Child mortality rate (aged 1-4 years) by country
Countries reporting
200
Highest
49.32
Nigeria
Lowest
0.0459
San Marino
Median
1.77
Years covered
95
1930–2024
Data points
14,941
What the numbers show
Child mortality rate (aged 1-4 years) is currently reported for 200 countries. The highest value is 49.32 in Nigeria; the lowest is 0.0459 in San Marino.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.77, and the mean is 5.81.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 1,074.
Over the past decade 16 countries rose and 184 fell. The largest increase was in Palestine, State of (up 379.8%), and the largest decrease in Syrian Arab Republic (down 93.0%).
Child mortality rate: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigeria | 49.32 | 2024 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 2 | Niger | 48.27 | 2024 | down 22.1% | falling |
| 3 | Chad | 43.44 | 2024 | down 31.0% | falling |
| 4 | Somalia | 38.16 | 2024 | down 33.7% | falling |
| 5 | Sierra Leone | 37.98 | 2024 | down 39.8% | falling |
| 6 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 35.24 | 2024 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 7 | Guinea | 34.38 | 2024 | down 26.6% | falling |
| 8 | Central African Republic | 32.83 | 2024 | down 65.4% | volatile |
| 9 | Burkina Faso | 32.68 | 2024 | down 33.6% | volatile |
| 10 | Benin | 30.96 | 2024 | down 27.0% | volatile |
| 11 | South Sudan | 26.99 | 2024 | down 63.0% | volatile |
| 12 | Mali | 26.73 | 2024 | down 46.0% | volatile |
| 13 | Guinea-Bissau | 26.37 | 2024 | down 34.6% | falling |
| 14 | Cameroon | 25.62 | 2024 | down 34.7% | falling |
| 15 | Liberia | 24.7 | 2024 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 16 | Togo | 22.07 | 2024 | down 31.8% | volatile |
| 17 | Equatorial Guinea | 21.38 | 2024 | down 34.0% | falling |
| 18 | Palestine, State of | 21.25 | 2024 | up 379.8% | volatile |
| 19 | Côte d'Ivoire | 20.57 | 2024 | down 31.7% | volatile |
| 20 | Madagascar | 20.31 | 2024 | down 11.3% | volatile |
| 21 | Sudan | 19.53 | 2024 | up 17.7% | volatile |
| 22 | Angola | 17.43 | 2024 | down 31.0% | volatile |
| 23 | Burundi | 17.08 | 2024 | down 38.7% | volatile |
| 24 | Mozambique | 16.42 | 2024 | down 37.1% | volatile |
| 25 | Kiribati | 14.86 | 2024 | down 9.9% | volatile |
| 26 | Haiti | 14.32 | 2024 | down 32.3% | volatile |
| 27 | Zambia | 14.25 | 2024 | down 30.3% | falling |
| 28 | Timor-Leste | 13.45 | 2024 | down 24.4% | volatile |
| 29 | Uganda | 13.24 | 2024 | down 31.8% | falling |
| 30 | Congo | 12.47 | 2024 | down 33.6% | volatile |
| 31 | Malawi | 11.25 | 2024 | down 43.1% | volatile |
| 32 | South Africa | 11.12 | 2024 | up 19.1% | volatile |
| 33 | Ethiopia | 10.37 | 2024 | down 44.4% | volatile |
| 34 | Gambia | 10.04 | 2024 | down 41.7% | volatile |
| 35 | Eritrea | 9.84 | 2024 | down 35.2% | volatile |
| 36 | Turkmenistan | 8.83 | 2024 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 37 | Rwanda | 8.62 | 2024 | down 42.3% | volatile |
| 38 | Ghana | 8.6 | 2024 | down 47.2% | volatile |
| 39 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 8.53 | 2024 | down 42.7% | volatile |
| 40 | Papua New Guinea | 8.37 | 2024 | down 31.4% | volatile |
| 41 | Pakistan | 8.14 | 2024 | down 35.0% | volatile |
| 42 | Senegal | 7.87 | 2024 | down 52.4% | volatile |
| 43 | Mauritania | 6.9 | 2024 | down 41.1% | volatile |
