* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

Deaths of children under five years of age per 1000 live births, 2022:

The average for 2022 based on 187 countries was 25 deaths per 1000 births. The highest value was in Niger: 117 deaths per 1000 births and the lowest value was in Estonia: 2 deaths per 1000 births. The indicator is available from 1960 to 2022. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: deaths per 1000 births; Source: UNICEF
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Countries Child mortality, 2022 Global rank Available data
Niger 117 1 1967 - 2022
Nigeria 107 2 1964 - 2022
Somalia 106 3 1982 - 2022
Chad 103 4 1972 - 2022
Sierra Leone 101 5 1960 - 2022
C.A. Republic 97 6 1960 - 2022
Guinea 96 7 1960 - 2022
Mali 94 8 1963 - 2022
Benin 81 9 1960 - 2022
Burkina Faso 79 10 1960 - 2022
DR Congo 76 11 1969 - 2022
Eq. Guinea 73 12 1982 - 2022
Liberia 73 13 1960 - 2022
G.-Bissau 72 14 1985 - 2022
Lesotho 72 15 1960 - 2022
Cameroon 70 16 1960 - 2022
Ivory Coast 69 17 1960 - 2022
Angola 67 18 1980 - 2022
Madagascar 66 19 1968 - 2022
Mozambique 66 20 1963 - 2022
Pakistan 61 21 1960 - 2022
Togo 60 22 1960 - 2022
Afghanistan 58 23 1960 - 2022
Haiti 57 24 1960 - 2022
Kiribati 56 25 1960 - 2022
Zambia 56 26 1960 - 2022
Djibouti 52 27 1976 - 2022
Sudan 52 28 1960 - 2022
Burundi 51 29 1964 - 2022
Swaziland 50 30 1960 - 2022
Comoros 48 31 1970 - 2022
Zimbabwe 48 32 1960 - 2022
Ethiopia 46 33 1966 - 2022
Gambia 46 34 1960 - 2022
Ghana 42 35 1960 - 2022
R. of Congo 42 36 1960 - 2022
Kenya 41 37 1960 - 2022
Papua N.G. 41 38 1960 - 2022
Tanzania 41 39 1960 - 2022
Uganda 41 40 1960 - 2022
Yemen 41 41 1960 - 2022
Burma 40 42 1968 - 2022
Laos 40 43 1978 - 2022
Malawi 40 44 1961 - 2022
Turkmenistan 40 45 1977 - 2022
Botswana 39 46 1960 - 2022
Gabon 39 47 1960 - 2022
Mauritania 39 48 1960 - 2022
Namibia 38 49 1967 - 2022
Rwanda 38 50 1960 - 2022
Eritrea 37 51 1974 - 2022
Senegal 37 52 1960 - 2022
South Africa 35 53 1974 - 2022
Dominica 32 54 1960 - 2022
Domin. Rep. 32 55 1960 - 2022
Tajikistan 30 56 1972 - 2022
Bangladesh 29 57 1960 - 2022
India 29 58 1960 - 2022
Fiji 28 59 1960 - 2022
Philippines 28 60 1960 - 2022
Guyana 27 61 1960 - 2022
Nepal 27 62 1960 - 2022
Bhutan 24 63 1968 - 2022
Bolivia 24 64 1960 - 2022
Cambodia 24 65 1978 - 2022
Iraq 24 66 1960 - 2022
Micronesia 24 67 1960 - 2022
Venezuela 24 68 1960 - 2022
Algeria 22 69 1960 - 2022
Guatemala 22 70 1960 - 2022
Palau 22 71 1965 - 2022
Indonesia 21 72 1960 - 2022
Syria 21 73 1960 - 2022
Tuvalu 20 74 1960 - 2022
Vietnam 20 75 1964 - 2022
Jamaica 19 76 1960 - 2022
Azerbaijan 18 77 1982 - 2022
Egypt 18 78 1960 - 2022
Solomon Isl. 18 79 1960 - 2022
Vanuatu 18 80 1960 - 2022
Kyrgyzstan 17 81 1975 - 2022
Lebanon 17 82 1960 - 2022
Morocco 17 83 1960 - 2022
North Korea 17 84 1960 - 2022
Paraguay 17 85 1960 - 2022
