Youth mortality rate by country
The estimated number of deaths of children aged under fifteen years, per 100 live births.
Countries reporting
196
Highest
13.72 deaths per 100 live births
Niger
Lowest
0.1651 deaths per 100 live births
San Marino
Median
1.81 deaths per 100 live births
Years covered
75
1950–2024
Data points
9,824
What the numbers show
Youth mortality rate is currently reported for 196 countries. The highest value is 13.72 deaths per 100 live births in Niger; the lowest is 0.1651 deaths per 100 live births in San Marino.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.81 deaths per 100 live births, and the mean is 2.93 deaths per 100 live births.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 83.
Over the past decade 21 countries rose and 175 fell. The largest increase was in Palestine (up 248.0%), and the largest decrease in North Macedonia (down 67.9%).
Youth mortality rate: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niger | 13.72 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 2 | Nigeria | 13.52 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 3 | Somalia | 12.13 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 26.4% | falling |
| 4 | South Sudan | 11.62 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 49.2% | volatile |
| 5 | Chad | 11.56 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 6 | Sierra Leone | 11.15 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 29.4% | falling |
| 7 | Central African Republic | 10.92 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 53.9% | rising |
| 8 | Guinea | 10.72 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 9 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 10.58 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 10 | Liberia | 10.08 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 11 | Palestine | 9.47 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | up 248.0% | volatile |
| 12 | Benin | 9.14 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 13 | Mali | 8.95 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 34.3% | falling |
| 14 | Cameroon | 8.2 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 28.0% | falling |
| 15 | Burkina Faso | 8.2 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 30.4% | falling |
| 16 | Equatorial Guinea | 8.08 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 28.2% | falling |
| 17 | Madagascar | 8.01 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 18 | Cote d'Ivoire | 7.86 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 26.4% | falling |
| 19 | Guinea-Bissau | 7.82 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 29.5% | falling |
| 20 | Sudan | 7.42 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 21 | Zimbabwe | 7.34 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 22 | Lesotho | 6.77 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 23 | Mozambique | 6.72 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 27.5% | falling |
| 24 | Togo | 6.59 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 27.7% | falling |
| 25 | Burundi | 6.38 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 29.7% | falling |
| 26 | Kiribati | 6.23 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 27 | Afghanistan | 6.18 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 25.1% | volatile |
| 28 | Pakistan | 6.14 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 27.9% | falling |
| 29 | Haiti | 6.13 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 30 | Angola | 5.97 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 23.7% | volatile |
| 31 | Djibouti | 5.95 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 26.8% | falling |
| 32 | Uganda | 5.93 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 33 | Malawi | 5.93 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 20.1% | volatile |
| 34 | Zambia | 5.72 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 35 | Eswatini | 5.61 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 36 | East Timor | 5.61 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 22.4% | volatile |
| 37 | Ethiopia | 5.17 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 34.8% | falling |
| 38 | Gambia | 5.08 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 30.6% | falling |
| 39 | Tanzania | 4.84 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 30.5% | falling |
| 40 | Papua New Guinea | 4.67 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 41 | Yemen | 4.63 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 18.5% | volatile |
| 42 | Namibia | 4.59 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 43 | Ghana | 4.54 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 31.9% | falling |
| 44 | Comoros | 4.5 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 45 | Senegal | 4.48 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 32.4% | volatile |
| 46 | Congo | 4.47 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 28.2% | falling |
| 47 | Mauritania | 4.34 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 27.2% | volatile |
| 48 | Kenya | 4.31 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 49 | Turkmenistan | 4.26 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 50 | Rwanda | 4.18 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 32.0% | volatile |
| 51 | Myanmar | 4.07 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 30.5% | falling |
| 52 | Gabon | 4.06 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 27.9% | falling |
| 53 | South Africa | 4.02 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 54 | Eritrea | 4 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 28.1% | volatile |
| 55 | Botswana | 3.87 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 31.7% | falling |
| 56 | Dominica | 3.81 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 57 | Bangladesh | 3.48 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 25.3% | volatile |
| 58 | Laos | 3.4 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 38.6% | falling |
| 59 | Fiji | 3.4 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | up 34.6% | falling |
| 60 | Dominican Republic | 3.35 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 13.0% | volatile |
| 61 | Marshall Islands | 3.21 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 25.2% | falling |
