Child mortality by country
Countries reporting
200
Highest
11.56
Nigeria
Lowest
0.13
San Marino
Median
1.46
Years covered
274
1751–2024
Data points
16,161
What the numbers show
Child mortality is currently reported for 200 countries. The highest value is 11.56 in Nigeria; the lowest is 0.13 in San Marino.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.46, and the mean is 2.4.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 89.
Over the past decade 22 countries rose and 175 fell. The largest increase was in Cyprus (up 92.3%), and the largest decrease in North Macedonia (down 74.8%).
Child mortality: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigeria | 11.56 | 2024 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 2 | Niger | 11.07 | 2024 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 3 | Somalia | 10.11 | 2024 | down 27.1% | falling |
| 4 | Chad | 9.73 | 2024 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 5 | South Sudan | 9.67 | 2024 | down 47.0% | falling |
| 6 | Guinea | 9.21 | 2024 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 7 | Sierra Leone | 9.05 | 2024 | down 33.4% | falling |
| 8 | Central African Republic | 8.97 | 2024 | down 52.0% | falling |
| 8 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 8.97 | 2024 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 10 | Liberia | 8.64 | 2024 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 11 | Burkina Faso | 7.49 | 2024 | down 28.2% | falling |
| 12 | Benin | 7.47 | 2024 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 13 | Mali | 7.3 | 2024 | down 36.2% | falling |
| 14 | Equatorial Guinea | 6.8 | 2024 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 15 | Guinea-Bissau | 6.73 | 2024 | down 29.3% | falling |
| 16 | Cameroon | 6.48 | 2024 | down 29.9% | falling |
| 17 | Zimbabwe | 6.47 | 2024 | up 8.2% | falling |
| 18 | Cote d'Ivoire | 6.45 | 2024 | down 27.2% | falling |
| 19 | Madagascar | 6.24 | 2024 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 20 | Sudan | 6.16 | 2024 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 21 | Lesotho | 6 | 2024 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 22 | Mozambique | 5.94 | 2024 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 23 | Togo | 5.61 | 2024 | down 27.8% | falling |
| 24 | Pakistan | 5.6 | 2024 | down 27.5% | falling |
| 25 | Kiribati | 5.31 | 2024 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 26 | Afghanistan | 5.3 | 2024 | down 29.0% | volatile |
| 27 | Haiti | 5.28 | 2024 | down 25.5% | volatile |
| 28 | Angola | 4.9 | 2024 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 29 | Djibouti | 4.89 | 2024 | down 27.2% | falling |
| 30 | Malawi | 4.88 | 2024 | down 18.7% | volatile |
| 31 | Uganda | 4.87 | 2024 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 32 | Zambia | 4.84 | 2024 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 33 | East Timor | 4.76 | 2024 | down 23.1% | volatile |
| 34 | Burundi | 4.71 | 2024 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 35 | Eswatini | 4.51 | 2024 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 36 | Ethiopia | 4.45 | 2024 | down 34.3% | falling |
| 37 | Gambia | 4.24 | 2024 | down 30.9% | volatile |
