Number of child deaths, per square kilometre by country
Number of child deaths divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
195
Highest
1.03 deaths per square kilometre
Palestine, State of
Lowest
0 deaths per square kilometre
San Marino
Median
0.0227 deaths per square kilometre
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
10,420
What the numbers show
Number of child deaths, per square kilometre is currently reported for 195 countries. The highest value is 1.03 deaths per square kilometre in Palestine, State of; the lowest is 0 deaths per square kilometre in San Marino.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0227 deaths per square kilometre, and the mean is 0.0832 deaths per square kilometre.
Over the past decade 17 countries rose and 175 fell. The largest increase was in Palestine, State of (up 124.7%), and the largest decrease in San Marino (down 100.0%).
Number of child deaths, per square kilometre: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palestine, State of | 1.03 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | up 124.7% | falling |
| 2 | Nigeria | 0.9412 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 3 | Burundi | 0.8607 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 33.2% | falling |
| 4 | Bangladesh | 0.8133 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 22.7% | volatile |
| 5 | Rwanda | 0.6174 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 6 | Comoros | 0.5212 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 7 | Haiti | 0.5099 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 27.4% | falling |
| 8 | Pakistan | 0.5096 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 25.8% | flat |
| 9 | Monaco | 0.4798 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 10 | Uganda | 0.4129 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.1% | flat |
| 11 | Gambia | 0.3495 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 29.1% | falling |
| 12 | Malawi | 0.3418 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 13 | Sierra Leone | 0.3307 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 28.5% | falling |
| 14 | Benin | 0.3198 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.3% | rising |
| 15 | Togo | 0.3033 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 16 | Kiribati | 0.2296 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 17 | India | 0.2186 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 49.4% | falling |
| 18 | Bahrain | 0.2137 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.7% | volatile |
| 19 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.2051 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 24.5% | rising |
| 20 | Burkina Faso | 0.2026 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 27.9% | falling |
| 21 | Guinea | 0.1844 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 22 | Ethiopia | 0.1833 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 23 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 0.1689 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | up 29.5% | rising |
| 24 | Philippines | 0.1671 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 29.9% | falling |
| 25 | Tuvalu | 0.1667 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 28.6% | volatile |
| 26 | Singapore | 0.1657 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.2% | volatile |
| 27 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.1575 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 28 | Lebanon | 0.1563 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.6% | volatile |
| 29 | Liberia | 0.1508 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 30 | Naoero | 0.15 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 62.5% | falling |
| 31 | Ghana | 0.1437 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 33.7% | falling |
| 32 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.1352 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 17.5% | rising |
| 33 | Marshall Islands | 0.1333 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 53.8% | falling |
| 34 | Dominican Republic | 0.133 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 35 | Cameroon | 0.1329 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 17.7% | rising |
| 36 | Somalia | 0.126 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 37 | Afghanistan | 0.122 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 38 | Maldives | 0.1141 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 59.7% | volatile |
| 39 | Lesotho | 0.1117 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 29.3% | falling |
| 40 | Madagascar | 0.1071 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.8% | falling |
| 41 | Nepal | 0.1051 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 41.6% | volatile |
| 42 | Senegal | 0.1031 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 43 | Yemen | 0.1013 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.2% | falling |
| 44 | Kenya | 0.1009 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 45 | Timor-Leste | 0.1009 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 30.0% | volatile |
| 46 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 0.0996 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 47 | Mozambique | 0.0962 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 48 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0938 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 52.6% | falling |
| 49 | Niger | 0.0935 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.9% | flat |
| 50 | Mauritius | 0.0926 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.4% | volatile |
| 51 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 0.0829 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 30.1% | falling |
| 52 | Zimbabwe | 0.0815 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 53 | Viet Nam | 0.081 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 28.2% | volatile |
| 54 | Eswatini | 0.0795 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 31.2% | falling |
| 55 | Guatemala | 0.0745 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 35.7% | falling |
| 56 | Barbados | 0.0744 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 28.9% | volatile |
| 57 | Grenada | 0.0735 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 16.7% | volatile |
| 58 | Malta | 0.0719 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 17.9% | volatile |
| 59 | Chad | 0.0623 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 60 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0614 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 30.2% | volatile |
| 61 | Iraq | 0.0595 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 29.6% | falling |
