Child mortality, male - Country rankings
* indicates monthly or quarterly data series
Deaths of male children under five years of age per 1000 live births, 2023:
The average for 2023 based on 53 countries was 57 deaths per 1000 births. The highest value was in Niger: 119 deaths per 1000 births and the lowest value was in Cape Verde: 13 deaths per 1000 births. The indicator is available from 1960 to 2023. 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, male, 2023 | Global rank | Available data |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 119 | 1 | 1969 - 2023 |
| Nigeria | 110 | 2 | 1964 - 2023 |
| Somalia | 110 | 3 | 1983 - 2023 |
| Chad | 107 | 4 | 1960 - 2023 |
| Guinea | 102 | 5 | 1960 - 2023 |
| Sierra Leone | 100 | 6 | 1960 - 2023 |
| C.A. Republic | 98 | 7 | 1960 - 2023 |
| Mali | 96 | 8 | 1966 - 2023 |
| Benin | 83 | 9 | 1960 - 2023 |
| Burkina Faso | 82 | 10 | 1960 - 2023 |
| DR Congo | 79 | 11 | 1969 - 2023 |
| Liberia | 79 | 12 | 1960 - 2023 |
| Eq. Guinea | 76 | 13 | 1982 - 2023 |
| G.-Bissau | 75 | 14 | 1985 - 2023 |
| Ivory Coast | 74 | 15 | 1960 - 2023 |
| Cameroon | 72 | 16 | 1960 - 2023 |
| Madagascar | 70 | 17 | 1972 - 2023 |
| Angola | 69 | 18 | 1980 - 2023 |
| Mozambique | 66 | 19 | 1963 - 2023 |
| Lesotho | 65 | 20 | 1960 - 2023 |
| Togo | 63 | 21 | 1960 - 2023 |
| Djibouti | 55 | 22 | 1978 - 2023 |
| Sudan | 55 | 23 | 1960 - 2023 |
| Burundi | 53 | 24 | 1965 - 2023 |
| Ethiopia | 52 | 25 | 1966 - 2023 |
| Swaziland | 50 | 26 | 1960 - 2023 |
| Gambia | 49 | 27 | 1960 - 2023 |
| Zambia | 49 | 28 | 1960 - 2023 |
| Zimbabwe | 49 | 29 | 1960 - 2023 |
| Namibia | 45 | 30 | 1967 - 2023 |
| Botswana | 44 | 31 | 1960 - 2023 |
| Kenya | 44 | 32 | 1960 - 2023 |
| R. of Congo | 44 | 33 | 1960 - 2023 |
| Rwanda | 44 | 34 | 1960 - 2023 |
| Malawi | 43 | 35 | 1961 - 2023 |
| Senegal | 43 | 36 | 1960 - 2023 |
| Tanzania | 43 | 37 | 1960 - 2023 |
| Uganda | 43 | 38 | 1960 - 2023 |
| Comoros | 42 | 39 | 1973 - 2023 |
| Mauritania | 42 | 40 | 1960 - 2023 |
| Ghana | 41 | 41 | 1960 - 2023 |
| Eritrea | 40 | 42 | 1975 - 2023 |
| Gabon | 37 | 43 | 1960 - 2023 |
| South Africa | 37 | 44 | 1976 - 2023 |
| Libya | 32 | 45 | 1960 - 2023 |
| Algeria | 24 | 46 | 1960 - 2023 |
| Egypt | 19 | 47 | 1960 - 2023 |
| Morocco | 18 | 48 | 1960 - 2023 |
| Mauritius | 17 | 49 | 1960 - 2023 |
| S.T.&Principe | 15 | 50 | 1965 - 2023 |
| Seychelles | 15 | 51 | 1960 - 2023 |
| Tunisia | 14 | 52 | 1962 - 2023 |
| Cape Verde | 13 | 53 | 1960 - 2023 |
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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