Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births) - Country Ranking

Definition: Under-five mortality rate is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.

Source: Estimates Developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.

See also: Thematic map, Time series comparison

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Rank Country Value Year
1 Somalia 114.60 2020
2 Nigeria 113.80 2020
3 Chad 110.00 2020
4 Sierra Leone 107.80 2020
5 Central African Republic 103.00 2020
6 Guinea 95.60 2020
7 Mali 91.00 2020
8 Lesotho 89.50 2020
9 Benin 85.90 2020
10 Burkina Faso 85.00 2020
11 Dem. Rep. Congo 81.20 2020
12 Equatorial Guinea 78.50 2020
13 Liberia 78.30 2020
14 Côte d'Ivoire 77.90 2020
15 Niger 77.50 2020
16 Guinea-Bissau 76.80 2020
17 Cameroon 72.20 2020
18 Angola 71.50 2020
19 Mauritania 70.70 2020
20 Mozambique 70.60 2020
21 Pakistan 65.20 2020
22 Togo 64.40 2020
23 Zambia 61.40 2020
24 Comoros 61.30 2020
25 Haiti 60.50 2020
26 Yemen 59.60 2020
27 Afghanistan 58.00 2020
28 Sudan 56.60 2020
29 Djibouti 55.90 2020
30 Burundi 54.40 2020
31 Zimbabwe 53.90 2020
32 Madagascar 50.20 2020
33 Kiribati 49.60 2020
34 The Gambia 49.40 2020
35 Tanzania 48.90 2020
36 Ethiopia 48.70 2020
37 Eswatini 46.60 2020
38 Botswana 44.80 2020
39 Ghana 44.70 2020
40 Congo 44.60 2020
41 Lao PDR 44.10 2020
42 Papua New Guinea 43.90 2020
43 Myanmar 43.70 2020
44 Uganda 43.30 2020
45 Timor-Leste 42.30 2020
46 Kenya 41.90 2020
47 Turkmenistan 41.80 2020
48 Gabon 41.70 2020
49 Rwanda 40.50 2020
50 Namibia 40.20 2020
51 Eritrea 39.30 2020
52 Malawi 38.60 2020
53 Senegal 38.10 2020
54 Dominica 35.40 2020
55 Dominican Republic 33.80 2020
56 India 32.60 2020
57 Tajikistan 32.30 2020
58 South Africa 32.20 2020
59 Bangladesh 29.10 2020
60 Nauru 28.50 2020
61 Guyana 28.40 2020
62 Nepal 28.20 2020
63 Bhutan 27.60 2020
64 Fiji 27.40 2020
65 Philippines 26.40 2020
66 Cambodia 25.70 2020
67 Bolivia 25.40 2020
68 Iraq 25.20 2020
69 Vanuatu 24.90 2020
70 St. Lucia 24.40 2020
71 Venezuela 24.20 2020
72 Guatemala 23.60 2020
73 Indonesia 23.00 2020
74 Algeria 22.70 2020
75 Syrian Arab Republic 22.40 2020
76 Tuvalu 22.00 2020
77 Vietnam 20.90 2020
78 Egypt 19.50 2020
79 Azerbaijan 19.40 2020
79 Solomon Islands 19.40 2020
81 Paraguay 18.90 2020
82 Morocco 18.70 2020
83 Suriname 17.60 2020
84 Kyrgyz Republic 17.50 2020
85 Samoa 17.00 2020
86 Palau 16.90 2020
87 Trinidad and Tobago 16.60 2020
87 Tunisia 16.60 2020
89 Mauritius 16.50 2020
89 Dem. People's Rep. Korea 16.50 2020
91 Grenada 16.40 2020
92 Honduras 16.20 2020
93 São Tomé and Principe 16.10 2020
94 Nicaragua 16.00 2020
95 Mongolia 15.40 2020
96 St. Kitts and Nevis 15.00 2020
96 Jordan 15.00 2020
98 Brazil 14.70 2020
99 Moldova 14.50 2020
100 Panama 14.30 2020
101 Cabo Verde 14.20 2020
102 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 14.10 2020
103 Seychelles 13.90 2020
103 Uzbekistan 13.90 2020
105 Mexico 13.70 2020
106 Jamaica 13.30 2020
107 Colombia 13.20 2020
108 Ecuador 13.00 2020
109 El Salvador 12.90 2020
109 Iran 12.90 2020
111 Peru 12.80 2020
112 The Bahamas 12.30 2020
113 Barbados 12.20 2020
114 Belize 11.70 2020
115 Brunei 11.50 2020
116 Tonga 11.40 2020
117 Libya 11.10 2020
118 Oman 11.00 2020
119 Armenia 10.90 2020
120 Kazakhstan 10.00 2020
121 Albania 9.80 2020
122 Turkey 9.50 2020
123 Georgia 9.30 2020
124 Kuwait 8.90 2020
125 Thailand 8.70 2020
126 Argentina 8.60 2020
126 Malaysia 8.60 2020
128 Ukraine 8.10 2020
129 Costa Rica 7.90 2020
130 China 7.30 2020
131 Saudi Arabia 7.00 2020
131 Lebanon 7.00 2020
133 Romania 6.90 2020
133 Sri Lanka 6.90 2020
135 Bahrain 6.80 2020
135 Chile 6.80 2020
137 United Arab Emirates 6.60 2020
138 Malta 6.50 2020
139 Antigua and Barbuda 6.40 2020
140 United States 6.30 2020
141 Uruguay 6.20 2020
142 Bulgaria 6.10 2020
143 North Macedonia 5.90 2020
144 Qatar 5.80 2020
144 Slovak Republic 5.80 2020
146 Bosnia and Herzegovina 5.70 2020
147 Serbia 5.60 2020
148 Russia 5.40 2020
149 Cuba 5.10 2020
150 Canada 5.00 2020
151 New Zealand 4.70 2020
152 Croatia 4.60 2020
153 Poland 4.40 2020
153 France 4.40 2020
155 United Kingdom 4.20 2020
155 Belgium 4.20 2020
155 Netherlands 4.20 2020
158 Greece 4.10 2020
159 Switzerland 4.00 2020
159 Hungary 4.00 2020
159 Latvia 4.00 2020
162 Australia 3.70 2020
162 Germany 3.70 2020
164 Denmark 3.60 2020
164 Austria 3.60 2020
164 Israel 3.60 2020
167 Lithuania 3.30 2020
167 Portugal 3.30 2020
169 Spain 3.20 2020
170 Ireland 3.00 2020
170 Monaco 3.00 2020
170 Korea 3.00 2020
173 Italy 2.90 2020
173 Czech Republic 2.90 2020
173 Belarus 2.90 2020
176 Cyprus 2.80 2020
176 Luxembourg 2.80 2020
178 Sweden 2.60 2020
179 Japan 2.50 2020
179 Andorra 2.50 2020
181 Montenegro 2.40 2020
182 Finland 2.30 2020
183 Norway 2.20 2020
183 Slovenia 2.20 2020
183 Singapore 2.20 2020
186 Estonia 2.10 2020
187 Iceland 1.90 2020
188 San Marino 1.80 2020