| 44 | Gabon | 6.87 | 2024 | down 40.2% | volatile |
| 45 | Bangladesh | 6.21 | 2024 | down 35.2% | volatile |
| 46 | Djibouti | 6.12 | 2024 | down 36.1% | volatile |
| 47 | Fiji | 5.74 | 2024 | up 16.5% | volatile |
| 48 | Azerbaijan | 5.47 | 2024 | down 23.9% | volatile |
| 49 | Viet Nam | 5.33 | 2024 | down 15.9% | volatile |
| 50 | Afghanistan | 4.96 | 2024 | down 45.2% | volatile |
| 51 | Philippines | 4.9 | 2024 | down 18.3% | volatile |
| 52 | Kenya | 4.86 | 2024 | down 43.5% | volatile |
| 53 | Tajikistan | 4.76 | 2024 | down 24.1% | volatile |
| 54 | Yemen | 4.45 | 2024 | down 38.1% | volatile |
| 55 | Sao Tome and Principe | 4.43 | 2024 | down 51.2% | volatile |
| 56 | Myanmar | 4.27 | 2024 | down 39.0% | volatile |
| 57 | Marshall Islands | 4.16 | 2024 | down 32.9% | volatile |
| 58 | Comoros | 4.1 | 2024 | down 39.4% | volatile |
| 59 | Lesotho | 3.84 | 2024 | down 51.3% | volatile |
| 60 | Solomon Islands | 3.7 | 2024 | down 28.9% | volatile |
| 61 | Bhutan | 3.53 | 2024 | down 49.1% | volatile |
| 62 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 3.39 | 2024 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 63 | Guatemala | 3.37 | 2024 | down 36.8% | volatile |
| 64 | Panama | 3.34 | 2024 | down 6.8% | volatile |
| 65 | India | 3.31 | 2024 | down 61.0% | volatile |
| 66 | Namibia | 3.17 | 2024 | down 39.9% | volatile |
| 67 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 3.14 | 2024 | up 25.1% | volatile |
| 68 | Eswatini | 3.03 | 2024 | down 18.3% | volatile |
| 69 | Dominican Republic | 3.01 | 2024 | down 26.3% | volatile |
| 70 | Nepal | 2.94 | 2024 | down 50.9% | volatile |
| 71 | Palau | 2.91 | 2024 | down 3.9% | volatile |
| 72 | Vanuatu | 2.75 | 2024 | down 18.0% | volatile |
| 73 | Tuvalu | 2.71 | 2024 | down 33.4% | volatile |
| 74 | Samoa | 2.64 | 2024 | down 27.3% | volatile |
| 75 | Indonesia | 2.55 | 2024 | down 43.8% | volatile |
| 76 | Dominica | 2.39 | 2024 | down 4.9% | volatile |
| 77 | Lebanon | 2.38 | 2024 | up 46.5% | volatile |
| 78 | Zimbabwe | 2.37 | 2024 | down 56.3% | volatile |
| 79 | Tunisia | 2.34 | 2024 | up 8.2% | volatile |
| 80 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 2.25 | 2024 | down 56.4% | volatile |
| 81 | Honduras | 2.23 | 2024 | down 37.6% | volatile |
| 82 | Algeria | 2.22 | 2024 | down 29.9% | volatile |
| 83 | Mongolia | 2.22 | 2024 | down 44.9% | volatile |
| 84 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 2.16 | 2024 | down 35.1% | volatile |
| 85 | Cambodia | 2.08 | 2024 | down 52.0% | volatile |
| 86 | Cook Islands | 2.06 | 2024 | down 4.2% | volatile |
| 87 | Kyrgyzstan | 2.05 | 2024 | down 34.1% | volatile |
| 88 | Kazakhstan | 2.03 | 2024 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 89 | Guyana | 2.02 | 2024 | down 35.0% | volatile |
| 90 | Antigua and Barbuda | 2.02 | 2024 | down 18.4% | volatile |
| 91 | Oman | 2.01 | 2024 | down 4.9% | volatile |
| 92 | Brazil | 1.98 | 2024 | down 14.8% | volatile |
| 93 | Ecuador | 1.96 | 2024 | down 23.6% | volatile |
| 94 | Peru | 1.94 | 2024 | down 35.4% | volatile |
| 95 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1.94 | 2024 | down 26.8% | volatile |
| 96 | Libya | 1.89 | 2024 | down 35.1% | volatile |
| 97 | Belize | 1.88 | 2024 | down 31.7% | volatile |
| 98 | Nicaragua | 1.82 | 2024 | down 22.1% | volatile |
| 99 | Paraguay | 1.8 | 2024 | down 35.3% | volatile |
