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Under-5 mortality rate (per 1,000 live births): Q1 (lowest) by country

Under-5 mortality rate: Number of deaths to children under age five years per 1000 live births, based on experience during the reference period before the survey. The reference period is ten years preceding the survey for DHS surveys, and the reference period varies for MICS surveys (often three to five years...

Countries reporting
34
Highest
175 lowest
Burkina Faso
Lowest
19 lowest
Jordan
Median
72 lowest
Years covered
32
1990–2021
Data points
212

What the numbers show

Under-5 mortality rate (per 1,000 live births): Q1 (lowest) is currently reported for 34 countries. The highest value is 175 lowest in Burkina Faso; the lowest is 19 lowest in Jordan.

The median across all reporting countries is 72 lowest, and the mean is 78.15 lowest.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 9.

Under-5 mortality rate (per 1,000 live births): Q1: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Burkina Faso 175 lowest 2010 down 29.1% falling
2 Nigeria 173 lowest 2018 down 21.0% falling
3 Sierra Leone 145 lowest 2019 down 31.3% falling
4 Mali 143 lowest 2018 down 38.6% falling
5 Guinea 133 lowest 2018 down 38.7% falling
6 Côte d'Ivoire 120 lowest 2016 down 20.0% falling
7 Cameroon 111 lowest 2018 down 39.7% falling
8 Benin 108 lowest 2018 down 28.5% falling
9 Chad 102 lowest 2019 down 37.4% falling
10 Haiti 93 lowest 2017 down 25.6% falling
11 Zimbabwe 91 lowest 2019 down 8.1% flat
12 Uganda 88 lowest 2016 down 46.7% falling
13 Malawi 83 lowest 2016 down 32.5% falling
14 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 82 lowest 2018 down 55.4% falling
15 Tanzania, United Republic of 78 lowest 2016 down 43.1% falling
16 Ethiopia 77 lowest 2019 down 43.8% falling
17 Rwanda 72 lowest 2020 down 39.5% falling
17 Senegal 72 lowest 2019 down 49.3% falling
19 Gambia 69 lowest 2020 down 43.4% falling
20 Zambia 67 lowest 2018 down 46.0% falling
21 India 62 lowest 2021 down 47.5% falling
22 Kenya 57 lowest 2014 down 61.7% falling
23 Ghana 53 lowest 2018 down 48.5% falling
24 Indonesia 52 lowest 2017 down 32.5% falling
25 Mauritania 51 lowest 2021 down 53.2% falling
26 Egypt 42 lowest 2014 down 50.0% falling
26 Philippines 42 lowest 2017 down 28.8% falling
28 Dominican Republic 39 lowest 2014 down 40.9% falling
29 Peru 36 lowest 2012 down 61.3% falling
30 Bangladesh 34 lowest 2019 down 60.5% falling
31 Nepal 33 lowest 2019 down 56.0% falling
32 Türkiye 28 lowest 2013 down 65.4% falling
33 Colombia 27 lowest 2015 down 30.8% falling
34 Jordan 19 lowest 2018 down 36.7% falling

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Indicator
Under-5 mortality rate (per 1,000 live births): Q1 (lowest)
Unit
lowest
Source
Household Surveys (DHS, MICS)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
34 places, 212 data points, 1990–2021
Last refreshed

Under-5 mortality rate: Number of deaths to children under age five years per 1000 live births, based on experience during the reference period before the survey. The reference period is ten years preceding the survey for DHS surveys, and the reference period varies for MICS surveys (often three to five years preceding the survey).