Child mortality rate by country
The long-run estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.
Countries reporting
197
Highest
11.56 deaths per 100 live births
Nigeria
Lowest
0.13 deaths per 100 live births
San Marino
Median
1.5 deaths per 100 live births
Years covered
274
1751–2024
Data points
16,161
What the numbers show
Child mortality rate is currently reported for 197 countries. The highest value is 11.56 deaths per 100 live births in Nigeria; the lowest is 0.13 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 2.43 deaths per 100 live births.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 89.
Over the past decade 21 countries rose and 173 fell. The largest increase was in Cyprus (up 92.3%), and the largest decrease in North Macedonia (down 74.8%).
Child mortality rate: 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 |
| 8 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 8.97 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 3.2% | 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 24.1% | 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 28.6% | falling |
| 15 | Guinea-Bissau | 6.73 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 29.3% | falling |
| 16 | Cameroon | 6.48 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 29.9% | falling |
| 17 | Zimbabwe | 6.47 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | up 8.2% | 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 27.8% | 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 29.0% | volatile |
| 27 | Haiti | 5.28 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 25.5% | volatile |
| 28 | Angola | 4.9 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 29 | Djibouti | 4.89 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 27.2% | falling |
| 30 | Malawi | 4.88 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 18.7% | volatile |
| 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% | volatile |
| 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 30.9% | volatile |
| 38 | Namibia | 3.95 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 39 | Papua New Guinea | 3.94 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 26.1% | volatile |
| 40 | Congo | 3.91 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 28.3% | volatile |
| 41 | Comoros | 3.9 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 22.0% | volatile |
| 41 | Turkmenistan | 3.9 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 43 | Kenya | 3.88 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 19.7% | volatile |
| 44 | Yemen | 3.81 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 21.8% | volatile |
| 45 | Palestine | 3.79 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | up 73.1% | volatile |
| 46 | Rwanda | 3.77 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 23.4% | 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 |
| 48 | Mauritania | 3.69 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 27.1% | volatile |
| 50 | Senegal | 3.65 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 32.0% | volatile |
| 51 | Ghana | 3.59 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 34.6% | volatile |
| 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 11.6% | falling |
| 54 | Eritrea | 3.43 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 28.7% | volatile |
| 55 | Botswana | 3.33 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 32.0% | volatile |
| 56 | Gabon | 3.26 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 28.8% | volatile |
| 57 | Dominican Republic | 3.06 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 12.3% | volatile |
| 58 | Bangladesh | 3.05 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 24.7% | volatile |
| 59 | Laos | 2.94 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 37.2% | volatile |
| 60 | Fiji | 2.91 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | up 41.3% | volatile |
| 61 | Tajikistan | 2.81 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 14.8% | volatile |
| 62 | Marshall Islands | 2.67 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 26.0% | falling |
| 63 | India | 2.66 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 42.7% | volatile |
| 64 | Philippines | 2.65 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 5.4% | volatile |
| 65 | Guyana | 2.52 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 26.5% | volatile |
| 66 | Nepal | 2.51 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 36.8% | volatile |
| 67 | Venezuela | 2.42 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | up 32.2% | volatile |
| 68 | Niue | 2.38 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 26.8% | volatile |
| 69 | Egypt | 2.24 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 17.3% | volatile |
| 69 | Micronesia (country) | 2.24 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 27.0% | volatile |
| 71 | Iraq | 2.18 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 28.1% | volatile |
| 72 | Algeria | 2.16 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 15.0% | volatile |
| 73 | Palau | 2.14 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | up 3.9% | volatile |
| 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 21.3% | volatile |
| 76 | Tuvalu | 1.92 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 28.6% | volatile |
| 77 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.88 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 18.6% | volatile |
| 78 | Cambodia | 1.84 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 42.5% | volatile |
| 78 | Syria | 1.84 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 48.2% | volatile |
| 80 | Grenada | 1.8 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | up 4.7% | volatile |
| 81 | Azerbaijan | 1.79 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 39.5% | volatile |
| 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 35.2% | volatile |
| 84 | Lebanon | 1.76 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | up 37.5% | volatile |
| 85 | Vietnam | 1.73 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 21.4% | volatile |
| 86 | Bhutan | 1.72 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 44.9% | volatile |
| 86 | Saint Lucia | 1.72 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 8.5% | volatile |
| 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 28.5% | volatile |
| 90 | North Korea | 1.67 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 26.1% | volatile |
| 91 | Moldova | 1.65 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | up 4.4% | falling |
| 92 | Paraguay | 1.63 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 28.2% | falling |
| 93 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1.59 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 94 | Suriname | 1.58 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 25.1% | falling |
| 95 | Bolivia | 1.57 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 44.7% | volatile |
| 95 | Morocco | 1.57 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 35.9% | volatile |
| 97 | Mauritius | 1.54 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | up 4.8% | volatile |
| 98 | Panama | 1.53 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 11.6% | volatile |
| 99 | Honduras | 1.5 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 28.9% | volatile |
| 100 | Samoa | 1.49 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 19.5% | volatile |
| 101 | Brazil | 1.42 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 12.9% | volatile |
| 102 | Seychelles | 1.4 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 3.4% | volatile |
| 103 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1.36 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 46.7% | falling |
| 104 | Mongolia | 1.34 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 34.3% | volatile |
| 104 | Uzbekistan | 1.34 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 37.1% | volatile |
| 106 | Cook Islands | 1.33 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | up 1.5% | volatile |
| 107 | Mexico | 1.31 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 22.9% | volatile |
| 108 | Ecuador | 1.29 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 18.9% | volatile |
| 108 | Jordan | 1.29 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 24.1% | volatile |
