
Brazil: Child mortality
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Brazil |
Deaths of children under five years of age per 1000 live births |
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Latest value | 15 |
Reference | 2020 |
Measure | deaths per 1000 births |
Source | UNICEF |
For that indicator, we provide data for Brazil from 1960 to 2020. The average value for Brazil during that period was 73 deaths per 1000 births with a minimum of 15 deaths per 1000 births in 2017 and a maximum of 170 deaths per 1000 births in 1960.
The latest value from 2020 is 15 deaths per 1000 births. For comparison, the world average in 2020 based on 187
countries is 26 deaths per 1000 births.
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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.