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

Definition: Under-five mortality rate, male is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn male baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to male 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 120.30 2020
2 Nigeria 120.10 2020
3 Chad 116.50 2020
4 Sierra Leone 114.60 2020
5 Central African Republic 109.00 2020
6 Guinea 101.40 2020
7 Lesotho 96.80 2020
8 Mali 96.30 2020
9 Benin 91.60 2020
10 Burkina Faso 89.60 2020
11 Dem. Rep. Congo 87.40 2020
12 Côte d'Ivoire 85.60 2020
13 Equatorial Guinea 84.30 2020
14 Liberia 84.10 2020
15 Guinea-Bissau 83.00 2020
16 Niger 81.20 2020
17 Cameroon 77.80 2020
18 Angola 77.20 2020
19 Mauritania 76.40 2020
20 Mozambique 75.00 2020
21 Pakistan 69.60 2020
22 Togo 69.30 2020
23 Comoros 66.40 2020
24 Zambia 66.10 2020
25 Haiti 65.70 2020
26 Yemen 63.60 2020
27 Afghanistan 61.40 2020
28 Sudan 61.30 2020
29 Djibouti 60.80 2020
30 Burundi 58.90 2020
31 Zimbabwe 58.50 2020
32 Madagascar 54.70 2020
33 Ethiopia 54.20 2020
34 The Gambia 54.00 2020
35 Kiribati 53.90 2020
36 Tanzania 52.40 2020
37 Eswatini 51.00 2020
38 Ghana 49.20 2020
39 Botswana 48.80 2020
40 Congo 48.60 2020
41 Lao PDR 48.50 2020
42 Myanmar 47.80 2020
42 Uganda 47.80 2020
44 Papua New Guinea 47.30 2020
44 Turkmenistan 47.30 2020
46 Timor-Leste 46.00 2020
47 Gabon 45.90 2020
48 Kenya 45.60 2020
49 Eritrea 44.00 2020
50 Namibia 43.90 2020
50 Rwanda 43.90 2020
52 Malawi 42.70 2020
53 Senegal 41.80 2020
54 Dominica 40.80 2020
55 Dominican Republic 36.70 2020
56 Tajikistan 36.20 2020
57 South Africa 34.80 2020
58 India 32.20 2020
59 Guyana 32.00 2020
60 Nauru 31.40 2020
61 Bangladesh 31.00 2020
62 Nepal 30.30 2020
63 Bhutan 30.20 2020
64 Fiji 29.60 2020
65 Philippines 29.10 2020
66 Cambodia 28.60 2020
67 Bolivia 27.80 2020
68 Iraq 27.70 2020
69 Vanuatu 26.90 2020
70 St. Lucia 26.50 2020
71 Guatemala 26.20 2020
71 Venezuela 26.20 2020
73 Indonesia 25.40 2020
74 Syrian Arab Republic 24.40 2020
74 Vietnam 24.40 2020
76 Tuvalu 24.20 2020
77 Algeria 24.00 2020
78 Azerbaijan 21.20 2020
79 Solomon Islands 21.10 2020
80 Paraguay 20.80 2020
81 Egypt 20.70 2020
82 Morocco 20.50 2020
83 Suriname 19.70 2020
84 Kyrgyz Republic 19.50 2020
85 Palau 18.70 2020
85 Samoa 18.70 2020
87 Trinidad and Tobago 18.20 2020
87 Dem. People's Rep. Korea 18.20 2020
87 Mauritius 18.20 2020
90 Honduras 18.00 2020
90 Tunisia 18.00 2020
92 São Tomé and Principe 17.80 2020
92 Nicaragua 17.80 2020
94 Grenada 17.60 2020
95 Mongolia 17.10 2020
96 St. Kitts and Nevis 16.50 2020
97 Jordan 16.40 2020
97 Brazil 16.40 2020
99 Moldova 16.00 2020
100 Panama 15.80 2020
100 Uzbekistan 15.80 2020
102 Cabo Verde 15.50 2020
103 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 15.30 2020
104 Seychelles 15.00 2020
105 Mexico 14.90 2020
106 Jamaica 14.80 2020
107 Colombia 14.60 2020
108 Ecuador 14.40 2020
109 El Salvador 14.10 2020
110 Peru 14.00 2020
111 Iran 13.60 2020
112 Barbados 13.30 2020
113 The Bahamas 13.10 2020
114 Belize 12.70 2020
114 Tonga 12.70 2020
116 Brunei 12.60 2020
117 Libya 12.20 2020
118 Oman 12.10 2020
119 Armenia 12.00 2020
120 Kazakhstan 11.30 2020
121 Albania 10.60 2020
122 Georgia 10.30 2020
123 Turkey 10.10 2020
124 Kuwait 9.70 2020
125 Argentina 9.60 2020
126 Thailand 9.50 2020
127 Malaysia 9.30 2020
128 Ukraine 8.90 2020
129 Costa Rica 8.50 2020
130 China 7.80 2020
131 Sri Lanka 7.60 2020
132 Romania 7.50 2020
133 Chile 7.30 2020
133 Lebanon 7.30 2020
135 United Arab Emirates 7.20 2020
135 Saudi Arabia 7.20 2020
137 Malta 7.00 2020
137 Bahrain 7.00 2020
139 Antigua and Barbuda 6.90 2020
139 United States 6.90 2020
141 Uruguay 6.80 2020
142 Bulgaria 6.70 2020
143 Bosnia and Herzegovina 6.30 2020
143 North Macedonia 6.30 2020
143 Slovak Republic 6.30 2020
146 Qatar 6.20 2020
146 Serbia 6.20 2020
148 Russia 6.00 2020
149 Cuba 5.60 2020
150 Canada 5.40 2020
151 New Zealand 5.10 2020
152 Croatia 5.00 2020
153 France 4.80 2020
154 Belgium 4.70 2020
154 Poland 4.70 2020
156 United Kingdom 4.60 2020
156 Netherlands 4.60 2020
158 Hungary 4.40 2020
158 Greece 4.40 2020
160 Switzerland 4.30 2020
160 Latvia 4.30 2020
162 Denmark 4.00 2020
162 Australia 4.00 2020
162 Austria 4.00 2020
165 Germany 3.90 2020
166 Israel 3.80 2020
167 Lithuania 3.60 2020
167 Portugal 3.60 2020
169 Spain 3.50 2020
170 Czech Republic 3.30 2020
170 Ireland 3.30 2020
170 Monaco 3.30 2020
170 Belarus 3.30 2020
170 Korea 3.30 2020
175 Italy 3.10 2020
176 Luxembourg 3.00 2020
176 Cyprus 3.00 2020
178 Sweden 2.90 2020
179 Andorra 2.80 2020
180 Japan 2.60 2020
181 Montenegro 2.50 2020
181 Finland 2.50 2020
183 Singapore 2.40 2020
183 Slovenia 2.40 2020
183 Norway 2.40 2020
186 Estonia 2.30 2020
187 Iceland 2.10 2020
188 San Marino 1.90 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