Child mortality rate by country
Probability of death before the age of five
Countries reporting
201
Highest
12.3%
Central African Republic
Lowest
0.2%
Singapore
Median
1.4%
Years covered
70
1950–2019
Data points
14,280
What the numbers show
Child mortality rate is currently reported for 201 countries. The highest value is 12.3% in Central African Republic; the lowest is 0.2% in Singapore.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.4%, and the mean is 2.5%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 69.
Over the past decade 2 countries rose and 198 fell. The largest increase was in Dominica (up 18.2%), and the largest decrease in Iran (down 59.6%).
Child mortality rate: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Central African Republic | 12.3% | 2019 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 2 | Mali | 11.8% | 2019 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 3 | Chad | 11.3% | 2019 | down 25.7% | falling |
| 4 | Niger | 11.1% | 2019 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 5 | Burkina Faso | 10.9% | 2019 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 6 | Nigeria | 10.4% | 2019 | down 29.6% | falling |
| 7 | Sierra Leone | 10.2% | 2019 | down 35.9% | falling |
| 8 | Guinea | 9.7% | 2019 | down 28.7% | falling |
| 9 | Somalia | 9.5% | 2019 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 10 | South Sudan | 9.3% | 2019 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 11 | Benin | 8.5% | 2019 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 12 | Cote d'Ivoire | 7.3% | 2019 | down 33.7% | falling |
| 13 | Cameroon | 7.2% | 2019 | down 32.9% | falling |
| 14 | Guinea-Bissau | 7.1% | 2019 | down 36.3% | falling |
| 15 | Mozambique | 6.9% | 2019 | down 37.5% | falling |
| 16 | Haiti | 6.8% | 2019 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 17 | Burundi | 6.5% | 2019 | down 36.9% | falling |
| 18 | Lesotho | 6.4% | 2019 | down 28.3% | falling |
| 19 | Pakistan | 6.3% | 2019 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 20 | Togo | 6.3% | 2019 | down 34.4% | falling |
| 21 | Liberia | 6.1% | 2019 | down 33.9% | falling |
| 22 | Malawi | 5.9% | 2019 | down 40.5% | falling |
| 23 | Uganda | 5.8% | 2019 | down 35.9% | falling |
| 24 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 5.8% | 2019 | down 48.7% | falling |
| 25 | Tanzania | 5.7% | 2019 | down 32.0% | falling |
| 26 | Madagascar | 5.7% | 2019 | down 31.0% | falling |
| 27 | Afghanistan | 5.5% | 2019 | down 33.4% | falling |
| 28 | Angola | 5.4% | 2019 | down 48.1% | falling |
| 29 | Papua New Guinea | 5.4% | 2019 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 30 | Zimbabwe | 5.2% | 2019 | down 34.1% | falling |
| 31 | Ethiopia | 5.2% | 2019 | down 43.8% | falling |
| 32 | Ghana | 5.2% | 2019 | down 34.3% | falling |
| 33 | Zambia | 5.2% | 2019 | down 41.1% | falling |
| 34 | Comoros | 5.0% | 2019 | down 35.7% | falling |
| 35 | Senegal | 4.9% | 2019 | down 33.2% | falling |
| 36 | Eritrea | 4.8% | 2019 | down 34.7% | falling |
| 37 | Eswatini | 4.7% | 2019 | down 45.6% | falling |
| 38 | Djibouti | 4.7% | 2019 | down 34.3% | falling |
| 39 | Yemen | 4.7% | 2019 | down 23.3% | volatile |
