Child mortality, male - Country rankings

* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

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

The average for 2022 based on 187 countries was 27 deaths per 1000 births. The highest value was in Niger: 121 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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* indicates monthly or quarterly data series


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



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.

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