Saint Lucia 17 86 1960 - 2022
Suriname 17 87 1983 - 2022
Grenada 16 88 1960 - 2022
Honduras 16 89 1960 - 2022
Samoa 16 90 1960 - 2022
Mauritius 15 91 1960 - 2022
Nicaragua 15 92 1960 - 2022
Peru 15 93 1960 - 2022
S.T.&Principe 15 94 1965 - 2022
Seychelles 15 95 1960 - 2022
Tr.&Tobago 15 96 1960 - 2022
Brazil 14 97 1960 - 2022
Jordan 14 98 1960 - 2022
Moldova 14 99 1971 - 2022
Palestine 14 100 1975 - 2022
Bahamas 13 101 1968 - 2022
Mexico 13 102 1960 - 2022
Mongolia 13 103 1978 - 2022
Panama 13 104 1960 - 2022
Uzbekistan 13 105 1979 - 2022
Cape Verde 12 106 1960 - 2022
Colombia 12 107 1960 - 2022
Ecuador 12 108 1960 - 2022
El Salvador 12 109 1960 - 2022
Iran 12 110 1971 - 2022
Tunisia 12 111 1962 - 2022
Barbados 11 112 1960 - 2022
Belize 11 113 1967 - 2022
Oman 11 114 1960 - 2022
St. Vincent & ... 11 115 1969 - 2022
Tonga 11 116 1963 - 2022
Ant.& Barb. 10 117 1960 - 2022
Armenia 10 118 1976 - 2022
Brunei 10 119 1960 - 2022
Kazakhstan 10 120 1971 - 2022
Libya 10 121 1960 - 2022
Turkey 10 122 1960 - 2022
Albania 9 123 1978 - 2022
Argentina 9 124 1969 - 2022
Georgia 9 125 1975 - 2022
Kuwait 9 126 1960 - 2022
Ukraine 9 127 1971 - 2022
Costa Rica 8 128 1960 - 2022
Malaysia 8 129 1960 - 2022
Thailand 8 130 1960 - 2022
Bahrain 7 131 1960 - 2022
China 7 132 1969 - 2022
Romania 7 133 1960 - 2022
Sri Lanka 7 134 1960 - 2022
Uruguay 7 135 1960 - 2022
Bosnia & Herz. 6 136 1984 - 2022
Bulgaria 6 137 1960 - 2022
Chile 6 138 1960 - 2022
Maldives 6 139 1962 - 2022
Malta 6 140 1960 - 2022
Saudi Arabia 6 141 1972 - 2022
Slovakia 6 142 1960 - 2022
USA 6 143 1960 - 2022
Canada 5 144 1960 - 2022
Croatia 5 145 1981 - 2022
New Zealand 5 146 1960 - 2022
North Macedonia 5 147 1981 - 2022
Qatar 5 148 1969 - 2022
Russia 5 149 1960 - 2022
Serbia 5 150 1984 - 2022
UA Emirates 5 151 1960 - 2022
Australia 4 152 1960 - 2022
Belgium 4 153 1960 - 2022
Cyprus 4 154 1971 - 2022
Denmark 4 155 1960 - 2022
France 4 156 1960 - 2022
Germany 4 157 1968 - 2022
Greece 4 158 1960 - 2022
Hungary 4 159 1960 - 2022
Lithuania 4 160 1967 - 2022
Netherlands 4 161 1960 - 2022
Poland 4 162 1960 - 2022
Switzerland 4 163 1960 - 2022
UK 4 164 1960 - 2022
Andorra 3 165 1985 - 2022
Austria 3 166 1960 - 2022
Belarus 3 167 1960 - 2022
Czechia 3 168 1960 - 2022
Iceland 3 169 1960 - 2022
Ireland 3 170 1960 - 2022
Israel 3 171 1960 - 2022
Italy 3 172 1960 - 2022
Latvia 3 173 1979 - 2022
Luxembourg 3 174 1960 - 2022
Monaco 3 175 1985 - 2022
Montenegro 3 176 1984 - 2022
Portugal 3 177 1960 - 2022
South Korea 3 178 1960 - 2022
Spain 3 179 1960 - 2022
Sweden 3 180 1960 - 2022
Estonia 2 181 1980 - 2022
Finland 2 182 1960 - 2022
Japan 2 183 1960 - 2022
Norway 2 184 1960 - 2022
San Marino 2 185 1985 - 2022
Singapore 2 186 1960 - 2022
Slovenia 2 187 1981 - 2022



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.

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