| 40 | Rwanda | 4.7% | 2019 | down 39.9% | falling |
| 41 | Mauritania | 4.3% | 2019 | down 36.4% | falling |
| 42 | Sudan | 4.2% | 2019 | down 39.1% | falling |
| 43 | Botswana | 4.1% | 2019 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 44 | Laos | 4.1% | 2019 | down 44.1% | falling |
| 45 | Kenya | 4.1% | 2019 | down 32.3% | falling |
| 46 | Myanmar | 4.0% | 2019 | down 42.8% | volatile |
| 47 | Congo | 4.0% | 2019 | down 40.9% | falling |
| 48 | Equatorial Guinea | 3.8% | 2019 | down 40.6% | falling |
| 49 | Gambia | 3.8% | 2019 | down 39.1% | falling |
| 50 | South Africa | 3.7% | 2019 | down 37.7% | falling |
| 51 | India | 3.6% | 2019 | down 40.5% | volatile |
| 52 | Namibia | 3.5% | 2019 | down 34.5% | falling |
| 53 | Kiribati | 3.4% | 2019 | down 29.2% | falling |
| 54 | Tajikistan | 3.2% | 2019 | down 26.5% | volatile |
| 54 | East Timor | 3.2% | 2019 | down 30.1% | volatile |
| 56 | Bhutan | 3.1% | 2019 | down 37.9% | volatile |
| 57 | Cambodia | 3.1% | 2019 | down 39.7% | falling |
| 58 | Gabon | 3.0% | 2019 | down 43.7% | falling |
| 59 | Bolivia | 3.0% | 2019 | down 36.1% | volatile |
| 60 | Bangladesh | 2.9% | 2019 | down 46.7% | volatile |
| 61 | Nepal | 2.9% | 2019 | down 46.0% | volatile |
| 62 | Azerbaijan | 2.8% | 2019 | down 30.5% | volatile |
| 63 | Dominica | 2.6% | 2019 | up 18.2% | volatile |
| 64 | Suriname | 2.6% | 2019 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 65 | Indonesia | 2.5% | 2019 | down 33.8% | volatile |
| 66 | Sao Tome and Principe | 2.5% | 2019 | down 40.1% | volatile |
| 67 | Dominican Republic | 2.5% | 2019 | down 21.5% | volatile |
| 67 | Turkmenistan | 2.5% | 2019 | down 38.1% | volatile |
| 69 | Solomon Islands | 2.5% | 2019 | down 29.5% | volatile |
| 70 | Vanuatu | 2.4% | 2019 | down 24.0% | volatile |
| 71 | Nauru | 2.3% | 2019 | down 43.6% | falling |
| 72 | Guyana | 2.3% | 2019 | down 30.8% | volatile |
| 73 | Philippines | 2.3% | 2019 | down 25.9% | volatile |
| 74 | Fiji | 2.2% | 2019 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 74 | Guatemala | 2.2% | 2019 | down 35.0% | volatile |
| 76 | Uzbekistan | 2.1% | 2019 | down 35.6% | volatile |
| 77 | Brazil | 2.0% | 2019 | down 34.2% | volatile |
| 78 | Algeria | 1.9% | 2019 | down 32.1% | volatile |
| 79 | Marshall Islands | 1.9% | 2019 | down 30.6% | volatile |
| 80 | Niue | 1.9% | 2019 | down 18.1% | volatile |
| 81 | Morocco | 1.8% | 2019 | down 44.1% | volatile |
| 82 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.7% | 2019 | down 41.4% | volatile |
| 83 | Honduras | 1.7% | 2019 | down 33.8% | volatile |
| 84 | Cape Verde | 1.7% | 2019 | down 41.6% | volatile |
| 85 | Mongolia | 1.7% | 2019 | down 46.9% | volatile |
| 86 | Maldives | 1.6% | 2019 | down 21.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Iraq | 1.6% | 2019 | down 49.7% | volatile |
| 87 | Jamaica | 1.6% | 2019 | down 14.7% | volatile |
| 89 | Belize | 1.5% | 2019 | down 24.9% | volatile |
| 89 | Turkey | 1.5% | 2019 | down 36.1% | volatile |
| 91 | Egypt | 1.5% | 2019 | down 46.7% | volatile |
| 91 | Jordan | 1.5% | 2019 | down 18.2% | volatile |
| 91 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1.5% | 2019 | down 13.6% | volatile |
