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Under-5 mortality (per 1,000 births)
Children who die before age 5, per 1,000 live births. Lower is better. Lower is better; 1st place has the lowest value.
Source: World Bank · World Development Indicators · SH.DYN.MORT
Top 5 over time
Dashed line: world median| # | Country | Region | Under-5 mortalityper 1,000 births | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  San Marino |
Europe & Central Asia | 1.3 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 2 |  Estonia |
Europe & Central Asia | 2.0 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 3 |  Luxembourg |
Europe & Central Asia | 2.2 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 4 |  Belarus |
Europe & Central Asia | 2.3 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 4 |  Slovenia |
Europe & Central Asia | 2.3 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 6 |  Finland |
Europe & Central Asia | 2.4 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 6 |  Japan |
East Asia & Pacific | 2.4 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 6 |  Montenegro |
Europe & Central Asia | 2.4 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 6 |  Sweden |
Europe & Central Asia | 2.4 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 10 |  Andorra |
Europe & Central Asia | 2.5 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 10 |  Latvia |
Europe & Central Asia | 2.5 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 10 |  Norway |
Europe & Central Asia | 2.5 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 13 |  Czechia |
Europe & Central Asia | 2.6 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 14 |  Italy |
Europe & Central Asia | 2.7 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 14 |  Monaco |
Europe & Central Asia | 2.7 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 14 |  Singapore |
East Asia & Pacific | 2.7 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 17 |  Iceland |
Europe & Central Asia | 2.8 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 17 |  North Macedonia |
Europe & Central Asia | 2.8 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 17 |  South Korea |
East Asia & Pacific | 2.8 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 20 |  Portugal |
Europe & Central Asia | 3.2 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 20 |  Spain |
Europe & Central Asia | 3.2 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 22 |  Austria |
Europe & Central Asia | 3.3 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 22 |  Israel |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 3.3 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 24 |  Lithuania |
Europe & Central Asia | 3.4 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 25 |  Australia |
East Asia & Pacific | 3.6 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 26 |  Belgium |
Europe & Central Asia | 3.7 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 26 |  Germany |
Europe & Central Asia | 3.7 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 26 |  Hungary |
Europe & Central Asia | 3.7 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 29 |  Greece |
Europe & Central Asia | 3.8 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 30 |  Ireland |
Europe & Central Asia | 3.9 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 30 |  Netherlands |
Europe & Central Asia | 3.9 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 30 |  Switzerland |
Europe & Central Asia | 3.9 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 33 |  Denmark |
Europe & Central Asia | 4.0 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 34 |  Poland |
Europe & Central Asia | 4.2 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 35 |  France |
Europe & Central Asia | 4.3 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 36 |  New Zealand |
East Asia & Pacific | 4.7 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 36 |  Turks and Caicos Islands |
Latin America & Caribbean | 4.7 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 36 |  United Kingdom |
Europe & Central Asia | 4.7 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 39 |  United Arab Emirates |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 4.8 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 40 |  Cyprus |
Europe & Central Asia | 5.0 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 41 |  Russia |
Europe & Central Asia | 5.2 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 42 |  Malta |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 5.3 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 43 |  Canada |
North America | 5.4 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 43 |  Maldives |
South Asia | 5.4 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 43 |  Serbia |
Europe & Central Asia | 5.4 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 46 |  Croatia |
Europe & Central Asia | 5.6 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 47 |  Bulgaria |
Europe & Central Asia | 5.7 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 47 |  China |
East Asia & Pacific | 5.7 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 49 |  Qatar |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 5.9 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 49 |  Sri Lanka |
South Asia | 5.9 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 51 |  Saudi Arabia |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 6.0 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 52 |  Slovakia |
Europe & Central Asia | 6.3 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 53 |  United States |
North America | 6.5 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 54 |  Chile |
Latin America & Caribbean | 6.8 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 55 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Europe & Central Asia | 6.9 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 56 |  Romania |
Europe & Central Asia | 7.3 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 57 |  Uruguay |
Latin America & Caribbean | 7.4 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 58 |  Ukraine |
Europe & Central Asia | 7.9 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 59 |  Kuwait |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 8.1 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 60 |  Malaysia |
East Asia & Pacific | 8.3 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 60 |  Naoero |
East Asia & Pacific | 8.3 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 62 |  Cuba |
Latin America & Caribbean | 8.6 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 62 |  Georgia |
Europe & Central Asia | 8.6 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 64 | XKXKosovo | Europe & Central Asia | 8.7 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 65 |  Bahrain |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 8.8 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 66 |  Thailand |
East Asia & Pacific | 9.0 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 67 |  Antigua and Barbuda |
Latin America & Caribbean | 9.1 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 68 |  Albania |
Europe & Central Asia | 9.2 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 69 |  Kazakhstan |
Europe & Central Asia | 9.4 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 70 |  Argentina |
