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Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births)
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Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births)
Under-five mortality rate is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.
World Bank code: SH.DYN.MORT
• Data available for 196 countries • Latest year: 2024
In ,
Nigeria
led Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births) at 115.60.
The world median across 196 reporting countries was
14.95.
What this measures:
Under-five mortality rate is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.
How "Health & Population" indicators are measured
Health and population indicators come from national vital-registration systems, demographic and health surveys, and modeling by the UN Population Division and WHO. Mortality and morbidity estimates are often modeled rather than directly observed in lower-capacity statistical systems, which means some figures are interpolations between survey years. Life expectancy is a "period" measure based on current age-specific mortality, not a forecast of how long someone born today will actually live.
Distribution — 2024
Reporting
196 countries
Median
14.95
Mean
24.21
25th percentile
5.90
75th percentile
36.50
Range
1.30 – 115.60
World at a Glance — 2024
Every reporting country, grouped by region, shaded by value (quintile).
Lighter = lower value · Darker = higher value. Hover a cell to see the country and value.
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