| 94 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.5% | 2019 | down 19.1% | volatile |
| 94 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.5% | 2019 | down 25.1% | volatile |
| 96 | Ecuador | 1.5% | 2019 | down 36.8% | volatile |
| 96 | Peru | 1.5% | 2019 | down 36.8% | volatile |
| 98 | Venezuela | 1.5% | 2019 | down 18.7% | volatile |
| 99 | Saint Lucia | 1.5% | 2019 | down 19.3% | volatile |
| 100 | Micronesia (country) | 1.4% | 2019 | down 31.3% | volatile |
| 100 | Panama | 1.4% | 2019 | down 21.6% | volatile |
| 102 | Mexico | 1.4% | 2019 | down 30.8% | volatile |
| 102 | Nicaragua | 1.4% | 2019 | down 35.1% | volatile |
| 104 | Palau | 1.4% | 2019 | down 20.0% | volatile |
| 104 | Paraguay | 1.4% | 2019 | down 34.3% | volatile |
| 106 | Grenada | 1.4% | 2019 | down 9.2% | volatile |
| 107 | Tuvalu | 1.4% | 2019 | down 40.4% | volatile |
| 108 | Syria | 1.4% | 2019 | down 2.9% | volatile |
| 108 | Tonga | 1.4% | 2019 | down 31.3% | falling |
| 110 | Guam | 1.3% | 2019 | unchanged | volatile |
| 110 | Libya | 1.3% | 2019 | down 23.6% | volatile |
| 112 | Samoa | 1.3% | 2019 | down 41.9% | volatile |
| 113 | Colombia | 1.3% | 2019 | down 35.7% | volatile |
| 113 | Mauritius | 1.3% | 2019 | down 16.0% | volatile |
| 113 | North Korea | 1.3% | 2019 | down 48.6% | volatile |
| 116 | Palestine | 1.2% | 2019 | down 55.7% | volatile |
| 116 | Vietnam | 1.2% | 2019 | down 34.7% | volatile |
| 118 | Moldova | 1.2% | 2019 | down 27.8% | volatile |
| 119 | Barbados | 1.2% | 2019 | down 11.7% | volatile |
| 119 | Kazakhstan | 1.2% | 2019 | down 47.4% | volatile |
| 121 | Albania | 1.2% | 2019 | down 31.2% | volatile |
| 122 | Bahamas | 1.2% | 2019 | down 12.7% | volatile |
| 123 | Seychelles | 1.1% | 2019 | down 16.1% | volatile |
| 124 | Armenia | 1.1% | 2019 | down 34.9% | volatile |
| 125 | Tunisia | 1.1% | 2019 | down 40.8% | volatile |
| 126 | Iran | 1.1% | 2019 | down 59.6% | volatile |
| 127 | El Salvador | 1.1% | 2019 | down 42.0% | volatile |
| 128 | Argentina | 1.1% | 2019 | down 26.9% | volatile |
| 129 | Oman | 1.0% | 2019 | down 7.1% | volatile |
| 130 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.0% | 2019 | down 15.6% | volatile |
| 130 | Georgia | 1.0% | 2019 | down 41.8% | volatile |
| 132 | American Samoa | 1.0% | 2019 | down 32.0% | volatile |
| 133 | Greenland | 0.9% | 2019 | down 25.2% | volatile |
| 134 | Brunei | 0.9% | 2019 | down 1.1% | volatile |
| 134 | Kuwait | 0.9% | 2019 | down 28.1% | volatile |
| 136 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0.9% | 2019 | up 12.3% | volatile |
| 137 | Lebanon | 0.9% | 2019 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 138 | Ukraine | 0.9% | 2019 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 139 | China | 0.8% | 2019 | down 51.1% | volatile |
| 139 | North Macedonia | 0.8% | 2019 | down 28.6% | volatile |
| 141 | Uruguay | 0.8% | 2019 | down 27.8% | volatile |
| 142 | Qatar | 0.8% | 2019 | down 31.6% | volatile |
| 142 | Romania | 0.8% | 2019 | down 32.8% | volatile |
| 144 | Costa Rica | 0.8% | 2019 | down 21.8% | volatile |
| 145 | Puerto Rico | 0.8% | 2019 | down 13.5% | volatile |
| 145 | Tokelau | 0.8% | 2019 | down 37.4% | volatile |
| 147 | Sri Lanka | 0.8% | 2019 | down 47.2% | volatile |
