873	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1874	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1875	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1876	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1877	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1878	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1879	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1880	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1881	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1882	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1883	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1884	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1885	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1886	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1887	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1888	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1889	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1890	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1891	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1892	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1893	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1894	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	-0.0%
1895	51.08 deaths per 100 live births	-0.0%
1896	51.08 deaths per 100 live births	-0.0%
1897	51.06 deaths per 100 live births	-0.0%
1898	51.04 deaths per 100 live births	-0.0%
1899	51.02 deaths per 100 live births	-0.1%
1900	50.98 deaths per 100 live births	-0.1%
1901	50.94 deaths per 100 live births	-0.1%
1902	50.88 deaths per 100 live births	-0.1%
1903	50.82 deaths per 100 live births	-0.1%
1904	50.76 deaths per 100 live births	-0.1%
1905	50.68 deaths per 100 live births	-0.1%
1906	50.6 deaths per 100 live births	-0.2%
1907	50.5 deaths per 100 live births	-0.2%
1908	50.4 deaths per 100 live births	-0.2%
1909	50.3 deaths per 100 live births	-0.2%
1910	50.19 deaths per 100 live births	-0.2%
1911	50.07 deaths per 100 live births	-0.2%
1912	49.95 deaths per 100 live births	-0.2%
1913	49.83 deaths per 100 live births	-0.2%
1914	49.71 deaths per 100 live births	-0.2%
1915	49.59 deaths per 100 live births	-0.2%
1916	49.47 deaths per 100 live births	-0.2%
1917	49.35 deaths per 100 live births	-0.2%
1918	49.23 deaths per 100 live births	-0.2%
1919	49.11 deaths per 100 live births	-0.2%
1920	48.99 deaths per 100 live births	-0.2%
1921	48.87 deaths per 100 live births	-0.2%
1922	48.75 deaths per 100 live births	-0.2%
1923	49.06 deaths per 100 live births	+0.6%
1924	49.38 deaths per 100 live births	+0.7%
1925	49.55 deaths per 100 live births	+0.3%
1926	49.87 deaths per 100 live births	+0.6%
1927	50.19 deaths per 100 live births	+0.6%
1928	49.62 deaths per 100 live births	-1.1%
1929	49.21 deaths per 100 live births	-0.8%
1930	48.65 deaths per 100 live births	-1.1%
1931	47.92 deaths per 100 live births	-1.5%
1932	47.07 deaths per 100 live births	-1.8%
1933	46.36 deaths per 100 live births	-1.5%
1934	45.53 deaths per 100 live births	-1.8%
1935	44.84 deaths per 100 live births	-1.5%
1936	44.03 deaths per 100 live births	-1.8%
1937	43.36 deaths per 100 live births	-1.5%
1938	42.57 deaths per 100 live births	-1.8%
1939	41.79 deaths per 100 live births	-1.8%
1940	41.03 deaths per 100 live births	-1.8%
1941	40.27 deaths per 100 live births	-1.8%
1942	39.52 deaths per 100 live births	-1.9%
1943	38.79 deaths per 100 live births	-1.9%
1944	38.07 deaths per 100 live births	-1.9%
1945	35.94 deaths per 100 live births	-5.6%
1946	33.93 deaths per 100 live births	-5.6%
1947	32.03 deaths per 100 live births	-5.6%
1948	30.24 deaths per 100 live births	-5.6%
1949	28.54 deaths per 100 live births	-5.6%
1950	26.94 deaths per 100 live births	-5.6%
1951	26.69 deaths per 100 live births	-0.9%
1952	26.2 deaths per 100 live births	-1.8%
1953	25.39 deaths per 100 live births	-3.1%
1954	24.91 deaths per 100 live births	-1.9%
1955	24.46 deaths per 100 live births	-1.8%
1956	23.97 deaths per 100 live births	-2.0%
1957	23.5 deaths per 100 live births	-2.0%
1958	23.07 deaths per 100 live births	-1.8%
1959	22.65 deaths per 100 live births	-1.8%
1960	22.25 deaths per 100 live births	-1.8%
1961	21.9 deaths per 100 live births	-1.6%
1962	21.53 deaths per 100 live births	-1.7%
1963	21.23 deaths per 100 live births	-1.4%
1964	20.95 deaths per 100 live births	-1.3%
1965	20.66 deaths per 100 live births	-1.4%
1966	20.37 deaths per 100 live births	-1.4%
1967	20.06 deaths per 100 live births	-1.5%
1968	19.8 deaths per 100 live births	-1.3%
1969	19.59 deaths per 100 live births	-1.1%
1970	19.45 deaths per 100 live births	-0.7%
1971	19.43 deaths per 100 live births	-0.1%
1972	19.5 deaths per 100 live births	+0.4%
1973	19.71 deaths per 100 live births	+1.1%
1974	20.01 deaths per 100 live births	+1.5%
1975	20.4 deaths per 100 live births	+1.9%
1976	20.85 deaths per 100 live births	+2.2%
1977	21.28 deaths per 100 live births	+2.1%
1978	21.65 deaths per 100 live births	+1.7%
1979	21.87 deaths per 100 live births	+1.0%
1980	22.05 deaths per 100 live births	+0.8%
1981	21.89 deaths per 100 live births	-0.7%
1982	21.53 deaths per 100 live births	-1.6%
1983	21.02 deaths per 100 live births	-2.4%
1984	20.44 deaths per 100 live births	-2.8%
1985	19.94 deaths per 100 live births	-2.5%
1986	19.57 deaths per 100 live births	-1.8%
1987	19.26 deaths per 100 live births	-1.6%
1988	18.94 deaths per 100 live births	-1.7%
1989	18.61 deaths per 100 live births	-1.7%
1990	18.22 deaths per 100 live births	-2.1%
1991	17.77 deaths per 100 live births	-2.4%
1992	17.31 deaths per 100 live births	-2.6%
1993	16.9 deaths per 100 live births	-2.4%
1994	16.55 deaths per 100 live births	-2.1%
1995	16.27 deaths per 100 live births	-1.7%
1996	16.03 deaths per 100 live births	-1.4%
1997	15.77 deaths per 100 live births	-1.6%
1998	15.42 deaths per 100 live births	-2.2%
1999	14.96 deaths per 100 live births	-3.0%
2000	14.39 deaths per 100 live births	-3.8%
2001	13.72 deaths per 100 live births	-4.6%
2002	12.99 deaths per 100 live births	-5.3%
2003	12.21 deaths per 100 live births	-6.0%
2004	11.42 deaths per 100 live births	-6.5%
2005	10.65 deaths per 100 live births	-6.8%
2006	9.92 deaths per 100 live births	-6.8%
2007	9.25 deaths per 100 live births	-6.8%
2008	8.64 deaths per 100 live births	-6.5%
2009	8.12 deaths per 100 live births	-6.1%
2010	7.6 deaths per 100 live births	-6.4%
2011	7.09 deaths per 100 live births	-6.8%
2012	6.65 deaths per 100 live births	-6.1%
2013	6.28 deaths per 100 live births	-5.5%
2014	6.02 deaths per 100 live births	-4.2%
2015	5.79 deaths per 100 live births	-3.9%
2016	5.56 deaths per 100 live births	-3.9%
2017	5.4 deaths per 100 live births	-2.9%
2018	5.27 deaths per 100 live births	-2.4%
2019	5.16 deaths per 100 live births	-2.1%
2020	5.09 deaths per 100 live births	-1.5%
2021	5.02 deaths per 100 live births	-1.4%
2022	5 deaths per 100 live births	-0.4%
2023	4.94 deaths per 100 live births	-1.2%
2024	4.87 deaths per 100 live births	-1.3%

