Child mortality rate including un projections through 2100 by country
Countries reporting
233
Highest
11.6
Niger
Lowest
0.1401
San Marino
Median
1.28
Years covered
74
1950–2023
Data points
17,464
What the numbers show
Child mortality rate including un projections through 2100 is currently reported for 233 countries. The highest value is 11.6 in Niger; the lowest is 0.1401 in San Marino.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.28, and the mean is 2.2.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 83.
Over the past decade 19 countries rose and 214 fell. The largest increase was in Libya (up 118.6%), and the largest decrease in Russia (down 55.2%).
Child mortality rate including un projections through 2100: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niger | 11.6 | 2023 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 2 | Nigeria | 10.42 | 2023 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 3 | Somalia | 10.32 | 2023 | down 27.4% | falling |
| 4 | Chad | 9.97 | 2023 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 5 | South Sudan | 9.91 | 2023 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 6 | Sierra Leone | 9.72 | 2023 | down 31.6% | falling |
| 8 | Guinea | 9.31 | 2023 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 9 | Mali | 9.17 | 2023 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 10 | Benin | 7.86 | 2023 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 11 | Burkina Faso | 7.71 | 2023 | down 29.0% | falling |
| 12 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 7.34 | 2023 | down 28.3% | falling |
| 13 | Lesotho | 7.16 | 2023 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 14 | Liberia | 7.12 | 2023 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 15 | Equatorial Guinea | 7.06 | 2023 | down 29.4% | falling |
| 16 | Guinea-Bissau | 6.94 | 2023 | down 30.6% | falling |
| 17 | Cameroon | 6.76 | 2023 | down 30.5% | falling |
| 18 | Cote d'Ivoire | 6.73 | 2023 | down 27.4% | falling |
| 19 | Madagascar | 6.56 | 2023 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 20 | Angola | 6.43 | 2023 | down 34.8% | falling |
| 21 | Mozambique | 6.43 | 2023 | down 29.5% | falling |
| 22 | Pakistan | 5.92 | 2023 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 23 | Togo | 5.85 | 2023 | down 27.8% | falling |
| 24 | Afghanistan | 5.62 | 2023 | down 29.6% | volatile |
| 25 | Haiti | 5.56 | 2023 | down 24.7% | volatile |
| 26 | Kiribati | 5.48 | 2023 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 27 | Zambia | 5.2 | 2023 | down 27.6% | falling |
| 28 | Sudan | 5.03 | 2023 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 29 | Djibouti | 5.03 | 2023 | down 27.5% | falling |
| 30 | Eswatini | 4.96 | 2023 | down 28.8% | falling |
| 31 | Burundi | 4.88 | 2023 | down 35.8% | falling |
| 32 | East Timor | 4.66 | 2023 | down 28.1% | volatile |
| 33 | Comoros | 4.66 | 2023 | down 29.0% | volatile |
| 34 | Zimbabwe | 4.57 | 2023 | down 32.9% | falling |
| 35 | Ethiopia | 4.46 | 2023 | down 36.6% | falling |
