Liberia - Child and infant mortality

Number of infant deaths

The value for Number of infant deaths in Liberia was 9,377 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 16,181 in 1990 and a minimum value of 9,377 in 2020.

Definition: Number of infants dying before reaching one year of age.

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.

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Year Value
1960 10,931
1961 11,179
1962 11,402
1963 11,607
1964 11,783
1965 11,932
1966 12,071
1967 12,192
1968 12,291
1969 12,385
1970 12,483
1971 12,589
1972 12,731
1973 12,874
1974 13,011
1975 13,161
1976 13,323
1977 13,524
1978 13,755
1979 13,987
1980 14,224
1981 14,449
1982 14,657
1983 14,866
1984 15,100
1985 15,353
1986 15,624
1987 15,865
1988 16,061
1989 16,172
1990 16,181
1991 16,088
1992 15,913
1993 15,718
1994 15,534
1995 15,374
1996 15,245
1997 15,108
1998 14,950
1999 14,725
2000 14,394
2001 13,947
2002 13,444
2003 12,881
2004 12,286
2005 11,714
2006 11,219
2007 10,812
2008 10,496
2009 10,253
2010 10,084
2011 9,965
2012 9,887
2013 9,824
2014 9,838
2015 9,721
2016 9,654
2017 9,601
2018 9,541
2019 9,459
2020 9,377

Number of under-five deaths

The value for Number of under-five deaths in Liberia was 12,537 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 58 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 24,894 in 1990 and a minimum value of 12,537 in 2020.

Definition: Number of children dying before reaching age five.

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.

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Year Value
1962 16,933
1963 17,240
1964 17,502
1965 17,721
1966 17,922
1967 18,091
1968 18,224
1969 18,346
1970 18,474
1971 18,616
1972 18,816
1973 19,020
1974 19,215
1975 19,429
1976 19,659
1977 19,944
1978 20,274
1979 20,610
1980 20,966
1981 21,320
1982 21,669
1983 22,045
1984 22,480
1985 22,972
1986 23,523
1987 24,048
1988 24,505
1989 24,805
1990 24,894
1991 24,745
1992 24,381
1993 23,915
1994 23,423
1995 22,954
1996 22,544
1997 22,160
1998 21,753
1999 21,288
2000 20,710
2001 19,984
2002 19,145
2003 18,237
2004 17,309
2005 16,430
2006 15,670
2007 15,040
2008 14,544
2009 14,154
2010 13,873
2011 13,668
2012 13,520
2013 13,399
2014 13,620
2015 13,224
2016 13,077
2017 12,973
2018 12,854
2019 12,696
2020 12,537

Number of neonatal deaths

The value for Number of neonatal deaths in Liberia was 5,008 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 56 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 6,592 in 1981 and a minimum value of 4,705 in 2010.

Definition: Number of neonates dying before reaching 28 days of age.

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.

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Year Value
1964 6,164
1965 6,192
1966 6,201
1967 6,200
1968 6,199
1969 6,187
1970 6,180
1971 6,184
1972 6,194
1973 6,211
1974 6,238
1975 6,268
1976 6,325
1977 6,383
1978 6,450
1979 6,510
1980 6,562
1981 6,592
1982 6,591
1983 6,547
1984 6,472
1985 6,366
1986 6,251
1987 6,121
1988 5,969
1989 5,803
1990 5,634
1991 5,479
1992 5,360
1993 5,323
1994 5,342
1995 5,409
1996 5,498
1997 5,578
1998 5,635
1999 5,652
2000 5,622
2001 5,548
2002 5,450
2003 5,331
2004 5,198
2005 5,075
2006 4,958
2007 4,864
2008 4,784
2009 4,725
2010 4,705
2011 4,722
2012 4,763
2013 4,826
2014 4,886
2015 4,941
2016 4,975
2017 5,003
2018 5,014
2019 5,021
2020 5,008

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Mortality