Uganda compared with similar countries

Uganda's 4.87 deaths per 100 live births is below the median for low income countries, which is 6.16 deaths per 100 live births, 79% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
Uganda's 4.87 deaths per 100 live births is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 4.89 deaths per 100 live births, 100% of the median. (48 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1800s	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	10
1810s	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	10
1820s	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	10
1830s	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	10
1840s	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	10
1850s	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	10
1860s	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	10
1870s	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	10
1880s	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	10
1890s	51.07 deaths per 100 live births	51.02 deaths per 100 live births	51.09 deaths per 100 live births	10
1900s	50.69 deaths per 100 live births	50.3 deaths per 100 live births	50.98 deaths per 100 live births	10
1910s	49.65 deaths per 100 live births	49.11 deaths per 100 live births	50.19 deaths per 100 live births	10
1920s	49.35 deaths per 100 live births	48.75 deaths per 100 live births	50.19 deaths per 100 live births	10
1930s	45.21 deaths per 100 live births	41.79 deaths per 100 live births	48.65 deaths per 100 live births	10
1940s	35.84 deaths per 100 live births	28.54 deaths per 100 live births	41.03 deaths per 100 live births	10
1950s	24.78 deaths per 100 live births	22.65 deaths per 100 live births	26.94 deaths per 100 live births	10
1960s	20.83 deaths per 100 live births	19.59 deaths per 100 live births	22.25 deaths per 100 live births	10
1970s	20.41 deaths per 100 live births	19.43 deaths per 100 live births	21.87 deaths per 100 live births	10
1980s	20.32 deaths per 100 live births	18.61 deaths per 100 live births	22.05 deaths per 100 live births	10
1990s	16.52 deaths per 100 live births	14.96 deaths per 100 live births	18.22 deaths per 100 live births	10
2000s	11.13 deaths per 100 live births	8.12 deaths per 100 live births	14.39 deaths per 100 live births	10
2010s	6.08 deaths per 100 live births	5.16 deaths per 100 live births	7.6 deaths per 100 live births	10
2020s	4.98 deaths per 100 live births	4.87 deaths per 100 live births	5.09 deaths per 100 live births	5

Countries ranked near Uganda

28 Angola 4.9 deaths per 100 live births compare
29 Djibouti 4.89 deaths per 100 live births compare
30 Malawi 4.88 deaths per 100 live births compare
32 Zambia 4.84 deaths per 100 live births compare
33 East Timor 4.76 deaths per 100 live births compare
34 Burundi 4.71 deaths per 100 live births compare

See the full ranking of 203 places →

More health data for Uganda

Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -2.2 % change on previous year (2100)
Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 1.34 % change on previous year (2090)
Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 853.6 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
Number of infants who die before age 1 6,666 deaths (2100)
Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 111 (2025)
Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate 1.28 % change on previous year (2025)
Population ages 00-04, female, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.0787 units per person (2025)
Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate 1.34 % change on previous year (2025)
Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)

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Frequently asked questions

What is child mortality in Uganda?: Child mortality in Uganda was 4.87 deaths per 100 live births in 2024, according to Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest child mortality recorded in Uganda?: The highest recorded value was 51.09 deaths per 100 live births in 1800.
What is the lowest child mortality recorded in Uganda?: The lowest recorded value was 4.87 deaths per 100 live births in 2024.
How does Uganda rank for child mortality?: Uganda ranks 31st out of 203 countries with data for 2024.
Is child mortality rising or falling in Uganda?: Over the last ten years it is down 19.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Uganda data come from?: The figures come from Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Child mortality. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator: Child mortality
Unit: deaths per 100 live births
Source: Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 203 places, 42,924 data points, 1800–2024
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

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