| 36 | Gambia | 4.4 | 2023 | down 32.0% | volatile |
| 37 | Bolivia | 4.14 | 2023 | down 24.4% | volatile |
| 38 | Kenya | 4.1 | 2023 | down 17.1% | volatile |
| 39 | Ghana | 4.1 | 2023 | down 32.5% | falling |
| 40 | Congo | 3.99 | 2023 | down 29.0% | falling |
| 41 | Yemen | 3.98 | 2023 | down 21.1% | volatile |
| 42 | Papua New Guinea | 3.98 | 2023 | down 26.6% | volatile |
| 43 | Turkmenistan | 3.95 | 2023 | down 7.0% | volatile |
| 44 | Myanmar | 3.93 | 2023 | down 29.5% | volatile |
| 45 | Malawi | 3.93 | 2023 | down 39.9% | volatile |
| 46 | Tanzania | 3.9 | 2023 | down 34.5% | falling |
| 47 | Uganda | 3.89 | 2023 | down 38.0% | falling |
| 48 | Laos | 3.89 | 2023 | down 33.7% | volatile |
| 49 | Mauritania | 3.8 | 2023 | down 26.7% | volatile |
| 50 | Botswana | 3.76 | 2023 | down 28.5% | volatile |
| 51 | Gabon | 3.74 | 2023 | down 31.4% | volatile |
| 53 | Namibia | 3.69 | 2023 | down 22.2% | volatile |
| 54 | Rwanda | 3.68 | 2023 | down 30.1% | falling |
| 55 | Senegal | 3.56 | 2023 | down 37.3% | volatile |
| 56 | Eritrea | 3.53 | 2023 | down 29.2% | volatile |
| 57 | Dominica | 3.27 | 2023 | up 28.8% | volatile |
| 58 | Libya | 3.25 | 2023 | up 118.6% | volatile |
| 59 | Dominican Republic | 3.17 | 2023 | down 9.6% | volatile |
| 60 | Tajikistan | 2.99 | 2023 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 61 | Fiji | 2.88 | 2023 | up 33.9% | volatile |
| 62 | Western Sahara | 2.82 | 2023 | down 31.3% | volatile |
| 63 | Marshall Islands | 2.78 | 2023 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 64 | Philippines | 2.77 | 2023 | down 4.0% | volatile |
| 65 | India | 2.76 | 2023 | down 43.6% | volatile |
| 66 | Bangladesh | 2.76 | 2023 | down 35.3% | volatile |
| 67 | Nepal | 2.62 | 2023 | down 37.5% | volatile |
| 68 | Palestine | 2.61 | 2023 | up 32.5% | volatile |
| 69 | Nauru | 2.58 | 2023 | down 25.8% | falling |
| 70 | Guyana | 2.57 | 2023 | down 26.2% | falling |
| 71 | Niue | 2.41 | 2023 | down 26.6% | volatile |
| 72 | Syria | 2.31 | 2023 | down 39.2% | volatile |
| 73 | Cambodia | 2.29 | 2023 | down 36.5% | volatile |
| 74 | Iraq | 2.28 | 2023 | down 29.2% | volatile |
| 75 | Micronesia (country) | 2.28 | 2023 | down 26.9% | volatile |
| 76 | Bhutan | 2.27 | 2023 | down 32.3% | volatile |
| 77 | Palau | 2.2 | 2023 | up 8.0% | volatile |
| 78 | Guatemala | 2.15 | 2023 | down 30.2% | volatile |
| 79 | Algeria | 2.12 | 2023 | down 19.0% | volatile |
| 80 | Indonesia | 2.05 | 2023 | down 31.2% | volatile |
| 81 | Vietnam | 2.02 | 2023 | down 10.3% | volatile |
| 82 | Tuvalu | 1.97 | 2023 | down 29.4% | volatile |
| 83 | Jamaica | 1.94 | 2023 | up 3.1% | volatile |
| 84 | Venezuela | 1.88 | 2023 | up 5.4% | volatile |
| 85 | Lebanon | 1.85 | 2023 | up 45.4% | volatile |
| 86 | North Korea | 1.8 | 2023 | down 25.4% | volatile |
| 87 | Solomon Islands | 1.78 | 2023 | down 27.4% | volatile |
| 88 | Egypt | 1.77 | 2023 | down 30.3% | volatile |
| 89 | Vanuatu | 1.77 | 2023 | down 19.6% | volatile |
| 90 | Azerbaijan | 1.75 | 2023 | down 43.5% | volatile |
