Number of under-five deaths - Africa

Definition: Number of children dying before reaching age five.

Description: The map below shows how Number of under-five deaths varies by country in Africa. The shade of the country corresponds to the magnitude of the indicator. The darker the shade, the higher the value. The country with the highest value in the region is Nigeria, with a value of 844,321.00. The country with the lowest value in the region is Seychelles, with a value of 22.00.

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: Country ranking, Time series comparison

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Aggregation method: Sum

Periodicity: Annual