Latin America & Caribbean | 9.5 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 70 |  Tonga |
East Asia & Pacific | 9.5 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 72 |  Armenia |
Europe & Central Asia | 9.6 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 72 |  Türkiye |
Europe & Central Asia | 9.6 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 74 |  Barbados |
Latin America & Caribbean | 9.8 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 74 |  Libya |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 9.8 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 76 |  Brunei |
East Asia & Pacific | 9.9 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 77 |  El Salvador |
Latin America & Caribbean | 10.0 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 78 |  Oman |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 10.3 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 79 |  Costa Rica |
Latin America & Caribbean | 10.4 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 80 |  Cabo Verde |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 11.1 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 81 |  Nicaragua |
Latin America & Caribbean | 11.2 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 82 |  Iran |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 11.3 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 82 |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
Latin America & Caribbean | 11.3 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 84 |  Colombia |
Latin America & Caribbean | 11.5 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 85 |  Tunisia |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 12.1 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 86 |  Bahamas |
Latin America & Caribbean | 12.4 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 86 |  British Virgin Islands |
Latin America & Caribbean | 12.4 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 88 |  Belize |
Latin America & Caribbean | 12.7 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 89 |  Ecuador |
Latin America & Caribbean | 12.9 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 89 |  Jordan |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 12.9 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 89 |  Peru |
Latin America & Caribbean | 12.9 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 92 |  Mexico |
Latin America & Caribbean | 13.1 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 93 |  Mongolia |
East Asia & Pacific | 13.4 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 93 |  Uzbekistan |
Europe & Central Asia | 13.4 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 95 |  São Tomé and Príncipe |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 13.6 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 96 |  Seychelles |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 14.0 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 97 |  Brazil |
Latin America & Caribbean | 14.2 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 98 |  Samoa |
East Asia & Pacific | 14.9 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 99 |  Honduras |
Latin America & Caribbean | 15.0 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 100 |  Panama |
Latin America & Caribbean | 15.3 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 101 |  Mauritius |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 15.4 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 102 |  Bolivia |
Latin America & Caribbean | 15.7 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 102 |  Morocco |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 15.7 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 104 |  Suriname |
Latin America & Caribbean | 15.8 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 105 |  Saint Kitts and Nevis |
Latin America & Caribbean | 15.9 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 106 |  Paraguay |
Latin America & Caribbean | 16.3 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 107 |  Moldova |
Europe & Central Asia | 16.5 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 108 |  North Korea |
East Asia & Pacific | 16.7 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 109 |  Kyrgyzstan |
Europe & Central Asia | 16.8 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 110 |  Vanuatu |
East Asia & Pacific | 17.1 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 111 |  Bhutan |
South Asia | 17.2 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 111 |  Saint Lucia |
Latin America & Caribbean | 17.2 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 113 |  Vietnam |
East Asia & Pacific | 17.3 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 114 |  Lebanon |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 17.6 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 115 |  Indonesia |
East Asia & Pacific | 17.7 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 116 |  Jamaica |
Latin America & Caribbean | 17.8 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 117 |  Azerbaijan |
Europe & Central Asia | 17.9 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 118 |  Grenada |
Latin America & Caribbean | 18.0 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 119 |  Cambodia |
East Asia & Pacific | 18.4 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 119 |  Syria |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 18.4 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 121 |  Trinidad and Tobago |
Latin America & Caribbean | 18.8 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 122 |  Tuvalu |
East Asia & Pacific | 19.2 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 123 |  Solomon Islands |
East Asia & Pacific | 20.0 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 124 |  Guatemala |
Latin America & Caribbean | 20.5 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 125 |  Palau |
East Asia & Pacific | 21.4 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 126 |  Algeria |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 21.6 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 127 |  Iraq |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 21.8 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 128 |  Egypt |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 22.4 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 128 |  Micronesia |
East Asia & Pacific | 22.4 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 130 |  Venezuela |
Latin America & Caribbean | 24.2 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 131 |  Nepal |
South Asia | 25.1 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 132 |  Guyana |
Latin America & Caribbean | 25.2 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 133 |  Philippines |
East Asia & Pacific | 26.5 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 134 |  India |
South Asia | 26.6 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 135 |  Marshall Islands |
East Asia & Pacific | 26.7 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 136 |  Tajikistan |
Europe & Central Asia | 28.1 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 137 |  Fiji |
East Asia & Pacific | 29.1 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 138 |  Laos |
East Asia & Pacific | 29.4 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 139 |  Bangladesh |