| 147 | Thailand | 0.8% | 2019 | down 29.0% | volatile |
| 149 | Bulgaria | 0.7% | 2019 | down 34.8% | volatile |
| 150 | Chile | 0.7% | 2019 | down 27.7% | volatile |
| 150 | United States Virgin Islands | 0.7% | 2019 | down 24.4% | volatile |
| 152 | Bahrain | 0.7% | 2019 | down 24.4% | volatile |
| 152 | Russia | 0.7% | 2019 | down 38.1% | volatile |
| 152 | United States | 0.7% | 2019 | down 14.5% | volatile |
| 155 | Malaysia | 0.6% | 2019 | down 23.8% | volatile |
| 156 | Saudi Arabia | 0.6% | 2019 | down 54.0% | volatile |
| 158 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.5% | 2019 | down 23.9% | volatile |
| 159 | Belarus | 0.5% | 2019 | down 40.4% | volatile |
| 159 | Slovakia | 0.5% | 2019 | down 25.4% | volatile |
| 161 | United Arab Emirates | 0.5% | 2019 | down 29.6% | volatile |
| 162 | Canada | 0.5% | 2019 | down 14.0% | volatile |
| 163 | Bermuda | 0.5% | 2019 | down 14.5% | volatile |
| 163 | Cuba | 0.5% | 2019 | down 23.0% | volatile |
| 165 | New Zealand | 0.5% | 2019 | down 30.8% | volatile |
| 165 | Taiwan | 0.5% | 2019 | down 16.7% | volatile |
| 167 | Latvia | 0.4% | 2019 | down 52.3% | volatile |
| 168 | United Kingdom | 0.4% | 2019 | down 22.6% | volatile |
| 168 | Serbia | 0.4% | 2019 | down 43.1% | volatile |
| 170 | Croatia | 0.4% | 2019 | down 31.0% | volatile |
| 170 | Hungary | 0.4% | 2019 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 170 | Lithuania | 0.4% | 2019 | down 38.5% | volatile |
| 173 | Greece | 0.4% | 2019 | down 2.5% | volatile |
| 174 | Poland | 0.4% | 2019 | down 40.6% | volatile |
| 175 | Switzerland | 0.4% | 2019 | down 21.3% | volatile |
| 175 | Montenegro | 0.4% | 2019 | down 50.7% | volatile |
| 175 | Netherlands | 0.4% | 2019 | down 19.6% | volatile |
| 178 | Australia | 0.4% | 2019 | down 29.4% | volatile |
| 178 | France | 0.4% | 2019 | down 14.3% | volatile |
| 178 | San Marino | 0.4% | 2019 | down 14.3% | volatile |
| 181 | Belgium | 0.3% | 2019 | down 22.2% | volatile |
| 181 | Denmark | 0.3% | 2019 | down 12.5% | volatile |
| 183 | Germany | 0.3% | 2019 | down 21.4% | volatile |
| 185 | Austria | 0.3% | 2019 | down 28.9% | volatile |
| 185 | Cyprus | 0.3% | 2019 | down 15.8% | volatile |
| 185 | Israel | 0.3% | 2019 | down 37.3% | volatile |
| 188 | Spain | 0.3% | 2019 | down 26.8% | volatile |
| 188 | Italy | 0.3% | 2019 | down 26.8% | volatile |
| 188 | South Korea | 0.3% | 2019 | down 28.6% | volatile |
| 191 | Portugal | 0.3% | 2019 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 192 | Czechia | 0.3% | 2019 | down 25.7% | volatile |
| 192 | Estonia | 0.3% | 2019 | down 48.0% | volatile |
| 192 | Monaco | 0.3% | 2019 | down 21.2% | volatile |
| 192 | Sweden | 0.3% | 2019 | down 16.1% | volatile |
| 196 | Norway | 0.2% | 2019 | down 28.6% | volatile |
| 196 | Cook Islands | 0.2% | 2019 | down 55.4% | volatile |
| 198 | Japan | 0.2% | 2019 | down 27.3% | volatile |
| 200 | Iceland | 0.2% | 2019 | down 14.8% | volatile |
| 201 | Finland | 0.2% | 2019 | down 29.0% | volatile |
| 202 | Slovenia | 0.2% | 2019 | down 39.4% | volatile |
| 203 | Andorra | 0.2% | 2019 | down 37.9% | volatile |
| 203 | Singapore | 0.2% | 2019 | down 30.8% | volatile |
About this data
Probability of death before the age of five