| 91 | Saint Lucia | 1.72 | 2023 | down 7.5% | volatile |
| 92 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.7 | 2023 | down 31.5% | volatile |
| 93 | Morocco | 1.69 | 2023 | down 34.9% | volatile |
| 94 | Paraguay | 1.68 | 2023 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 95 | Panama | 1.61 | 2023 | down 8.4% | volatile |
| 96 | Suriname | 1.61 | 2023 | down 25.1% | volatile |
| 97 | Grenada | 1.61 | 2023 | up 8.9% | volatile |
| 98 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.6 | 2023 | down 21.6% | volatile |
| 99 | Samoa | 1.56 | 2023 | down 17.1% | volatile |
| 100 | Honduras | 1.54 | 2023 | down 29.9% | volatile |
| 101 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1.49 | 2023 | down 18.2% | volatile |
| 102 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 1.49 | 2023 | down 13.2% | volatile |
| 103 | Peru | 1.48 | 2023 | down 19.4% | volatile |
| 104 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.47 | 2023 | down 23.1% | volatile |
| 105 | Nicaragua | 1.47 | 2023 | down 30.0% | volatile |
| 106 | Seychelles | 1.43 | 2023 | down 0.1% | volatile |
| 107 | Aruba | 1.43 | 2023 | down 16.2% | volatile |
| 108 | Mauritius | 1.42 | 2023 | down 3.3% | volatile |
| 109 | Saint Helena | 1.41 | 2023 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 110 | Moldova | 1.39 | 2023 | down 14.3% | volatile |
| 111 | Brazil | 1.38 | 2023 | down 18.4% | volatile |
| 112 | Jordan | 1.37 | 2023 | down 26.2% | volatile |
| 113 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1.37 | 2023 | down 50.4% | volatile |
| 114 | Uzbekistan | 1.36 | 2023 | down 42.1% | volatile |
| 115 | Isle of Man | 1.35 | 2023 | down 8.6% | volatile |
| 116 | Guam | 1.33 | 2023 | down 0.7% | volatile |
| 117 | Turkey | 1.31 | 2023 | down 12.5% | volatile |
| 118 | Wallis and Futuna | 1.29 | 2023 | down 13.4% | volatile |
| 119 | Mongolia | 1.28 | 2023 | down 41.6% | volatile |
| 120 | Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba | 1.27 | 2023 | down 15.6% | volatile |
| 121 | Bahamas | 1.27 | 2023 | down 12.5% | volatile |
| 122 | British Virgin Islands | 1.27 | 2023 | down 17.8% | volatile |
| 123 | Mexico | 1.24 | 2023 | down 28.4% | volatile |
| 124 | Colombia | 1.19 | 2023 | down 28.4% | volatile |
| 125 | Cape Verde | 1.18 | 2023 | down 44.1% | volatile |
| 126 | New Caledonia | 1.18 | 2023 | down 21.5% | volatile |
| 127 | Ecuador | 1.18 | 2023 | down 29.3% | volatile |
| 128 | Greenland | 1.17 | 2023 | up 4.0% | volatile |
| 129 | Iran | 1.16 | 2023 | down 30.9% | volatile |
| 130 | El Salvador | 1.14 | 2023 | down 31.9% | volatile |
| 131 | Mayotte | 1.13 | 2023 | up 34.6% | volatile |
| 132 | French Guiana | 1.11 | 2023 | down 12.3% | volatile |
| 133 | Tunisia | 1.07 | 2023 | down 40.9% | volatile |
| 134 | Tonga | 1.07 | 2023 | down 16.1% | volatile |
| 135 | Falkland Islands | 1.06 | 2023 | down 9.0% | volatile |
| 137 | Gibraltar | 1.05 | 2023 | down 9.9% | volatile |
| 138 | Barbados | 1.05 | 2023 | down 24.1% | volatile |
| 139 | Oman | 1.04 | 2023 | down 9.2% | volatile |