South Asia | 30.5 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 140 |  Dominican Republic |
Latin America & Caribbean | 30.6 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 141 |  Gabon |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 32.6 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 142 |  Botswana |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 33.3 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 143 |  Eritrea |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 34.3 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 144 |  South Africa |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 35.1 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 145 |  Dominica |
Latin America & Caribbean | 35.7 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 146 |  Ghana |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 35.9 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 147 |  Senegal |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 36.5 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 148 |  Mauritania |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 36.9 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 148 |  Myanmar |
East Asia & Pacific | 36.9 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 150 |  Tanzania |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 37.0 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 151 |  Rwanda |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 37.7 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 152 |  Palestine |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 37.9 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 153 |  Yemen |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 38.1 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 154 |  Kenya |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 38.8 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 155 |  Comoros |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 39.0 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 155 |  Turkmenistan |
Europe & Central Asia | 39.0 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 157 |  Congo |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 39.1 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 158 |  Papua New Guinea |
East Asia & Pacific | 39.4 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 159 |  Namibia |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 39.5 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 160 |  Gambia |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 42.4 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 161 |  Ethiopia |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 44.5 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 162 |  Eswatini |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 45.1 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 163 |  Burundi |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 47.1 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 164 |  Timor-Leste |
East Asia & Pacific | 47.6 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 165 |  Zambia |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 48.4 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 166 |  Uganda |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 48.7 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 167 |  Malawi |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 48.8 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 168 |  Djibouti |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 48.9 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 169 |  Angola |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 49.0 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 170 |  Haiti |
Latin America & Caribbean | 52.8 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 171 |  Afghanistan |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 53.0 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 172 |  Kiribati |
East Asia & Pacific | 53.1 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 173 |  Pakistan |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 56.0 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 174 |  Togo |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 56.1 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 175 |  Mozambique |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 59.4 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 176 |  Lesotho |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 60.0 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 177 |  Sudan |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 61.6 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 178 |  Madagascar |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 62.4 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 179 |  Côte d'Ivoire |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 64.5 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 180 |  Zimbabwe |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 64.7 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 181 |  Cameroon |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 64.8 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 182 |  Guinea-Bissau |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 67.3 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 183 |  Equatorial Guinea |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 68.0 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 184 |  Mali |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 73.0 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 185 |  Benin |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 74.7 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 186 |  Burkina Faso |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 74.9 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 187 |  Liberia |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 86.4 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 188 |  Central African Republic |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 89.7 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 188 |  DR Congo |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 89.7 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 190 |  Sierra Leone |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 90.5 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 191 |  Guinea |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 92.1 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 192 |  South Sudan |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 96.7 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 193 |  Chad |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 97.3 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 194 |  Somalia, Fed. Rep. |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 101.1 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 195 |  Niger |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 110.7 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
| 196 |  Nigeria |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 115.6 per 1,000 births | 2024 |
Latest value per country. Ranked: countries with data from the last 5 years of the series; older values are listed below without a rank. 196 ranked.