| 38 | Namibia | 3.95 | 2024 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 39 | Papua New Guinea | 3.94 | 2024 | down 26.1% | volatile |
| 40 | Congo | 3.91 | 2024 | down 28.3% | volatile |
| 41 | Comoros | 3.9 | 2024 | down 22.0% | volatile |
| 41 | Turkmenistan | 3.9 | 2024 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 43 | Kenya | 3.88 | 2024 | down 19.7% | volatile |
| 44 | Yemen | 3.81 | 2024 | down 21.8% | volatile |
| 45 | Palestine | 3.79 | 2024 | up 73.1% | volatile |
| 46 | Rwanda | 3.77 | 2024 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 47 | Tanzania | 3.7 | 2024 | down 34.3% | falling |
| 48 | Myanmar | 3.69 | 2024 | down 29.6% | falling |
| 48 | Mauritania | 3.69 | 2024 | down 27.1% | volatile |
| 50 | Senegal | 3.65 | 2024 | down 32.0% | volatile |
| 51 | Ghana | 3.59 | 2024 | down 34.6% | volatile |
| 52 | Dominica | 3.57 | 2024 | up 26.1% | volatile |
| 53 | South Africa | 3.51 | 2024 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 54 | Eritrea | 3.43 | 2024 | down 28.7% | volatile |
| 55 | Botswana | 3.33 | 2024 | down 32.0% | volatile |
| 56 | Gabon | 3.26 | 2024 | down 28.8% | volatile |
| 57 | Dominican Republic | 3.06 | 2024 | down 12.3% | volatile |
| 58 | Bangladesh | 3.05 | 2024 | down 24.7% | volatile |
| 59 | Laos | 2.94 | 2024 | down 37.2% | volatile |
| 60 | Fiji | 2.91 | 2024 | up 41.3% | volatile |
| 61 | Tajikistan | 2.81 | 2024 | down 14.8% | volatile |
| 62 | Marshall Islands | 2.67 | 2024 | down 26.0% | falling |
| 63 | India | 2.66 | 2024 | down 42.7% | volatile |
| 64 | Philippines | 2.65 | 2024 | down 5.4% | volatile |
| 65 | Guyana | 2.52 | 2024 | down 26.5% | volatile |
| 66 | Nepal | 2.51 | 2024 | down 36.8% | volatile |
| 67 | Venezuela | 2.42 | 2024 | up 32.2% | volatile |
| 68 | Niue | 2.38 | 2024 | down 26.8% | volatile |
| 69 | Egypt | 2.24 | 2024 | down 17.3% | volatile |
| 69 | Micronesia (country) | 2.24 | 2024 | down 27.0% | volatile |
| 71 | Iraq | 2.18 | 2024 | down 28.1% | volatile |
| 72 | Algeria | 2.16 | 2024 | down 15.0% | volatile |
| 73 | Palau | 2.14 | 2024 | up 3.9% | volatile |
| 74 | Guatemala | 2.05 | 2024 | down 29.8% | volatile |
| 75 | Solomon Islands | 2 | 2024 | down 21.3% | volatile |
| 76 | Tuvalu | 1.92 | 2024 | down 28.6% | volatile |
| 77 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.88 | 2024 | down 18.6% | volatile |
| 78 | Cambodia | 1.84 | 2024 | down 42.5% | volatile |
| 78 | Syria | 1.84 | 2024 | down 48.2% | volatile |
| 80 | Grenada | 1.8 | 2024 | up 4.7% | volatile |
| 81 | Azerbaijan | 1.79 | 2024 | down 39.5% | volatile |
| 82 | Jamaica | 1.78 | 2024 | down 5.3% | volatile |
| 83 | Indonesia | 1.77 | 2024 | down 35.2% | volatile |
| 84 | Lebanon | 1.76 | 2024 | up 37.5% | volatile |
| 85 | Vietnam | 1.73 | 2024 | down 21.4% | volatile |
| 86 | Bhutan | 1.72 | 2024 | down 44.9% | volatile |
| 86 | Saint Lucia | 1.72 | 2024 | down 8.5% | volatile |
| 88 | Vanuatu | 1.71 | 2024 | down 9.0% | volatile |
| 89 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.68 | 2024 | down 28.5% | volatile |
| 90 | North Korea | 1.67 | 2024 | down 26.1% | volatile |
| 91 | Moldova | 1.65 | 2024 | up 4.4% | falling |
| 92 | Paraguay | 1.63 | 2024 | down 28.2% | falling |
