Mortality rate among children ages 10 to 14 years (per 1000 children aged 10) by country
Countries reporting
194
Highest
12.86
Niger
Lowest
0.2219
Luxembourg
Median
1.6
Years covered
31
1990–2020
Data points
6,293
What the numbers show
Mortality rate among children ages 10 to 14 years (per 1000 children aged 10) is currently reported for 194 countries. The highest value is 12.86 in Niger; the lowest is 0.2219 in Luxembourg.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.6, and the mean is 2.52.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 58.
Over the past decade 14 countries rose and 180 fell. The largest increase was in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (up 23.2%), and the largest decrease in Haiti (down 95.3%).
Mortality rate among children ages 10 to 14 years: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niger | 12.86 | 2020 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 2 | Central African Republic | 12.39 | 2020 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 3 | Chad | 10.91 | 2020 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 4 | Côte d'Ivoire | 10.64 | 2020 | down 3.8% | flat |
| 5 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 9.51 | 2020 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 6 | Somalia | 9.39 | 2020 | down 32.1% | falling |
| 7 | Cameroon | 9.16 | 2020 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 8 | Sierra Leone | 9.04 | 2020 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 9 | Burundi | 8.99 | 2020 | down 11.1% | volatile |
| 10 | Zimbabwe | 8.98 | 2020 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 11 | Mali | 8.84 | 2020 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 12 | South Sudan | 8.3 | 2020 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 13 | Liberia | 8.26 | 2020 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 14 | Rwanda | 7.39 | 2020 | up 0.9% | volatile |
| 15 | Madagascar | 7.34 | 2020 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 16 | Benin | 7.3 | 2020 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 17 | Gabon | 6.99 | 2020 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 18 | Namibia | 6.93 | 2020 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 19 | Nigeria | 6.69 | 2020 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 20 | Guinea | 6.68 | 2020 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 21 | Equatorial Guinea | 6.67 | 2020 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 22 | Mozambique | 6.55 | 2020 | down 27.1% | falling |
| 23 | Angola | 6.42 | 2020 | down 34.0% | falling |
| 24 | Burkina Faso | 5.93 | 2020 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 25 | Uganda | 5.76 | 2020 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 26 | Djibouti | 5.26 | 2020 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 27 | Bhutan | 5.03 | 2020 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 28 | Ghana | 5.02 | 2020 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 29 | Malawi | 4.88 | 2020 | down 25.8% | falling |
| 30 | Guinea-Bissau | 4.86 | 2020 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 31 | Togo | 4.86 | 2020 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 32 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 4.77 | 2020 | down 27.1% | falling |
| 33 | Gambia | 4.66 | 2020 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 34 | Kenya | 4.64 | 2020 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 35 | Haiti | 4.43 | 2020 | down 95.3% | volatile |
| 36 | Zambia | 4.29 | 2020 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 37 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 4.25 | 2020 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 38 | Senegal | 4.01 | 2020 | down 46.7% | falling |
| 39 | Lesotho | 4 | 2020 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 40 | Kiribati | 3.89 | 2020 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 41 | Eritrea | 3.75 | 2020 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 42 | Pakistan | 3.67 | 2020 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 43 | Papua New Guinea | 3.57 | 2020 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 44 | Timor-Leste | 3.46 | 2020 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 45 | Sudan | 3.39 | 2020 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 46 | Ethiopia | 3.25 | 2020 | down 55.8% | volatile |
| 47 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 3.17 | 2020 | up 23.2% | rising |
| 48 | Botswana | 3.15 | 2020 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 49 | Honduras | 3.08 | 2020 | up 7.6% | falling |
| 50 | Congo | 3.05 | 2020 | down 29.0% | falling |
| 51 | Bangladesh | 3 | 2020 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 52 | Iraq | 2.92 | 2020 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 53 | South Africa | 2.87 | 2020 | down 40.8% | rising |
| 54 | Fiji | 2.81 | 2020 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 55 | Guyana | 2.78 | 2020 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 56 | Marshall Islands | 2.75 | 2020 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 57 | India | 2.72 | 2020 | down 32.0% | falling |
