* 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 21 countries was 19 deaths per 1000 births. The highest value was in Haiti: 60 deaths per 1000 births and the lowest value was in Canada: 5 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
Haiti 60 1 1960 - 2023
Dominica 38 2 1960 - 2023
Domin. Rep. 34 3 1960 - 2023
Guatemala 24 4 1960 - 2023
Jamaica 22 5 1960 - 2023
Tr.&Tobago 21 6 1960 - 2023
Grenada 20 7 1960 - 2023
Honduras 17 8 1960 - 2023
Saint Lucia 17 9 1960 - 2023
Nicaragua 15 10 1960 - 2023
Bahamas 14 11 1968 - 2023
Belize 14 12 1967 - 2023
Mexico 14 13 1960 - 2023
Panama 14 14 1960 - 2023
St. Vincent & ... 12 15 1969 - 2023
Barbados 11 16 1960 - 2023
Costa Rica 11 17 1960 - 2023
El Salvador 11 18 1960 - 2023
Ant.& Barb. 10 19 1960 - 2023
USA 7 20 1960 - 2023
Canada 5 21 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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