| 108 | Peru | 1.29 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 111 | Belize | 1.27 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 22.1% | volatile |
| 112 | Bahamas | 1.24 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 112 | British Virgin Islands | 1.24 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 20.5% | volatile |
| 114 | Tunisia | 1.21 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 33.9% | volatile |
| 115 | Colombia | 1.15 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 28.1% | volatile |
| 116 | Iran | 1.13 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 29.8% | volatile |
| 116 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.13 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 37.9% | volatile |
| 118 | Nicaragua | 1.12 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 38.8% | volatile |
| 119 | Cape Verde | 1.11 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 46.9% | volatile |
| 120 | Costa Rica | 1.04 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | up 13.0% | volatile |
| 121 | Oman | 1.03 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 8.0% | volatile |
| 122 | El Salvador | 1 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 34.6% | volatile |
| 123 | Brunei | 0.99 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 6.6% | volatile |
| 124 | Barbados | 0.98 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 25.2% | volatile |
| 124 | Libya | 0.98 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 29.0% | volatile |
| 126 | Armenia | 0.96 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 37.7% | volatile |
| 126 | Turkey | 0.96 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 31.4% | volatile |
| 128 | Argentina | 0.95 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 22.1% | volatile |
| 128 | Tonga | 0.95 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 21.5% | volatile |
| 130 | Kazakhstan | 0.94 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 27.7% | volatile |
| 131 | Albania | 0.92 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 7.1% | volatile |
| 132 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.91 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 18.8% | volatile |
| 133 | Thailand | 0.9 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 26.8% | volatile |
| 134 | Bahrain | 0.88 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | up 12.8% | volatile |
| 135 | Cuba | 0.86 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | up 41.0% | volatile |
| 135 | Georgia | 0.86 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 21.8% | volatile |
| 137 | Malaysia | 0.83 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | up 2.5% | volatile |
| 137 | Nauru | 0.83 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 56.8% | volatile |
| 139 | Kuwait | 0.81 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 12.9% | volatile |
| 140 | Ukraine | 0.79 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 141 | Uruguay | 0.74 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 20.4% | volatile |
| 142 | Romania | 0.73 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 26.3% | volatile |
| 143 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.69 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | up 3.0% | volatile |
| 144 | Chile | 0.68 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 16.0% | volatile |
| 145 | United States | 0.65 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 4.4% | volatile |
| 146 | Montserrat | 0.64 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 27.3% | volatile |
| 147 | Slovakia | 0.63 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 148 | Saudi Arabia | 0.6 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 37.5% | volatile |
| 149 | Sri Lanka | 0.59 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 35.9% | volatile |
| 149 | Qatar | 0.59 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 27.2% | volatile |
| 151 | Bulgaria | 0.57 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 34.5% | volatile |
| 151 | China | 0.57 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 50.9% | volatile |
| 153 | Croatia | 0.56 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | up 12.0% | volatile |
| 153 | Anguilla | 0.56 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 155 | Canada | 0.54 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 155 | Maldives | 0.54 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 49.1% | volatile |
| 155 | Serbia | 0.54 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 18.2% | volatile |
| 155 | Taiwan | 0.54 deaths per 100 live births | 2010 | down 37.2% | falling |
| 160 | Russia | 0.52 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 41.6% | volatile |
| 161 | Cyprus | 0.5 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | up 92.3% | volatile |
| 162 | United Arab Emirates | 0.48 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 39.2% | volatile |
| 163 | United Kingdom | 0.47 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | up 4.4% | volatile |
| 163 | New Zealand | 0.47 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 19.0% | volatile |
| 163 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.47 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 26.6% | volatile |
| 166 | France | 0.43 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | up 4.9% | volatile |
| 167 | Poland | 0.42 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 16.0% | volatile |
| 168 | Denmark | 0.4 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 2.4% | volatile |
| 169 | Switzerland | 0.39 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 9.3% | volatile |
| 169 | Netherlands | 0.39 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 4.9% | volatile |
| 172 | Greece | 0.38 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 9.5% | volatile |
| 173 | Belgium | 0.37 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 9.8% | volatile |
| 173 | Germany | 0.37 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 7.5% | volatile |
| 173 | Hungary | 0.37 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 30.2% | volatile |
| 176 | Australia | 0.36 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 10.0% | volatile |
| 177 | Lithuania | 0.34 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 178 | Austria | 0.33 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 13.2% | volatile |
| 178 | Israel | 0.33 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 17.5% | volatile |
| 180 | Spain | 0.32 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 5.9% | volatile |
| 180 | Portugal | 0.32 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 11.1% | volatile |
| 182 | Iceland | 0.28 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | up 7.7% | volatile |
| 182 | South Korea | 0.28 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 22.2% | volatile |
| 182 | North Macedonia | 0.28 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 74.8% | volatile |
| 185 | Italy | 0.27 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 185 | Monaco | 0.27 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 185 | Singapore | 0.27 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 188 | Czechia | 0.26 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 16.1% | volatile |
| 189 | Andorra | 0.25 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 32.4% | volatile |
| 189 | Latvia | 0.25 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 55.4% | volatile |
| 189 | Norway | 0.25 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 10.7% | volatile |
| 192 | Finland | 0.24 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 7.7% | volatile |
| 192 | Japan | 0.24 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 17.2% | volatile |
| 192 | Montenegro | 0.24 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 47.8% | volatile |
| 192 | Sweden | 0.24 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 17.2% | volatile |
| 196 | Belarus | 0.23 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 46.5% | volatile |
| 196 | Slovenia | 0.23 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 14.8% | volatile |
| 199 | Estonia | 0.2 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 41.2% | volatile |
| 200 | San Marino | 0.13 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 35.0% | volatile |
About this data
The long-run estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.