| 100 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.79 | 2024 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 101 | Cuba | 1.76 | 2024 | up 36.4% | volatile |
| 102 | Tonga | 1.75 | 2024 | down 23.4% | volatile |
| 103 | Iraq | 1.74 | 2024 | down 40.3% | volatile |
| 104 | China | 1.65 | 2024 | down 38.2% | volatile |
| 105 | Niue | 1.62 | 2024 | down 34.9% | volatile |
| 106 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 1.61 | 2024 | down 26.9% | volatile |
| 107 | Türkiye | 1.59 | 2024 | down 36.2% | volatile |
| 108 | Egypt | 1.57 | 2024 | down 40.2% | volatile |
| 109 | Mauritius | 1.57 | 2024 | down 9.5% | volatile |
| 110 | Grenada | 1.54 | 2024 | down 15.3% | volatile |
| 111 | Croatia | 1.53 | 2024 | up 107.2% | falling |
| 112 | Argentina | 1.5 | 2024 | down 15.6% | volatile |
| 113 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 1.49 | 2024 | down 58.9% | volatile |
| 114 | Bahrain | 1.46 | 2024 | up 6.4% | volatile |
| 115 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.43 | 2024 | up 70.7% | volatile |
| 116 | Jamaica | 1.42 | 2024 | down 11.4% | volatile |
| 117 | Saint Lucia | 1.42 | 2024 | down 26.2% | volatile |
| 118 | Republic of Moldova | 1.38 | 2024 | down 6.7% | volatile |
| 119 | Brunei Darussalam | 1.36 | 2024 | down 19.1% | volatile |
| 120 | Costa Rica | 1.34 | 2024 | up 6.1% | volatile |
| 121 | Malaysia | 1.34 | 2024 | down 12.3% | volatile |
| 122 | Romania | 1.31 | 2024 | down 17.4% | volatile |
| 123 | Saudi Arabia | 1.31 | 2024 | down 25.1% | volatile |
| 124 | Uruguay | 1.29 | 2024 | down 9.5% | volatile |
| 125 | Bahamas | 1.29 | 2024 | down 26.6% | falling |
| 126 | Botswana | 1.25 | 2024 | down 56.8% | volatile |
| 127 | Thailand | 1.24 | 2024 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 128 | El Salvador | 1.22 | 2024 | down 44.0% | volatile |
| 129 | Georgia | 1.15 | 2024 | down 34.4% | volatile |
| 130 | Armenia | 1.11 | 2024 | down 43.7% | volatile |
| 131 | Seychelles | 1.1 | 2024 | down 22.7% | volatile |
| 132 | Kuwait | 1.09 | 2024 | down 20.2% | volatile |
| 133 | Bulgaria | 1.09 | 2024 | down 24.5% | volatile |
| 134 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.06 | 2024 | down 48.0% | volatile |
| 135 | Colombia | 1.06 | 2024 | down 36.2% | volatile |
| 136 | Suriname | 1.05 | 2024 | down 38.4% | volatile |
| 137 | Qatar | 1.05 | 2024 | down 26.3% | volatile |
| 138 | Russia | 1.04 | 2024 | down 40.7% | volatile |
| 139 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 1.02 | 2024 | down 37.3% | volatile |
| 140 | Morocco | 1.02 | 2024 | down 48.8% | volatile |
| 141 | United Arab Emirates | 1.01 | 2024 | down 38.3% | volatile |
| 142 | Jordan | 0.9995 | 2024 | down 37.6% | volatile |
| 143 | United States of America | 0.9958 | 2024 | down 1.5% | volatile |
| 144 | British Virgin Islands | 0.9934 | 2024 | down 32.2% | volatile |
| 145 | Albania | 0.9834 | 2024 | down 54.8% | volatile |
| 146 | Mexico | 0.9797 | 2024 | down 40.3% | volatile |
| 147 | Slovakia | 0.9692 | 2024 | down 10.6% | volatile |
| 148 | Chile | 0.9609 | 2024 | down 14.5% | volatile |
| 149 | France | 0.9154 | 2024 | down 8.2% | volatile |
| 150 | Cyprus | 0.8771 | 2024 | up 116.0% | volatile |
| 151 | Serbia | 0.8262 | 2024 | down 9.6% | volatile |
| 152 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0.783 | 2024 | down 93.0% | volatile |