| 62 | Saint Lucia | 0.0574 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.6% | volatile |
| 63 | Mali | 0.0573 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 23.2% | falling |
| 64 | Tajikistan | 0.0565 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 65 | Jamaica | 0.0558 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 19.1% | volatile |
| 66 | Sudan | 0.0556 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.0% | flat |
| 67 | Egypt | 0.0549 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 25.6% | volatile |
| 68 | Angola | 0.0544 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 69 | Seychelles | 0.0543 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.2% | volatile |
| 70 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0.054 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 56.5% | falling |
| 71 | Myanmar | 0.0528 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 32.3% | falling |
| 72 | Djibouti | 0.0518 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 27.8% | falling |
| 73 | Korea, Democratic People's Republic of | 0.0515 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 23.4% | volatile |
| 74 | El Salvador | 0.0502 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 44.8% | volatile |
| 75 | South Sudan | 0.0488 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 23.0% | volatile |
| 76 | Zambia | 0.0443 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.9% | rising |
| 77 | Indonesia | 0.0437 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 43.3% | volatile |
| 78 | Cambodia | 0.0394 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 45.0% | falling |
| 79 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0385 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 54.5% | volatile |
| 80 | Jordan | 0.0353 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 81 | Dominica | 0.0347 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 82 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0346 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 30.8% | volatile |
| 83 | South Africa | 0.0339 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 84 | Tonga | 0.0333 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 85 | Central African Republic | 0.0323 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 25.5% | volatile |
| 86 | Honduras | 0.0321 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 87 | Sri Lanka | 0.0321 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 43.2% | volatile |
| 88 | Samoa | 0.0309 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 21.8% | volatile |
| 89 | Azerbaijan | 0.0299 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 57.6% | volatile |
| 90 | Uzbekistan | 0.029 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 16.8% | volatile |
| 91 | Eritrea | 0.0284 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 29.1% | falling |
| 92 | Israel | 0.0272 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 93 | Fiji | 0.0268 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.3% | falling |
| 94 | British Virgin Islands | 0.0267 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 95 | Morocco | 0.0231 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 42.5% | volatile |
| 96 | Kuwait | 0.023 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 27.2% | volatile |
| 97 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0228 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 98 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0227 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 23.1% | volatile |
| 99 | Congo | 0.0219 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 24.0% | rising |
| 100 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0.0215 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 40.4% | falling |
| 101 | Türkiye | 0.02 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 19.1% | volatile |
| 102 | Netherlands | 0.0198 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.2% | volatile |
| 103 | Cape Verde | 0.0186 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 65.4% | volatile |
| 104 | Republic of Moldova | 0.0162 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 31.5% | volatile |
| 105 | Solomon Islands | 0.0157 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 106 | Nicaragua | 0.0152 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 32.1% | volatile |
| 107 | Qatar | 0.0151 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 108 | Panama | 0.0146 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 109 | Ecuador | 0.0144 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 32.6% | volatile |
| 110 | Tunisia | 0.0143 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 43.6% | volatile |
| 111 | Mexico | 0.0142 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 31.8% | volatile |
| 112 | Turkmenistan | 0.0139 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 113 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0134 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 31.8% | falling |
| 114 | Belgium | 0.0134 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 115 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.0131 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.7% | volatile |
| 116 | Vanuatu | 0.0129 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 117 | Armenia | 0.0123 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 51.5% | volatile |
| 118 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.012 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.3% | volatile |
| 119 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 0.0117 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 120 | Malaysia | 0.011 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.8% | volatile |
| 121 | Thailand | 0.0108 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 45.9% | volatile |
| 122 | Costa Rica | 0.0105 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.6% | volatile |
| 123 | Albania | 0.0099 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 30.6% | volatile |
| 124 | Gabon | 0.009 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 125 | Palau | 0.0087 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 126 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 0.0086 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 42.7% | volatile |
| 127 | Algeria | 0.0085 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 18.6% | volatile |
| 128 | Switzerland | 0.0082 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.7% | volatile |
| 129 | Germany | 0.0078 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.2% | volatile |