| 140 | Belize | 1.04 | 2023 | down 38.8% | volatile |
| 141 | Argentina | 1.03 | 2023 | down 25.4% | volatile |
| 142 | Curacao | 1.02 | 2023 | down 18.2% | volatile |
| 143 | Jersey | 0.9965 | 2023 | up 11.2% | falling |
| 144 | Armenia | 0.9825 | 2023 | down 38.8% | volatile |
| 145 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 0.9797 | 2023 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 146 | Brunei | 0.9679 | 2023 | down 1.4% | volatile |
| 147 | Saint Martin (French part) | 0.9624 | 2023 | down 7.5% | volatile |
| 148 | Kazakhstan | 0.9517 | 2023 | down 35.5% | volatile |
| 149 | Albania | 0.9487 | 2023 | down 13.6% | volatile |
| 150 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.9327 | 2023 | down 17.4% | volatile |
| 151 | Georgia | 0.9241 | 2023 | down 21.1% | volatile |
| 152 | Guadeloupe | 0.9177 | 2023 | down 0.4% | volatile |
| 153 | Martinique | 0.8857 | 2023 | up 2.4% | volatile |
| 154 | Kuwait | 0.8531 | 2023 | down 12.4% | volatile |
| 155 | Thailand | 0.8105 | 2023 | down 27.6% | volatile |
| 156 | Malaysia | 0.7785 | 2023 | down 4.3% | volatile |
| 157 | Malta | 0.7737 | 2023 | up 6.5% | volatile |
| 158 | Faroe Islands | 0.7709 | 2023 | down 8.4% | volatile |
| 159 | Costa Rica | 0.7599 | 2023 | down 20.9% | volatile |
| 160 | China | 0.7192 | 2023 | down 42.8% | volatile |
| 161 | Vatican | 0.6986 | 2023 | down 6.3% | volatile |
| 162 | Ukraine | 0.6974 | 2023 | down 26.3% | volatile |
| 163 | Uruguay | 0.6758 | 2023 | down 33.5% | volatile |
| 164 | Luxembourg | 0.6756 | 2023 | up 15.9% | volatile |
| 165 | Guernsey | 0.6717 | 2023 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 166 | Cook Islands | 0.6696 | 2023 | down 29.9% | volatile |
| 167 | Liechtenstein | 0.6513 | 2023 | down 13.4% | volatile |
| 168 | Reunion | 0.6442 | 2023 | down 13.9% | volatile |
| 169 | Montserrat | 0.6406 | 2023 | down 29.0% | volatile |
| 170 | Bahrain | 0.6334 | 2023 | down 20.7% | volatile |
| 171 | Sri Lanka | 0.6276 | 2023 | down 36.5% | volatile |
| 172 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0.6212 | 2023 | down 23.7% | volatile |
| 173 | Saudi Arabia | 0.62 | 2023 | down 39.4% | volatile |
| 174 | United States | 0.6161 | 2023 | down 11.1% | volatile |
| 175 | Andorra | 0.6118 | 2023 | up 4.8% | volatile |
| 176 | Saint Barthelemy | 0.6091 | 2023 | down 18.5% | volatile |
| 177 | French Polynesia | 0.609 | 2023 | down 21.2% | volatile |
| 178 | Puerto Rico | 0.6001 | 2023 | down 20.8% | volatile |
| 179 | United Arab Emirates | 0.5974 | 2023 | down 25.2% | volatile |
| 180 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.5953 | 2023 | down 8.4% | volatile |
| 181 | Romania | 0.5905 | 2023 | down 45.2% | volatile |
| 182 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.5811 | 2023 | down 19.2% | volatile |
| 183 | United States Virgin Islands | 0.5751 | 2023 | down 32.7% | volatile |
| 184 | Cuba | 0.5729 | 2023 | down 7.1% | volatile |
| 185 | North Macedonia | 0.5711 | 2023 | down 48.9% | volatile |
