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Deaths of male children under five years of age per 1000 live births, 2023:

The average for 2023 based on 45 countries was 20 deaths per 1000 births. The highest value was in Pakistan: 63 deaths per 1000 births and the lowest value was in Singapore: 2 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
Pakistan 63 1 1960 - 2023
Afghanistan 59 2 1960 - 2023
Turkmenistan 45 3 1977 - 2023
Burma 43 4 1968 - 2023
Laos 43 5 1978 - 2023
Yemen 43 6 1960 - 2023
Bangladesh 33 7 1960 - 2023
Tajikistan 31 8 1972 - 2023
Philippines 30 9 1960 - 2023
India 28 10 1960 - 2023
Nepal 28 11 1960 - 2023
Palestine 27 12 1975 - 2023
Bhutan 25 13 1968 - 2023
Cambodia 25 14 1976 - 2023
Iraq 25 15 1960 - 2023
Vietnam 24 16 1964 - 2023
Indonesia 23 17 1960 - 2023
Syria 23 18 1960 - 2023
Azerbaijan 20 19 1982 - 2023
Lebanon 20 20 1960 - 2023
North Korea 20 21 1960 - 2023
Kyrgyzstan 19 22 1978 - 2023
Mongolia 15 23 1980 - 2023
Uzbekistan 15 24 1979 - 2023
Jordan 14 25 1960 - 2023
Iran 12 26 1971 - 2023
Armenia 11 27 1976 - 2023
Kazakhstan 11 28 1971 - 2023
Oman 11 29 1960 - 2023
Brunei 10 30 1960 - 2023
Georgia 10 31 1975 - 2023
Kuwait 10 32 1960 - 2023
Thailand 10 33 1960 - 2023
Bahrain 9 34 1960 - 2023
Malaysia 9 35 1960 - 2023
China 7 36 1969 - 2023
Sri Lanka 7 37 1960 - 2023
Maldives 6 38 1962 - 2023
Qatar 6 39 1969 - 2023
Saudi Arabia 6 40 1972 - 2023
UA Emirates 6 41 1960 - 2023
Israel 4 42 1960 - 2023
Japan 3 43 1960 - 2023
South Korea 3 44 1960 - 2023
Singapore 2 45 1960 - 2023


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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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