| 130 | Cuba | 0.0077 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.6% | volatile |
| 131 | Colombia | 0.0076 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 29.9% | volatile |
| 132 | Korea | 0.0073 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 57.0% | volatile |
| 133 | Cyprus | 0.0073 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | up 91.4% | volatile |
| 134 | United Arab Emirates | 0.007 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 30.5% | falling |
| 135 | Slovakia | 0.0068 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 136 | China | 0.0066 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 73.5% | volatile |
| 137 | Mauritania | 0.0063 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 138 | Paraguay | 0.0058 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 139 | Luxembourg | 0.0058 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 140 | Georgia | 0.0057 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 40.5% | volatile |
| 141 | Denmark | 0.0056 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.4% | volatile |
| 142 | Peru | 0.0056 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 28.6% | volatile |
| 143 | Romania | 0.0055 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 40.4% | volatile |
| 144 | Bahamas | 0.0055 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 27.6% | falling |
| 145 | France | 0.0054 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.5% | volatile |
| 146 | Japan | 0.0052 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 38.6% | volatile |
| 147 | Bhutan | 0.0047 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 57.3% | volatile |
| 148 | Brazil | 0.0045 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 22.7% | volatile |
| 149 | Poland | 0.0045 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 32.1% | volatile |
| 150 | Belize | 0.004 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 151 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 0.0039 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 45.9% | volatile |
| 152 | Serbia | 0.0039 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 28.8% | falling |
| 153 | Namibia | 0.0038 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 154 | Botswana | 0.0037 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 27.4% | falling |
| 155 | Italy | 0.0037 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 44.0% | volatile |
| 156 | Hungary | 0.0037 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 33.5% | volatile |
| 157 | Bulgaria | 0.0034 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 42.1% | volatile |
| 158 | Czechia | 0.0033 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 24.6% | falling |
| 159 | Austria | 0.0032 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.7% | volatile |
| 160 | Ukraine | 0.0031 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 65.8% | falling |
| 161 | Portugal | 0.003 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.6% | volatile |
| 162 | Ireland | 0.003 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 25.7% | volatile |
| 163 | Croatia | 0.003 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 164 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0029 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 30.7% | volatile |
| 165 | Oman | 0.0027 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.2% | volatile |
| 166 | United States of America | 0.0026 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.3% | volatile |
| 167 | North Macedonia | 0.0025 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 76.7% | volatile |
| 168 | Libya | 0.0023 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | up 99.7% | volatile |
| 169 | Greece | 0.0023 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 29.1% | volatile |
| 170 | Spain | 0.0022 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 29.6% | volatile |
| 171 | Andorra | 0.0021 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 172 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.0021 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 173 | Slovenia | 0.0021 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 31.1% | falling |
| 174 | Guyana | 0.0021 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 30.4% | falling |
| 175 | Argentina | 0.0018 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 47.6% | volatile |
| 176 | Chile | 0.0017 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 36.4% | volatile |
| 177 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0015 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 41.9% | volatile |
| 178 | Kazakhstan | 0.0015 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 29.3% | volatile |
| 179 | Uruguay | 0.0014 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 45.4% | volatile |
| 180 | Montenegro | 0.0013 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 55.0% | volatile |
| 181 | Lithuania | 0.0012 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 51.5% | volatile |
| 182 | Suriname | 0.0011 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 28.3% | falling |
| 183 | New Zealand | 0.0011 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 19.0% | volatile |
| 184 | Belarus | 0.0009 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 66.2% | volatile |
| 185 | Latvia | 0.0007 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 65.6% | volatile |
| 186 | Sweden | 0.0006 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 23.3% | volatile |
| 187 | Mongolia | 0.0006 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 41.4% | volatile |
| 188 | Estonia | 0.0006 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 50.1% | volatile |
| 189 | Russian Federation | 0.0004 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 60.4% | falling |
| 190 | Norway | 0.0003 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 26.1% | volatile |
| 191 | Finland | 0.0003 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 32.7% | volatile |
| 192 | Canada | 0.0002 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.8% | volatile |
| 193 | Australia | 0.0001 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.1% | volatile |
| 194 | Iceland | 0.0001 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.7% | volatile |
| 195 | San Marino | 0 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
How this figure is calculated
Number of child deaths divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Number of child deaths ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Number of child deaths United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Number of child deaths divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.