South Asia - Mortality rate

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

The value for Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births) in South Asia was 38.50 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 129.90 in 1990 and a minimum value of 38.50 in 2020.

Definition: Under-five mortality rate is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to 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.

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Year Value
1990 129.90
1991 126.20
1992 122.50
1993 118.90
1994 115.40
1995 111.80
1996 108.10
1997 104.40
1998 100.70
1999 96.90
2000 93.30
2001 89.70
2002 86.20
2003 82.90
2004 79.90
2005 76.60
2006 73.60
2007 70.60
2008 67.70
2009 64.80
2010 61.90
2011 59.10
2012 56.40
2013 53.80
2014 51.30
2015 48.80
2016 46.50
2017 44.30
2018 42.20
2019 40.30
2020 38.50

Mortality rate, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births)

The value for Mortality rate, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births) in South Asia was 37.60 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 132.10 in 1990 and a minimum value of 37.60 in 2020.

Definition: Under-five mortality rate, female is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn female baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to female 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.

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Year Value
1990 132.10
1991 128.40
1992 124.80
1993 121.40
1994 118.10
1995 114.60
1996 111.00
1997 107.30
1998 103.60
1999 99.40
2000 95.80
2001 92.10
2002 88.60
2003 85.20
2004 81.60
2005 78.40
2006 75.10
2007 72.10
2008 68.90
2009 66.00
2010 62.90
2011 59.90
2012 56.90
2013 54.10
2014 51.30
2015 48.60
2016 46.10
2017 43.70
2018 41.50
2019 39.40
2020 37.60

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

The value for Mortality rate, under-5, male (per 1,000 live births) in South Asia was 39.30 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 127.80 in 1990 and a minimum value of 39.30 in 2020.

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.

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Year Value
1990 127.80
1991 124.00
1992 120.30
1993 116.50
1994 112.80
1995 109.00
1996 105.30
1997 101.50
1998 97.80
1999 94.50
2000 90.80
2001 87.30
2002 83.90
2003 80.70
2004 78.10
2005 74.90
2006 72.10
2007 69.20
2008 66.40
2009 63.80
2010 60.90
2011 58.40
2012 55.90
2013 53.50
2014 51.20
2015 49.00
2016 46.80
2017 44.70
2018 42.70
2019 41.00
2020 39.30

Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births)

The value for Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births) in South Asia was 23.90 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 58.70 in 1990 and a minimum value of 23.90 in 2020.

Definition: Neonatal mortality rate is the number of neonates dying before reaching 28 days of age, per 1,000 live births in a given 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.

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Year Value
1990 58.70
1991 57.40
1992 56.20
1993 55.10
1994 53.90
1995 52.70
1996 51.50
1997 50.20
1998 48.90
1999 47.50
2000 46.20
2001 44.80
2002 43.50
2003 42.20
2004 40.90
2005 39.70
2006 38.60
2007 37.60
2008 36.50
2009 35.50
2010 34.40
2011 33.40
2012 32.30
2013 31.20
2014 30.10
2015 29.10
2016 28.10
2017 27.00
2018 26.00
2019 24.90
2020 23.90

Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults)

The value for Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults) in South Asia was 138.34 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 472.36 in 1960 and a minimum value of 133.31 in 2017.

Definition: Adult mortality rate, female, is the probability of dying between the ages of 15 and 60--that is, the probability of a 15-year-old female dying before reaching age 60, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year between those ages.

Source: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision. (2) University of California, Berkeley, and Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research. The Human Mortality Database.

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Year Value
1960 472.36
1961 462.44
1962 452.46
1963 440.14
1964 427.89
1965 415.73
1966 403.58
1967 391.50
1968 379.64
1969 367.80
1970 355.97
1971 344.15
1972 332.34
1973 322.92
1974 313.49
1975 304.04
1976 294.54
1977 285.03
1978 280.11
1979 275.17
1980 270.22
1981 265.24
1982 260.25
1983 257.26
1984 254.29
1985 251.34
1986 248.40
1987 245.49
1988 240.38
1989 235.29
1990 230.23
1991 225.22
1992 220.22
1993 215.89
1994 211.54
1995 207.19
1996 202.80
1997 198.40
1998 195.22
1999 192.04
2000 188.88
2001 185.72
2002 182.58
2003 179.39
2004 176.19
2005 172.99
2006 169.78
2007 166.57
2008 162.35
2009 158.13
2010 153.92
2011 149.72
2012 145.54
2013 143.10
2014 140.67
2015 138.22
2016 135.77
2017 133.31
2018 142.36
2019 140.35
2020 138.34

Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults)

The value for Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults) in South Asia was 190.93 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 454.30 in 1960 and a minimum value of 190.93 in 2020.

