Youth mortality rate in Uganda
Uganda: Youth mortality rate was 5.93 deaths per 100 live births in 2024. ▼ Falling
Youth mortality rate in Uganda, 1977–2024
Source: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in deaths per 100 live births.
Analysis
In 2024, youth mortality rate in Uganda stood at 5.93 deaths per 100 live births. That is the lowest value across all 48 years on record.
The figure is down 1.6% on the previous year and down 20.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, youth mortality rate in Uganda peaked at 24.98 deaths per 100 live births in 1980 and was at its lowest, 5.93 deaths per 100 live births, in 2024.
That places Uganda 32nd out of 199 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 48 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 24.65 deaths per 100 live births | 24.39 deaths per 100 live births | 24.86 deaths per 100 live births | 3 |
| 1980s | 23.11 deaths per 100 live births | 21.25 deaths per 100 live births | 24.98 deaths per 100 live births | 10 |
| 1990s | 18.69 deaths per 100 live births | 16.94 deaths per 100 live births | 20.57 deaths per 100 live births | 10 |
| 2000s | 12.91 deaths per 100 live births | 9.73 deaths per 100 live births | 16.33 deaths per 100 live births | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.48 deaths per 100 live births | 6.39 deaths per 100 live births | 9.17 deaths per 100 live births | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.11 deaths per 100 live births | 5.93 deaths per 100 live births | 6.28 deaths per 100 live births | 5 |
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More health data for Uganda
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 853.6 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 6,666 deaths (2100)
- Deaths in armed conflicts based on where they occurred 0 deaths (2026)
- Deaths in armed conflicts by region 0 deaths (2026)
- Age population, age 25, male, interpolated 464,951 (2025)
- Age population, age 25, female, interpolated 469,853 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, male, interpolated 479,373 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, female, interpolated 484,060 (2025)
- Age population, age 23, male, interpolated 493,922 (2025)
- Age population, age 23, female, interpolated 498,483 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is youth mortality rate in Uganda?
- Youth mortality rate in Uganda was 5.93 deaths per 100 live births in 2024, according to United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest youth mortality rate recorded in Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 24.98 deaths per 100 live births in 1980.
- What is the lowest youth mortality rate recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.93 deaths per 100 live births in 2024.
- How does Uganda rank for youth mortality rate?
- Uganda ranks 32nd out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
- Is youth mortality rate rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Uganda data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Youth mortality rate. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The estimated number of deaths of children aged under fifteen years, per 100 live births.