Mortality rate age 5-9 by country

Countries reporting
20
Highest
28.14
Palestine, State of
Lowest
0.6619
United Arab Emirates
Median
1.41
Years covered
35
1990–2024
Data points
805

What the numbers show

Mortality rate age 5-9 is currently reported for 20 countries. The highest value is 28.14 in Palestine, State of; the lowest is 0.6619 in United Arab Emirates.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.41, and the mean is 3.48.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 43.

Over the past decade 3 countries rose and 17 fell. The largest increase was in Palestine, State of (up 876.2%), and the largest decrease in Syrian Arab Republic (down 71.4%).

Mortality rate age 5-9: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Palestine, State of 28.14 2024 up 876.2% volatile
2 Sudan 8.56 2024 up 51.0% falling
3 Djibouti 6.55 2024 down 28.5% falling
4 Yemen 4.35 2024 down 6.2% falling
5 Lebanon 3.32 2024 up 140.5% falling
6 Iraq 2.24 2024 down 23.6% volatile
7 Syrian Arab Republic 2.2 2024 down 71.4% falling
8 Egypt 1.69 2024 down 23.1% falling
9 Iran, Islamic Republic of 1.52 2024 down 31.2% falling
10 Algeria 1.46 2024 down 29.5% falling
11 Tunisia 1.37 2024 down 23.4% falling
12 Morocco 1.29 2024 down 29.2% falling
13 Oman 1.2 2024 down 6.3% falling
14 Libya 1.06 2024 down 41.4% volatile
15 Bahrain 0.8912 2024 down 17.5% falling
16 Kuwait 0.799 2024 down 15.0% falling
17 Saudi Arabia 0.7843 2024 down 30.7% falling
18 Qatar 0.7654 2024 down 16.0% falling
19 Jordan 0.6751 2024 down 50.7% falling
20 United Arab Emirates 0.6619 2024 down 32.4% falling

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Mortality rate age 5-9
Source
UNICEF
Licence
UNICEF Terms of Use (attribution required)
Coverage
23 places, 805 data points, 1990–2024
Last refreshed