| 153 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 0.7294 | 2024 | down 45.6% | volatile |
| 154 | New Zealand | 0.7196 | 2024 | down 24.3% | volatile |
| 155 | Sri Lanka | 0.7182 | 2024 | down 52.4% | volatile |
| 156 | Barbados | 0.7158 | 2024 | down 33.1% | volatile |
| 157 | Canada | 0.7135 | 2024 | up 0.5% | volatile |
| 158 | Iceland | 0.6986 | 2024 | up 12.2% | volatile |
| 159 | Maldives | 0.697 | 2024 | down 51.6% | volatile |
| 160 | Israel | 0.6829 | 2024 | down 14.2% | volatile |
| 161 | Hungary | 0.638 | 2024 | down 26.0% | volatile |
| 162 | Malta | 0.6343 | 2024 | down 22.3% | volatile |
| 163 | Japan | 0.6181 | 2024 | down 20.3% | volatile |
| 164 | Poland | 0.6112 | 2024 | down 14.0% | volatile |
| 165 | Uzbekistan | 0.5985 | 2024 | down 53.9% | volatile |
| 166 | Germany | 0.5952 | 2024 | down 7.5% | volatile |
| 167 | Greece | 0.5902 | 2024 | down 11.1% | volatile |
| 168 | Belgium | 0.5847 | 2024 | down 18.3% | volatile |
| 169 | Spain | 0.5731 | 2024 | down 1.8% | volatile |
| 170 | Portugal | 0.5604 | 2024 | down 19.1% | volatile |
| 171 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.548 | 2024 | down 10.9% | volatile |
| 172 | Lithuania | 0.5474 | 2024 | down 40.6% | volatile |
| 173 | Naoero | 0.547 | 2024 | down 62.9% | volatile |
| 174 | Belarus | 0.5301 | 2024 | down 48.7% | volatile |
| 175 | Austria | 0.5226 | 2024 | down 17.0% | volatile |
| 176 | Australia | 0.5186 | 2024 | down 16.9% | volatile |
| 177 | Cabo Verde | 0.5175 | 2024 | down 71.9% | volatile |
| 178 | Czechia | 0.491 | 2024 | down 19.5% | volatile |
| 179 | Estonia | 0.4861 | 2024 | down 36.4% | volatile |
| 180 | Netherlands | 0.4833 | 2024 | down 18.9% | volatile |
| 181 | Finland | 0.4816 | 2024 | down 4.7% | volatile |
| 182 | Singapore | 0.4768 | 2024 | down 12.1% | volatile |
| 183 | Republic of Korea | 0.4687 | 2024 | down 32.0% | volatile |
| 184 | Montenegro | 0.4543 | 2024 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 185 | Monaco | 0.453 | 2024 | down 32.0% | falling |
| 186 | Switzerland | 0.4451 | 2024 | down 22.1% | volatile |
| 187 | Sweden | 0.4435 | 2024 | down 16.6% | volatile |
| 188 | Norway | 0.4433 | 2024 | down 13.0% | volatile |
| 189 | Ireland | 0.4326 | 2024 | down 15.9% | volatile |
| 190 | Denmark | 0.4279 | 2024 | down 22.4% | volatile |
| 191 | Slovenia | 0.4242 | 2024 | down 15.2% | volatile |
| 192 | Anguilla | 0.4128 | 2024 | down 36.3% | volatile |
| 193 | Italy | 0.4095 | 2024 | down 24.2% | volatile |
| 194 | Latvia | 0.348 | 2024 | down 61.0% | volatile |
| 195 | North Macedonia | 0.3469 | 2024 | down 73.4% | volatile |
| 196 | Luxembourg | 0.3161 | 2024 | down 22.1% | volatile |
| 197 | Montserrat | 0.2924 | 2024 | down 34.5% | volatile |
| 198 | Ukraine | 0.2643 | 2024 | up 10.6% | volatile |
| 199 | Andorra | 0.0883 | 2024 | down 54.8% | volatile |
| 200 | San Marino | 0.0459 | 2024 | down 49.1% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- West and Central Africa (UNICEF Prog.regions) 36.62
- África Occidental y Central 36.62
- Sub-Saharan Africa (UNSDG) 25.49
- África Subsahariana 25.25
- Africa (WHO regions) 24.72
- World Bank (low income) 23.19
- Países menos adelantados 17.98
- Landlocked developing countries (LLDC) (UNSDG) 14.93
- África Oriental y Meridional 13.43
- Eastern and Southern Africa (UNICEF Prog.regions) 12.9
- World Bank (lower middle income) 11.09
- World 9.96