| 62 | Philippines | 3.07 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 63 | India | 3.05 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 42.5% | volatile |
| 64 | Tajikistan | 2.99 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 15.8% | volatile |
| 65 | Nepal | 2.94 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 35.6% | volatile |
| 66 | Niue | 2.87 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 25.9% | flat |
| 67 | Guyana | 2.84 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 68 | Venezuela | 2.74 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | up 27.6% | falling |
| 69 | Micronesia (country) | 2.71 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 26.1% | falling |
| 70 | Iraq | 2.66 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 71 | Palau | 2.59 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | up 3.7% | falling |
| 72 | Egypt | 2.57 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 17.9% | volatile |
| 73 | Algeria | 2.46 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 16.0% | volatile |
| 74 | Guatemala | 2.44 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 26.9% | volatile |
| 75 | Solomon Islands | 2.43 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 76 | Bhutan | 2.39 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 40.2% | volatile |
| 77 | Lebanon | 2.36 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | up 52.1% | volatile |
| 78 | Tuvalu | 2.33 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 28.0% | falling |
| 79 | Syria | 2.25 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 52.5% | volatile |
| 80 | Grenada | 2.24 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | up 6.5% | flat |
| 81 | Cambodia | 2.22 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 41.0% | volatile |
| 82 | Indonesia | 2.21 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 33.1% | volatile |
| 83 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2.1 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 84 | Azerbaijan | 2.1 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 35.3% | falling |
| 85 | Jamaica | 2.1 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 86 | Vanuatu | 2.09 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 87 | North Korea | 2.03 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 25.6% | volatile |
| 88 | Vietnam | 1.98 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 21.7% | volatile |
| 89 | Suriname | 1.98 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 90 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.96 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 26.4% | falling |
| 91 | Honduras | 1.95 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 92 | Bolivia | 1.93 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 41.9% | volatile |
| 93 | Saint Lucia | 1.92 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 94 | Uzbekistan | 1.91 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 23.7% | volatile |
| 95 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1.88 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 96 | Moldova | 1.86 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 97 | Paraguay | 1.84 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 98 | Panama | 1.84 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 12.3% | volatile |
| 99 | Morocco | 1.79 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 34.7% | volatile |
| 100 | Mauritius | 1.7 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | up 1.8% | volatile |
| 101 | Samoa | 1.7 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 102 | Brazil | 1.69 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 12.1% | volatile |
| 103 | Mongolia | 1.65 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 34.2% | volatile |
| 104 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1.64 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 46.5% | volatile |
| 105 | Cook Islands | 1.64 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 106 | Ecuador | 1.63 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 16.0% | volatile |
| 107 | Seychelles | 1.6 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 5.8% | volatile |
| 108 | Peru | 1.57 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 21.2% | volatile |
| 109 | Mexico | 1.57 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 20.1% | volatile |
| 110 | Belize | 1.51 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 24.3% | falling |
| 111 | Tunisia | 1.49 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 31.6% | volatile |
| 112 | British Virgin Islands | 1.49 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 113 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.48 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 33.8% | falling |
| 114 | El Salvador | 1.47 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 19.8% | volatile |
| 115 | Bahamas | 1.47 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 116 | Iran | 1.45 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 29.5% | falling |
| 117 | Nicaragua | 1.42 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 35.8% | volatile |
| 118 | Jordan | 1.42 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 27.2% | volatile |
| 119 | Colombia | 1.39 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 120 | Thailand | 1.32 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 21.3% | volatile |
| 121 | Cape Verde | 1.3 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 44.6% | falling |
| 122 | Oman | 1.26 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 123 | Costa Rica | 1.24 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | up 11.4% | volatile |
| 124 | Libya | 1.21 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 30.6% | falling |
| 125 | Kazakhstan | 1.2 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 25.6% | volatile |
| 126 | Brunei | 1.17 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 127 | Turkey | 1.16 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 30.0% | volatile |
| 128 | Argentina | 1.16 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 19.2% | volatile |
| 129 | Armenia | 1.15 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 34.0% | falling |
| 130 | Barbados | 1.13 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 131 | Tonga | 1.12 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 25.2% | falling |