Definition: Adult mortality rate, male, is the probability of dying between the ages of 15 and 60--that is, the probability of a 15-year-old male dying before reaching age 60, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year between those ages.

Source: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision. (2) University of California, Berkeley, and Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research. The Human Mortality Database.

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Year Value
1960 454.30
1961 444.60
1962 434.84
1963 424.37
1964 413.96
1965 403.63
1966 393.32
1967 383.06
1968 373.92
1969 364.80
1970 355.67
1971 346.56
1972 337.46
1973 331.59
1974 325.72
1975 319.82
1976 313.85
1977 307.85
1978 304.56
1979 301.24
1980 297.90
1981 294.53
1982 291.13
1983 289.06
1984 287.00
1985 284.97
1986 282.96
1987 280.97
1988 277.31
1989 273.69
1990 270.09
1991 266.56
1992 263.05
1993 260.13
1994 257.20
1995 254.25
1996 251.23
1997 248.19
1998 245.40
1999 242.61
2000 239.86
2001 237.13
2002 234.43
2003 231.70
2004 228.97
2005 226.24
2006 223.51
2007 220.78
2008 218.86
2009 216.95
2010 215.04
2011 213.13
2012 211.23
2013 209.01
2014 206.79
2015 204.56
2016 202.32
2017 200.06
2018 195.20
2019 193.06
2020 190.93

Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births)

The value for Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births) in South Asia was 30.50 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 88.60 in 1990 and a minimum value of 30.50 in 2020.

Definition: Infant mortality rate, female is the number of female infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 female live births in a given 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:

Year Value
1990 88.60
1991 86.40
1992 84.30
1993 82.40
1994 80.40
1995 78.40
1996 76.20
1997 74.10
1998 71.90
1999 69.30
2000 67.30
2001 65.30
2002 63.30
2003 61.40
2004 59.10
2005 57.20
2006 55.20
2007 53.40
2008 51.40
2009 49.50
2010 47.60
2011 45.70
2012 43.70
2013 41.90
2014 40.00
2015 38.20
2016 36.50
2017 34.90
2018 33.30
2019 31.80
2020 30.50

Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births)

The value for Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) in South Asia was 31.80 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 92.00 in 1990 and a minimum value of 31.80 in 2020.

Definition: Infant mortality rate is the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given 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:

Year Value
1990 92.00
1991 89.70
1992 87.40
1993 85.10
1994 82.80
1995 80.50
1996 78.20
1997 75.80
1998 73.40
1999 71.00
2000 68.60
2001 66.30
2002 64.10
2003 62.00
2004 60.00
2005 58.00
2006 56.00
2007 54.10
2008 52.20
2009 50.30
2010 48.40
2011 46.50
2012 44.60
2013 42.80
2014 41.10
2015 39.30
2016 37.70
2017 36.10
2018 34.50
2019 33.10
2020 31.80

Mortality rate, infant, male (per 1,000 live births)

The value for Mortality rate, infant, male (per 1,000 live births) in South Asia was 33.00 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 95.20 in 1990 and a minimum value of 33.00 in 2020.

Definition: Infant mortality rate, male is the number of male infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 male live births in a given 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:

Year Value
1990 95.20
1991 92.70
1992 90.20
1993 87.60
1994 85.00
1995 82.50
1996 80.00
1997 77.30
1998 74.70
1999 72.50
2000 69.80
2001 67.30
2002 64.80
2003 62.60
2004 60.90
2005 58.60
2006 56.80
2007 54.80
2008 52.90
2009 51.10
2010 49.00
2011 47.20
2012 45.40
2013 43.70
2014 42.00
2015 40.30
2016 38.70
2017 37.20
2018 35.70
2019 34.30
2020 33.00

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Mortality