High income - Child and infant mortality

Number of infant deaths

The value for Number of infant deaths in High income was 50,572 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 138,164 in 1990 and a minimum value of 50,572 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
1990 138,164
1991 131,527
1992 124,625
1993 117,698
1994 110,896
1995 104,409
1996 98,416
1997 93,101
1998 88,540
1999 84,686
2000 81,446
2001 78,792
2002 76,679
2003 74,964
2004 73,511
2005 72,184
2006 70,880
2007 69,497
2008 67,956
2009 66,230
2010 64,369
2011 62,499
2012 60,639
2013 58,944
2014 57,417
2015 56,042
2016 54,782
2017 53,655
2018 52,607
2019 51,614
2020 50,572

Number of under-five deaths

The value for Number of under-five deaths in High income was 59,851 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 166,586 in 1990 and a minimum value of 59,851 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
1990 166,586
1991 158,558
1992 150,146
1993 141,804
1994 133,645
1995 125,864
1996 118,663
1997 112,256
1998 106,714
1999 102,003
2000 97,997
2001 94,688
2002 91,992
2003 89,767
2004 87,863
2005 86,127
2006 84,468
2007 82,743
2008 80,872
2009 78,811
2010 76,617
2011 74,505
2012 72,218
2013 70,202
2014 68,357
2015 66,671
2016 65,133
2017 63,712
2018 62,397
2019 61,182
2020 59,851

Number of neonatal deaths

The value for Number of neonatal deaths in High income was 32,996 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 84,378 in 1990 and a minimum value of 32,996 in 2020.

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
1990 84,378
1991 80,784
1992 77,126
1993 73,324
1994 69,484
1995 65,760
1996 62,213
1997 59,036
1998 56,326
1999 54,013
2000 52,172
2001 50,926
2002 50,094
2003 49,306
2004 48,306
2005 47,230
2006 46,226
2007 45,259
2008 44,207
2009 43,058
2010 41,958
2011 41,025
2012 40,176
2013 39,308
2014 38,361
2015 37,466
2016 36,691
2017 35,939
2018 35,073
2019 34,044
2020 32,996

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Mortality