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Under-5 mortality rate (per 1,000 live births): Q2 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
173
Burkina Faso
Lowest
15
Jordan
Median
67
Years covered
32
1990–2021
Data points
212

What the numbers show

Under-5 mortality rate (per 1,000 live births): Q2 is currently reported for 34 countries. The highest value is 173 in Burkina Faso; the lowest is 15 in Jordan.

The median across all reporting countries is 67, and the mean is 73.97.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 12.

Under-5 mortality rate (per 1,000 live births): Q2: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Burkina Faso 173 2010 down 25.4% falling
2 Nigeria 169 2018 down 20.3% falling
3 Mali 137 2018 down 43.2% falling
4 Guinea 133 2018 down 37.9% falling
5 Sierra Leone 126 2019 down 18.2% falling
6 Benin 124 2018 down 15.6% falling
7 Chad 122 2019 down 37.4% falling
8 Cameroon 111 2018 down 22.9% falling
9 Côte d'Ivoire 93 2016 down 36.3% falling
10 Haiti 87 2017 down 23.7% falling
11 Tanzania, United Republic of 86 2016 down 44.9% falling
12 Malawi 81 2016 down 40.0% falling
13 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 80 2018 down 54.8% falling
14 Uganda 79 2016 down 47.0% falling
15 Zimbabwe 74 2019 down 14.0% falling
16 Ethiopia 73 2019 down 39.7% falling
17 Gambia 67 2020 down 40.2% falling
17 Zambia 67 2018 down 54.7% falling
19 Kenya 63 2014 down 42.2% falling
20 Rwanda 57 2020 down 44.7% falling
21 Senegal 53 2019 down 55.1% falling
22 Mauritania 52 2021 down 62.3% falling
23 India 51 2021 down 48.0% falling
24 Ghana 49 2018 down 38.0% falling
25 Bangladesh 44 2019 down 48.2% falling
26 Dominican Republic 39 2014 down 15.2% falling
27 Nepal 37 2019 down 43.9% volatile
28 Egypt 34 2014 down 40.4% falling
29 Indonesia 33 2017 down 44.1% falling
30 Peru 31 2012 down 59.2% falling
31 Philippines 29 2017 down 23.7% falling
32 Colombia 23 2015 down 14.8% falling
32 Türkiye 23 2013 down 54.9% falling
34 Jordan 15 2018 down 31.8% falling

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Indicator
Under-5 mortality rate (per 1,000 live births): Q2
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).