Vietnam - Child and infant mortality

Number of infant deaths

The value for Number of infant deaths in Vietnam was 26,244 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 55 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 85,797 in 1973 and a minimum value of 26,244 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
1965 82,327
1966 82,821
1967 83,386
1968 83,965
1969 84,502
1970 85,041
1971 85,523
1972 85,788
1973 85,797
1974 85,406
1975 84,792
1976 84,074
1977 83,212
1978 82,350
1979 81,528
1980 80,861
1981 80,420
1982 80,104
1983 79,863
1984 79,623
1985 79,219
1986 78,514
1987 77,471
1988 75,968
1989 74,057
1990 71,604
1991 68,500
1992 64,794
1993 60,532
1994 55,943
1995 51,118
1996 46,490
1997 42,183
1998 38,480
1999 35,400
2000 32,953
2001 31,147
2002 29,756
2003 28,819
2004 28,173
2005 27,779
2006 27,573
2007 27,499
2008 27,505
2009 27,543
2010 27,608
2011 27,660
2012 27,694
2013 27,722
2014 27,721
2015 27,689
2016 27,593
2017 27,409
2018 27,128
2019 26,757
2020 26,244

Number of under-five deaths

The value for Number of under-five deaths in Vietnam was 33,013 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 51 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 128,127 in 1972 and a minimum value of 33,013 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
1969 126,817
1970 127,385
1971 127,905
1972 128,127
1973 127,999
1974 127,243
1975 126,126
1976 124,806
1977 123,191
1978 121,485
1979 119,756
1980 118,219
1981 116,959
1982 115,903
1983 115,007
1984 114,166
1985 113,147
1986 111,641
1987 109,574
1988 106,784
1989 103,411
1990 99,288
1991 94,345
1992 88,661
1993 82,412
1994 75,742
1995 68,910
1996 62,331
1997 56,213
1998 50,858
1999 46,380
2000 42,745
2001 39,981
2002 37,898
2003 36,447
2004 35,425
2005 34,774
2006 34,404
2007 34,231
2008 34,185
2009 34,213
2010 34,308
2011 34,397
2012 34,464
2013 34,521
2014 34,540
2015 34,527
2016 34,444
2017 34,267
2018 33,978
2019 33,585
2020 33,013

Number of neonatal deaths

The value for Number of neonatal deaths in Vietnam was 15,604 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 45 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 47,456 in 1987 and a minimum value of 15,604 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
1975 46,195
1976 45,964
1977 45,727
1978 45,503
1979 45,352
1980 45,291
1981 45,376
1982 45,615
1983 45,939
1984 46,341
1985 46,801
1986 47,188
1987 47,456
1988 47,406
1989 46,988
1990 46,082
1991 44,519
1992 42,405
1993 39,749
1994 36,785
1995 33,738
1996 30,735
1997 27,610
1998 24,888
1999 22,664
2000 20,976
2001 19,770
2002 18,902
2003 18,326
2004 17,943
2005 17,742
2006 17,671
2007 17,661
2008 17,689
2009 17,735
2010 17,839
2011 17,857
2012 17,870
2013 17,854
2014 17,818
2015 17,729
2016 17,540
2017 17,201
2018 16,748
2019 16,210
2020 15,604

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Mortality