Number of under-five deaths - Country Ranking - Africa
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.
See also: Thematic map, Time series comparison
Find indicator:
| Rank | Country | Value | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigeria | 844,321.00 | 2020 |
| 2 | Dem. Rep. Congo | 283,864.00 | 2020 |
| 3 | Ethiopia | 172,889.00 | 2020 |
| 4 | Tanzania | 102,252.00 | 2020 |
| 5 | Angola | 90,589.00 | 2020 |
| 6 | Niger | 81,065.00 | 2020 |
| 7 | Mozambique | 78,997.00 | 2020 |
| 8 | Sudan | 76,576.00 | 2020 |
| 9 | Mali | 72,521.00 | 2020 |
| 10 | Somalia | 72,407.00 | 2020 |
| 11 | Chad | 71,959.00 | 2020 |
| 12 | Uganda | 70,916.00 | 2020 |
| 13 | Côte d'Ivoire | 70,369.00 | 2020 |
| 14 | Cameroon | 64,564.00 | 2020 |
| 15 | Burkina Faso | 63,887.00 | 2020 |
| 16 | Kenya | 62,199.00 | 2020 |
| 17 | Egypt | 49,935.00 | 2020 |
| 18 | Madagascar | 43,606.00 | 2020 |
| 19 | Guinea | 43,352.00 | 2020 |
| 20 | Ghana | 39,214.00 | 2020 |
| 21 | Zambia | 38,955.00 | 2020 |
| 22 | South Africa | 37,807.00 | 2020 |
| 23 | Benin | 35,910.00 | 2020 |
| 24 | Sierra Leone | 27,366.00 | 2020 |
| 25 | Malawi | 24,210.00 | 2020 |
| 26 | Burundi | 23,864.00 | 2020 |
| 27 | Zimbabwe | 23,533.00 | 2020 |
| 28 | Algeria | 22,755.00 | 2020 |
| 29 | Senegal | 20,978.00 | 2020 |
| 30 | Central African Republic | 17,069.00 | 2020 |
| 31 | Togo | 16,885.00 | 2020 |
| 32 | Rwanda | 15,844.00 | 2020 |
| 33 | Morocco | 12,556.00 | 2020 |
| 34 | Liberia | 12,537.00 | 2020 |
| 35 | Mauritania | 10,538.00 | 2020 |
| 36 | Congo | 7,745.00 | 2020 |
| 37 | Guinea-Bissau | 5,049.00 | 2020 |
| 38 | Lesotho | 4,971.00 | 2020 |
| 39 | The Gambia | 4,377.00 | 2020 |
| 40 | Eritrea | 4,094.00 | 2020 |
| 41 | Equatorial Guinea | 3,450.00 | 2020 |
| 42 | Tunisia | 3,296.00 | 2020 |
| 43 | Namibia | 2,805.00 | 2020 |
| 44 | Gabon | 2,777.00 | 2020 |
| 45 | Botswana | 2,486.00 | 2020 |
| 46 | Comoros | 1,627.00 | 2020 |
| 47 | Eswatini | 1,377.00 | 2020 |
| 48 | Libya | 1,375.00 | 2020 |
| 49 | Djibouti | 1,132.00 | 2020 |
| 50 | Mauritius | 211.00 | 2020 |
| 51 | Cabo Verde | 148.00 | 2020 |
| 52 | São Tomé and Principe | 108.00 | 2020 |
| 53 | Seychelles | 22.00 | 2020 |
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Aggregation method: Sum
Periodicity: Annual