| 58 | Naoero | 2.6 | 2020 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 59 | Thailand | 2.55 | 2020 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 60 | Comoros | 2.39 | 2020 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 61 | Afghanistan | 2.39 | 2020 | down 43.1% | falling |
| 62 | Vanuatu | 2.37 | 2020 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 63 | Yemen | 2.37 | 2020 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 64 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 2.36 | 2020 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 65 | Niue | 2.35 | 2020 | down 19.3% | flat |
| 66 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 2.27 | 2020 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 67 | Philippines | 2.25 | 2020 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 68 | Indonesia | 2.24 | 2020 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 69 | Syrian Arab Republic | 2.24 | 2020 | up 18.2% | flat |
| 70 | Nicaragua | 2.2 | 2020 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 71 | Nepal | 2.18 | 2020 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 72 | Tuvalu | 2.17 | 2020 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 73 | Myanmar | 2.13 | 2020 | down 44.8% | falling |
| 74 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 2.07 | 2020 | up 3.6% | falling |
| 75 | Guatemala | 2.05 | 2020 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 76 | El Salvador | 2.03 | 2020 | up 7.4% | falling |
| 77 | Paraguay | 2.02 | 2020 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 78 | Egypt | 2.02 | 2020 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 79 | Grenada | 2 | 2020 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 80 | Solomon Islands | 1.97 | 2020 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 81 | Cambodia | 1.9 | 2020 | down 36.4% | volatile |
| 82 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1.88 | 2020 | down 48.1% | falling |
| 83 | Mongolia | 1.88 | 2020 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 84 | Turkmenistan | 1.87 | 2020 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 85 | Azerbaijan | 1.84 | 2020 | up 17.3% | falling |
| 86 | Mauritania | 1.84 | 2020 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 87 | Palestine, State of | 1.81 | 2020 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 88 | Palau | 1.8 | 2020 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 89 | Korea, Democratic People's Republic of | 1.75 | 2020 | down 34.5% | falling |
| 90 | Uzbekistan | 1.7 | 2020 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 91 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 1.68 | 2020 | down 37.4% | falling |
| 92 | Panama | 1.67 | 2020 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 93 | Viet Nam | 1.64 | 2020 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 94 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.63 | 2020 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 95 | Belize | 1.61 | 2020 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 96 | Tunisia | 1.61 | 2020 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 97 | Dominican Republic | 1.6 | 2020 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 98 | Algeria | 1.6 | 2020 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 99 | Eswatini | 1.59 | 2020 | down 39.7% | falling |
| 100 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1.58 | 2020 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 101 | Dominica | 1.57 | 2020 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 102 | Jamaica | 1.47 | 2020 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 103 | Malaysia | 1.45 | 2020 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 104 | Mexico | 1.41 | 2020 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 105 | Peru | 1.4 | 2020 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 106 | Brazil | 1.39 | 2020 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 107 | Ecuador | 1.37 | 2020 | down 29.1% | falling |
| 108 | Republic of Moldova | 1.37 | 2020 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 109 | Colombia | 1.35 | 2020 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 110 | Seychelles | 1.32 | 2020 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 111 | Kazakhstan | 1.32 | 2020 | down 33.0% | falling |
| 112 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.31 | 2020 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 113 | Bahamas | 1.28 | 2020 | down 17.3% | rising |
| 114 | Oman | 1.25 | 2020 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 115 | Saint Lucia | 1.21 | 2020 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 116 | Barbados | 1.18 | 2020 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 117 | Samoa | 1.15 | 2020 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 118 | Georgia | 1.14 | 2020 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 119 | Jordan | 1.12 | 2020 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 120 | Tajikistan | 1.12 | 2020 | down 19.5% | volatile |
| 121 | Russian Federation | 1.07 | 2020 | down 34.0% | falling |
| 122 | Morocco | 1.07 | 2020 | down 27.7% | falling |
| 123 | Argentina | 1.04 | 2020 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 124 | Albania | 1.03 | 2020 | down 25.1% | falling |
| 125 | Türkiye | 1.02 | 2020 | down 42.3% | falling |