| 186 | Anguilla | 0.5679 | 2023 | down 27.4% | volatile |
| 187 | Bulgaria | 0.5653 | 2023 | down 37.9% | volatile |
| 188 | Slovakia | 0.5518 | 2023 | down 14.0% | volatile |
| 189 | New Zealand | 0.5414 | 2023 | up 6.2% | volatile |
| 190 | Tokelau | 0.536 | 2023 | down 35.8% | volatile |
| 191 | Maldives | 0.5216 | 2023 | down 53.7% | volatile |
| 192 | Chile | 0.504 | 2023 | down 41.1% | volatile |
| 193 | Qatar | 0.4969 | 2023 | down 40.2% | volatile |
| 194 | Serbia | 0.4956 | 2023 | down 28.4% | volatile |
| 195 | Canada | 0.4872 | 2023 | down 15.3% | volatile |
| 196 | Monaco | 0.4573 | 2023 | down 14.9% | volatile |
| 197 | Russia | 0.4444 | 2023 | down 55.2% | volatile |
| 198 | United Kingdom | 0.424 | 2023 | down 6.3% | volatile |
| 199 | Taiwan | 0.4197 | 2023 | down 19.6% | volatile |
| 200 | France | 0.4125 | 2023 | down 3.6% | volatile |
| 201 | Croatia | 0.3961 | 2023 | down 20.5% | volatile |
| 202 | Israel | 0.3936 | 2023 | down 0.1% | volatile |
| 203 | Netherlands | 0.3909 | 2023 | down 7.6% | volatile |
| 204 | Belgium | 0.3879 | 2023 | down 9.4% | volatile |
| 205 | Hungary | 0.3852 | 2023 | down 33.9% | volatile |
| 206 | Greece | 0.3829 | 2023 | down 7.1% | volatile |
| 207 | Australia | 0.3811 | 2023 | down 12.2% | volatile |
| 208 | Poland | 0.3703 | 2023 | down 29.4% | volatile |
| 209 | Latvia | 0.3627 | 2023 | down 37.7% | volatile |
| 210 | Switzerland | 0.3618 | 2023 | down 19.5% | volatile |
| 211 | Cyprus | 0.3558 | 2023 | up 13.7% | volatile |
| 212 | Germany | 0.3499 | 2023 | down 11.3% | volatile |
| 213 | Austria | 0.3497 | 2023 | down 8.0% | volatile |
| 214 | Denmark | 0.3402 | 2023 | down 16.3% | volatile |
| 215 | Montenegro | 0.3336 | 2023 | down 42.3% | volatile |
| 216 | Ireland | 0.3268 | 2023 | down 22.7% | volatile |
| 217 | Lithuania | 0.3235 | 2023 | down 28.1% | volatile |
| 218 | Portugal | 0.3206 | 2023 | down 9.8% | volatile |
| 219 | Macao | 0.3025 | 2023 | down 26.4% | volatile |
| 220 | Spain | 0.2886 | 2023 | down 10.0% | volatile |
| 221 | South Korea | 0.2754 | 2023 | down 26.3% | volatile |
| 222 | Czechia | 0.2703 | 2023 | down 11.0% | volatile |
| 223 | Italy | 0.265 | 2023 | down 23.1% | volatile |
| 224 | Finland | 0.252 | 2023 | up 9.9% | volatile |
| 225 | Belarus | 0.2419 | 2023 | down 47.8% | volatile |
| 226 | Norway | 0.236 | 2023 | down 19.6% | volatile |
| 227 | Sweden | 0.2354 | 2023 | down 24.6% | volatile |
| 228 | Bermuda | 0.2352 | 2023 | down 42.2% | volatile |
| 229 | Japan | 0.2268 | 2023 | down 21.2% | volatile |
| 230 | Singapore | 0.2225 | 2023 | down 18.7% | volatile |
| 231 | Slovenia | 0.2223 | 2023 | down 15.6% | volatile |
| 232 | Estonia | 0.2039 | 2023 | down 36.8% | volatile |
| 233 | Hong Kong | 0.1797 | 2023 | down 34.9% | volatile |
| 234 | Cayman Islands | 0.1585 | 2023 | down 52.8% | volatile |
| 235 | Iceland | 0.1566 | 2023 | down 44.0% | volatile |
| 236 | San Marino | 0.1401 | 2023 | down 37.3% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Central African Republic 9.45
- South Africa 3.74
- American Samoa 1.06