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Development Relevance: Mortality rates for different age groups (infants, children, and adults) and overall mortality indicators (life expectancy at birth or survival to a given age) are important indicators of health status in a country. Because data on the incidence and prevalence of diseases are frequently unavailable, mortality rates are often used to identify vulnerable populations. And they are among the indicators most frequently used to compare socioeconomic development across countries.

Limitations and Exceptions: Complete vital registration systems are fairly uncommon in developing countries. Thus estimates must be obtained from sample surveys or derived by applying indirect estimation techniques to registration, census, or survey data. Survey data are subject to recall error, and surveys estimating infant/child deaths require large samples because households in which a birth has occurred during a given year cannot ordinarily be preselected for sampling. Indirect estimates rely on model life tables that may be inappropriate for the population concerned. Extrapolations based on outdated surveys may not be reliable for monitoring changes in health status or for comparative analytical work.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: The main sources of mortality data are vital registration systems and direct or indirect estimates based on sample surveys or censuses. A "complete" vital registration system - covering at least 90 percent of vital events in the population - is the best source of age-specific mortality data. Estimates of neonatal, infant, and child mortality tend to vary by source and method for a given time and place. Years for available estimates also vary by country, making comparisons across countries and over time difficult. To make neonatal, infant, and child mortality estimates comparable and to ensure consistency across estimates by different agencies, the United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), which comprises the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), the World Health Organization (WHO), the World Bank, the United Nations Population Division, and other universities and research institutes, developed and adopted a statistical method that uses all available information to reconcile differences. The method uses statistical models to obtain a best estimate trend line by fitting a country-specific regression model of mortality rates against their reference dates.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: Given that data on the incidence and prevalence of diseases are frequently unavailable, mortality rates are often used to identify vulnerable populations. Moreover, they are among the indicators most frequently used to compare socioeconomic development ac