| 132 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.11 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 133 | Albania | 1.09 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 134 | Cuba | 1.08 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | up 35.3% | volatile |
| 135 | Bahrain | 1.06 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | up 7.1% | falling |
| 136 | Nauru | 1.03 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 55.7% | volatile |
| 137 | Malaysia | 1.03 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 3.7% | volatile |
| 138 | Georgia | 1.02 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 24.7% | volatile |
| 139 | Ukraine | 0.9787 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 140 | Kuwait | 0.9779 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 13.1% | volatile |
| 141 | Uruguay | 0.8928 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 19.9% | volatile |
| 142 | Romania | 0.8623 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 27.7% | volatile |
| 143 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.8609 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | up 8.1% | volatile |
| 144 | Chile | 0.8133 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 14.9% | volatile |
| 145 | United States | 0.7949 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 2.1% | volatile |
| 146 | Montserrat | 0.7926 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 26.0% | falling |
| 147 | Croatia | 0.7571 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | up 23.3% | volatile |
| 148 | Sri Lanka | 0.7458 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 36.7% | volatile |
| 149 | Slovakia | 0.742 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 150 | Saudi Arabia | 0.7418 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 36.8% | volatile |
| 151 | China | 0.7409 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 46.2% | volatile |
| 152 | Qatar | 0.7345 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 153 | Bulgaria | 0.7235 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 32.3% | falling |
| 154 | Anguilla | 0.7051 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 155 | Russia | 0.6982 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 39.2% | falling |
| 156 | Maldives | 0.6791 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 49.6% | volatile |
| 157 | Serbia | 0.6708 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 14.5% | volatile |
| 158 | Canada | 0.6508 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | up 1.9% | volatile |
| 160 | United Arab Emirates | 0.6006 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 38.7% | falling |
| 161 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.5921 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 162 | Cyprus | 0.5914 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | up 57.8% | volatile |
| 163 | New Zealand | 0.5728 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 16.7% | volatile |
| 164 | United Kingdom | 0.5464 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | up 1.5% | volatile |
| 165 | Poland | 0.5299 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 14.4% | volatile |
| 166 | France | 0.512 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | up 3.4% | volatile |
| 167 | Netherlands | 0.4732 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 4.2% | volatile |
| 168 | Hungary | 0.4622 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 29.0% | volatile |
| 169 | Germany | 0.4588 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 3.9% | volatile |
| 170 | Denmark | 0.4569 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 4.1% | volatile |
| 171 | Switzerland | 0.454 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 11.7% | volatile |
| 172 | Lithuania | 0.449 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 34.8% | volatile |
| 173 | Greece | 0.4478 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 13.7% | volatile |
| 175 | Australia | 0.4432 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 9.2% | volatile |
| 176 | Belgium | 0.443 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 12.6% | volatile |
| 177 | Israel | 0.415 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 17.7% | volatile |
| 178 | Austria | 0.4077 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 12.9% | volatile |
| 179 | Portugal | 0.4065 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 11.5% | volatile |
| 180 | North Macedonia | 0.4041 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 67.9% | volatile |
| 181 | Spain | 0.3972 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 5.8% | volatile |
| 182 | South Korea | 0.3671 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 19.4% | volatile |
| 183 | Singapore | 0.3553 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 0.2% | volatile |
| 184 | Latvia | 0.3518 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 51.8% | falling |
| 185 | Italy | 0.3506 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 20.7% | volatile |
| 186 | Czechia | 0.3479 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 15.2% | volatile |
| 187 | Montenegro | 0.3414 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 41.0% | volatile |
| 188 | Monaco | 0.3389 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 25.8% | falling |
| 189 | Iceland | 0.3302 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 1.5% | volatile |
| 190 | Belarus | 0.3273 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 45.2% | volatile |
| 191 | Japan | 0.326 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 11.7% | volatile |
| 192 | Andorra | 0.3199 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 31.4% | falling |
| 193 | Sweden | 0.3168 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 14.5% | volatile |
| 194 | Norway | 0.3167 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 12.2% | volatile |
| 195 | Finland | 0.3156 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 7.7% | volatile |
| 196 | Estonia | 0.3145 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 35.0% | volatile |
| 197 | Slovenia | 0.2951 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 18.3% | volatile |
| 199 | San Marino | 0.1651 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 36.4% | volatile |
About this data
The estimated number of deaths of children aged under fifteen years, per 100 live births.