| 93 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1.59 | 2024 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 94 | Suriname | 1.58 | 2024 | down 25.1% | falling |
| 95 | Bolivia | 1.57 | 2024 | down 44.7% | volatile |
| 95 | Morocco | 1.57 | 2024 | down 35.9% | volatile |
| 97 | Mauritius | 1.54 | 2024 | up 4.8% | volatile |
| 98 | Panama | 1.53 | 2024 | down 11.6% | volatile |
| 99 | Honduras | 1.5 | 2024 | down 28.9% | volatile |
| 100 | Samoa | 1.49 | 2024 | down 19.5% | volatile |
| 101 | Brazil | 1.42 | 2024 | down 12.9% | volatile |
| 102 | Seychelles | 1.4 | 2024 | down 3.4% | volatile |
| 103 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1.36 | 2024 | down 46.7% | falling |
| 104 | Mongolia | 1.34 | 2024 | down 34.3% | volatile |
| 104 | Uzbekistan | 1.34 | 2024 | down 37.1% | volatile |
| 106 | Cook Islands | 1.33 | 2024 | up 1.5% | volatile |
| 107 | Mexico | 1.31 | 2024 | down 22.9% | volatile |
| 108 | Ecuador | 1.29 | 2024 | down 18.9% | volatile |
| 108 | Jordan | 1.29 | 2024 | down 24.1% | volatile |
| 108 | Peru | 1.29 | 2024 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 111 | Belize | 1.27 | 2024 | down 22.1% | volatile |
| 112 | Bahamas | 1.24 | 2024 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 112 | British Virgin Islands | 1.24 | 2024 | down 20.5% | volatile |
| 114 | Tunisia | 1.21 | 2024 | down 33.9% | volatile |
| 115 | Colombia | 1.15 | 2024 | down 28.1% | volatile |
| 116 | Iran | 1.13 | 2024 | down 29.8% | volatile |
| 116 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.13 | 2024 | down 37.9% | volatile |
| 118 | Nicaragua | 1.12 | 2024 | down 38.8% | volatile |
| 119 | Cape Verde | 1.11 | 2024 | down 46.9% | volatile |
| 120 | Costa Rica | 1.04 | 2024 | up 13.0% | volatile |
| 121 | Oman | 1.03 | 2024 | down 8.0% | volatile |
| 122 | El Salvador | 1 | 2024 | down 34.6% | volatile |
| 123 | Brunei | 0.99 | 2024 | down 6.6% | volatile |
| 124 | Barbados | 0.98 | 2024 | down 25.2% | volatile |
| 124 | Libya | 0.98 | 2024 | down 29.0% | volatile |
| 126 | Armenia | 0.96 | 2024 | down 37.7% | volatile |
| 126 | Turkey | 0.96 | 2024 | down 31.4% | volatile |
| 128 | Argentina | 0.95 | 2024 | down 22.1% | volatile |
| 128 | Tonga | 0.95 | 2024 | down 21.5% | volatile |
| 130 | Kazakhstan | 0.94 | 2024 | down 27.7% | volatile |
| 131 | Albania | 0.92 | 2024 | down 7.1% | volatile |
| 132 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.91 | 2024 | down 18.8% | volatile |
| 133 | Thailand | 0.9 | 2024 | down 26.8% | volatile |
| 134 | Bahrain | 0.88 | 2024 | up 12.8% | volatile |
| 135 | Cuba | 0.86 | 2024 | up 41.0% | volatile |
| 135 | Georgia | 0.86 | 2024 | down 21.8% | volatile |
| 137 | Malaysia | 0.83 | 2024 | up 2.5% | volatile |
| 137 | Nauru | 0.83 | 2024 | down 56.8% | volatile |
| 139 | Kuwait | 0.81 | 2024 | down 12.9% | volatile |
| 140 | Ukraine | 0.79 | 2024 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 141 | Uruguay | 0.74 | 2024 | down 20.4% | volatile |
| 142 | Romania | 0.73 | 2024 | down 26.3% | volatile |
| 143 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.69 | 2024 | up 3.0% | volatile |
| 144 | Chile | 0.68 | 2024 | down 16.0% | volatile |
| 145 | United States | 0.65 | 2024 | down 4.4% | volatile |
| 146 | Montserrat | 0.64 | 2024 | down 27.3% | volatile |
