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Countries Ranked by Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births)

Showing every country with available data for 2024 • World Bank: SH.DYN.MORT

The indicator page shows only the leaders and the laggards — useful for headlines, but it leaves out the middle of the distribution, which is where most countries actually sit. This page lists every country with reported mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births) data for 2024, ranked from highest to lowest, so you can find any country's exact position rather than guessing whether it falls inside the top or bottom ten.

Of the 196 countries reporting, the median value is 14.95, meaning half the world sits above this line and half below. Use the search box below to jump straight to a country, or scroll the full table. Each country name links through to its detailed country × indicator page with the 20-year trend.

Top Country in Each Region

East Asia & Pacific

Kiribati

53.10

Europe & Central Asia

Turkmenistan

39.00

Latin America & Caribbean

Haiti

52.80

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan

Pakistan

56.00

North America

United States

6.50

South Asia

Bangladesh

30.50

Sub-Saharan Africa

Nigeria

115.60

Rank Country Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births)
1 Nigeria 115.60
2 Niger 110.70
3 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 101.10
4 Chad 97.30
5 South Sudan 96.70
6 Guinea 92.10
7 Sierra Leone 90.50
8 Congo, Dem. Rep. 89.70
9 Central African Republic 89.70
10 Liberia 86.40
11 Burkina Faso 74.90
12 Benin 74.70
13 Mali 73.00
14 Equatorial Guinea 68.00
15 Guinea-Bissau 67.30
16 Cameroon 64.80
17 Zimbabwe 64.70
18 Cote d'Ivoire 64.50
19 Madagascar 62.40
20 Sudan 61.60
21 Lesotho 60.00
22 Mozambique 59.40
23 Togo 56.10
24 Pakistan 56.00
25 Kiribati 53.10
26 Afghanistan 53.00
27 Haiti 52.80
28 Angola 49.00
29 Djibouti 48.90
30 Malawi 48.80
31 Uganda 48.70
32 Zambia 48.40
33 Timor-Leste 47.60
34 Burundi 47.10
35 Eswatini 45.10
36 Ethiopia 44.50
37 Gambia, The 42.40
38 Namibia 39.50
39 Papua New Guinea 39.40
40 Congo, Rep. 39.10
41 Comoros 39.00
42 Turkmenistan 39.00
43 Kenya 38.80
44 Yemen, Rep. 38.10
45 West Bank and Gaza 37.90
46 Rwanda 37.70
47 Tanzania 37.00
48 Mauritania 36.90
49 Myanmar 36.90
50 Senegal 36.50
51 Ghana 35.90
52 Dominica 35.70
53 South Africa 35.10
54 Eritrea 34.30
55 Botswana 33.30
56 Gabon 32.60
57 Dominican Republic 30.60
58 Bangladesh 30.50
59 Lao PDR 29.40
60 Fiji 29.10
61 Tajikistan 28.10
62 Marshall Islands 26.70
63 India 26.60
64 Philippines 26.50
65 Guyana 25.20
66 Nepal 25.10
67 Venezuela, RB 24.20
68 Micronesia, Fed. Sts. 22.40
69 Egypt, Arab Rep. 22.40
70 Iraq 21.80
71 Algeria 21.60
72 Palau 21.40
73 Guatemala 20.50
74 Solomon Islands 20.00
75 Tuvalu 19.20
76 Trinidad and Tobago 18.80
77 Cambodia 18.40
78 Syrian Arab Republic 18.40
79 Grenada 18.00
80 Azerbaijan 17.90
81 Jamaica 17.80
82 Indonesia 17.70
83 Lebanon 17.60
84 Viet Nam 17.30
85 St. Lucia 17.20
86 Bhutan 17.20
87 Vanuatu 17.10
88 Kyrgyz Republic 16.80
89 Korea, Dem. People's Rep. 16.70
90 Moldova 16.50
91 Paraguay 16.30
92 St. Kitts and Nevis 15.90
93 Suriname 15.80
94 Morocco 15.70
95 Bolivia 15.70
96 Mauritius 15.40
97 Panama 15.30
98 Honduras 15.00
99 Samoa 14.90
100 Brazil 14.20
101 Seychelles 14.00
102 Sao Tome and Principe 13.60
103 Uzbekistan 13.40
104 Mongolia 13.40
105 Mexico 13.10
106 Ecuador 12.90
107 Jordan 12.90
108 Peru 12.90
109 Belize 12.70
110 Bahamas, The 12.40
111 British Virgin Islands 12.40
112 Tunisia 12.10
113 Colombia 11.50
114 Iran, Islamic Rep. 11.30
115 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 11.30
116 Nicaragua 11.20
117 Cabo Verde 11.10
118 Costa Rica 10.40
119 Oman 10.30
120 El Salvador 10.00
121 Brunei Darussalam 9.90
122 Libya 9.80
123 Barbados 9.80
124 Armenia 9.60
125 Turkiye 9.60
126 Argentina 9.50
127 Tonga 9.50
128 Kazakhstan 9.40
129 Albania 9.20
130 Antigua and Barbuda 9.10
131 Thailand 9.00
132 Bahrain 8.80
133 Kosovo 8.70
134 Georgia 8.60
135 Cuba 8.60
136 Malaysia 8.30
137 Nauru 8.30
138 Kuwait 8.10
139 Ukraine 7.90
140 Uruguay 7.40
141 Romania 7.30
142 Bosnia and Herzegovina 6.90
143 Chile 6.80
144 United States 6.50
145 Slovak Republic 6.30
146 Saudi Arabia 6.00
147 Qatar 5.90
148 Sri Lanka 5.90
149 China 5.70
150 Bulgaria 5.70
151 Croatia 5.60
152 Serbia 5.40
153 Maldives 5.40
154 Canada 5.40
155 Malta 5.30
156 Russian Federation 5.20
157 Cyprus 5.00
158 United Arab Emirates 4.80
159 New Zealand 4.70
160 Turks and Caicos Islands 4.70
161 United Kingdom 4.70
162 France 4.30
163 Poland 4.20
164 Denmark 4.00
165 Ireland 3.90
166 Netherlands 3.90
167 Switzerland 3.90
168 Greece 3.80
169 Belgium 3.70
170 Germany 3.70
171 Hungary 3.70
172 Australia 3.60
173 Lithuania 3.40
174 Israel 3.30
175 Austria 3.30
176 Portugal 3.20
177 Spain 3.20
178 North Macedonia 2.80
179 Iceland 2.80
180 Korea, Rep. 2.80
181 Italy 2.70
182 Singapore 2.70
183 Monaco 2.70
184 Czechia 2.60
185 Latvia 2.50
186 Norway 2.50
187 Andorra 2.50
188 Sweden 2.40
189 Montenegro 2.40
190 Japan 2.40
191 Finland 2.40
192 Belarus 2.30
193 Slovenia 2.30
194 Luxembourg 2.20
195 Estonia 2.00
196 San Marino 1.30

Source: World Bank Open Data (SH.DYN.MORT), CC BY 4.0. Rankings include only countries with reported values for 2024; countries with suppressed or unavailable data are omitted.

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