| 126 | Cape Verde | 1 | 2020 | down 35.7% | falling |
| 127 | Cuba | 0.9908 | 2020 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 128 | Mauritius | 0.9742 | 2020 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 129 | Costa Rica | 0.9711 | 2020 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 130 | Cook Islands | 0.9692 | 2020 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 131 | Armenia | 0.9634 | 2020 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 132 | Bahrain | 0.9549 | 2020 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 133 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.9407 | 2020 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 134 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.939 | 2020 | down 23.9% | falling |
| 135 | Kuwait | 0.9312 | 2020 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 136 | Maldives | 0.9286 | 2020 | down 42.7% | falling |
| 137 | China | 0.9276 | 2020 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 138 | Tonga | 0.8925 | 2020 | down 41.8% | falling |
| 139 | Uruguay | 0.8911 | 2020 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 140 | Sri Lanka | 0.8882 | 2020 | down 51.5% | volatile |
| 141 | Libya | 0.8834 | 2020 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 142 | Ukraine | 0.8768 | 2020 | down 36.4% | falling |
| 143 | Bulgaria | 0.8708 | 2020 | down 32.3% | falling |
| 144 | Romania | 0.8633 | 2020 | down 33.8% | falling |
| 145 | North Macedonia | 0.8115 | 2020 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 146 | Lebanon | 0.8076 | 2020 | down 30.5% | falling |
| 147 | Saudi Arabia | 0.8022 | 2020 | down 41.6% | volatile |
| 148 | United Arab Emirates | 0.7625 | 2020 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 149 | United States of America | 0.7525 | 2020 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 150 | Lithuania | 0.7347 | 2020 | down 34.3% | falling |
| 151 | Chile | 0.7205 | 2020 | down 28.1% | falling |
| 152 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.6603 | 2020 | down 6.5% | volatile |
| 153 | Slovakia | 0.6388 | 2020 | down 23.2% | falling |
| 154 | Latvia | 0.6378 | 2020 | down 40.7% | falling |
| 155 | Serbia | 0.6371 | 2020 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 156 | Qatar | 0.634 | 2020 | down 44.5% | falling |
| 157 | Cyprus | 0.6307 | 2020 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 158 | Belarus | 0.6185 | 2020 | down 39.0% | falling |
| 159 | Estonia | 0.5979 | 2020 | down 36.8% | falling |
| 160 | Poland | 0.5635 | 2020 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 161 | Croatia | 0.5521 | 2020 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 162 | Malta | 0.5436 | 2020 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 163 | New Zealand | 0.5384 | 2020 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 164 | Montenegro | 0.5363 | 2020 | down 27.1% | falling |
| 165 | Hungary | 0.5213 | 2020 | down 29.3% | falling |
| 166 | Canada | 0.5171 | 2020 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 167 | Greece | 0.4438 | 2020 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 168 | Israel | 0.442 | 2020 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 169 | Monaco | 0.4404 | 2020 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 170 | Czechia | 0.4397 | 2020 | down 27.6% | falling |
| 171 | Austria | 0.4322 | 2020 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 172 | Australia | 0.4265 | 2020 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 173 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.4176 | 2020 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 174 | Portugal | 0.409 | 2020 | down 34.8% | volatile |
| 175 | Belgium | 0.4038 | 2020 | down 25.7% | falling |
| 176 | Sweden | 0.4027 | 2020 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 177 | Japan | 0.3938 | 2020 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 178 | Germany | 0.3933 | 2020 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 179 | Korea | 0.3884 | 2020 | down 32.8% | volatile |
| 180 | Finland | 0.3866 | 2020 | down 26.6% | falling |
| 181 | Netherlands | 0.385 | 2020 | down 26.0% | falling |
| 182 | Norway | 0.3832 | 2020 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 183 | Andorra | 0.3823 | 2020 | down 36.6% | falling |
| 184 | Italy | 0.3772 | 2020 | down 27.4% | falling |
| 185 | Switzerland | 0.3739 | 2020 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 186 | Singapore | 0.3712 | 2020 | down 31.1% | falling |
| 187 | Spain | 0.3703 | 2020 | down 31.9% | falling |
| 188 | Slovenia | 0.3674 | 2020 | down 31.1% | falling |
| 189 | France | 0.3669 | 2020 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 190 | Ireland | 0.335 | 2020 | down 36.7% | falling |
| 191 | Iceland | 0.3011 | 2020 | down 37.2% | falling |
| 192 | Denmark | 0.2919 | 2020 | down 35.3% | falling |
| 193 | San Marino | 0.288 | 2020 | down 31.9% | volatile |
| 194 | Luxembourg | 0.2219 | 2020 | down 37.4% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Africa (WHO region) 6.29
- Sur 2.04
- World 2.84
- Mus 0.9742
- Eastern Mediterranean (WHO region) 2.81
- South-East Asia (WHO region) 2.63
- Americas (WHO region) 1.31
- Western Pacific (WHO region) 1.12
- Europe (WHO region) 0.7828