| 147 | Slovakia | 0.63 | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 148 | Saudi Arabia | 0.6 | 2024 | down 37.5% | volatile |
| 149 | Sri Lanka | 0.59 | 2024 | down 35.9% | volatile |
| 149 | Qatar | 0.59 | 2024 | down 27.2% | volatile |
| 151 | Bulgaria | 0.57 | 2024 | down 34.5% | volatile |
| 151 | China | 0.57 | 2024 | down 50.9% | volatile |
| 153 | Croatia | 0.56 | 2024 | up 12.0% | volatile |
| 153 | Anguilla | 0.56 | 2024 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 155 | Canada | 0.54 | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 155 | Maldives | 0.54 | 2024 | down 49.1% | volatile |
| 155 | Serbia | 0.54 | 2024 | down 18.2% | volatile |
| 155 | Taiwan | 0.54 | 2010 | down 37.2% | falling |
| 159 | Malta | 0.53 | 2024 | down 20.9% | volatile |
| 160 | Russia | 0.52 | 2024 | down 41.6% | volatile |
| 161 | Cyprus | 0.5 | 2024 | up 92.3% | volatile |
| 162 | United Arab Emirates | 0.48 | 2024 | down 39.2% | volatile |
| 163 | United Kingdom | 0.47 | 2024 | up 4.4% | volatile |
| 163 | New Zealand | 0.47 | 2024 | down 19.0% | volatile |
| 163 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.47 | 2024 | down 26.6% | volatile |
| 166 | France | 0.43 | 2024 | up 4.9% | volatile |
| 167 | Poland | 0.42 | 2024 | down 16.0% | volatile |
| 168 | Denmark | 0.4 | 2024 | down 2.4% | volatile |
| 169 | Switzerland | 0.39 | 2024 | down 9.3% | volatile |
| 169 | Ireland | 0.39 | 2024 | up 2.6% | volatile |
| 169 | Netherlands | 0.39 | 2024 | down 4.9% | volatile |
| 172 | Greece | 0.38 | 2024 | down 9.5% | volatile |
| 173 | Belgium | 0.37 | 2024 | down 9.8% | volatile |
| 173 | Germany | 0.37 | 2024 | down 7.5% | volatile |
| 173 | Hungary | 0.37 | 2024 | down 30.2% | volatile |
| 176 | Australia | 0.36 | 2024 | down 10.0% | volatile |
| 177 | Lithuania | 0.34 | 2024 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 178 | Austria | 0.33 | 2024 | down 13.2% | volatile |
| 178 | Israel | 0.33 | 2024 | down 17.5% | volatile |
| 180 | Spain | 0.32 | 2024 | down 5.9% | volatile |
| 180 | Portugal | 0.32 | 2024 | down 11.1% | volatile |
| 182 | Iceland | 0.28 | 2024 | up 7.7% | volatile |
| 182 | South Korea | 0.28 | 2024 | down 22.2% | volatile |
| 182 | North Macedonia | 0.28 | 2024 | down 74.8% | volatile |
| 185 | Italy | 0.27 | 2024 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 185 | Monaco | 0.27 | 2024 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 185 | Singapore | 0.27 | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 188 | Czechia | 0.26 | 2024 | down 16.1% | volatile |
| 189 | Andorra | 0.25 | 2024 | down 32.4% | volatile |
| 189 | Latvia | 0.25 | 2024 | down 55.4% | volatile |
| 189 | Norway | 0.25 | 2024 | down 10.7% | volatile |
| 192 | Finland | 0.24 | 2024 | down 7.7% | volatile |
| 192 | Japan | 0.24 | 2024 | down 17.2% | volatile |
| 192 | Montenegro | 0.24 | 2024 | down 47.8% | volatile |
| 192 | Sweden | 0.24 | 2024 | down 17.2% | volatile |
| 196 | Belarus | 0.23 | 2024 | down 46.5% | volatile |
| 196 | Slovenia | 0.23 | 2024 | down 14.8% | volatile |
| 198 | Luxembourg | 0.22 | 2024 | down 15.4% | volatile |
| 199 | Estonia | 0.2 | 2024 | down 41.2% | volatile |
| 200 | San Marino | 0.13 | 2024 | down 35.0% | volatile |