Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000) - Health Nutrition and Population Statistics



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Under-five mortality rate is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to current age-specific mortality rates.
Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000) - Health Nutrition and Population Statistics (2009)

Rank

Country

Value

1Chad209
2Democratic Republic of the Congo198.60
3Afghanistan198.60
4Guinea-Bissau192.60
5Sierra Leone192.30
6Mali191.10
7Somalia180
8Central African Republic170.80
9Burkina Faso166.40
10Burundi166.30
11Angola160.50
12Niger160.30
13Cameroon154.30
14Equatorial Guinea145.10
15Mozambique141.90
16Guinea141.50
17Zambia141.30
18Nigeria137.90
19Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)134.19
20Sub-Saharan Africa (all income levels)129.56
21Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only)129.55
22Republic of the Congo128.20
23Uganda127.50
24Least developed countries: UN classification121.40
25Ivory Coast118.50
26Benin118
27Low income117.69
28Mauritania117.10
29Liberia112
30Rwanda110.80
31Malawi110
32Sudan108.20
33Tanzania107.90
34Ethiopia104.40
35Comoros104
36Gambia102.80
37Togo97.50
38Djibouti93.50
39Senegal92.80
40Zimbabwe89.50
41Cambodia87.50
42Pakistan87
43Haiti86.70
44Kenya84
45Lesotho83.50
46Bhutan78.60
47Sao Tome and Principe77.80
48Swaziland73
49Burma71.20
50South Asia71.16
51Gabon68.90
52Ghana68.50
53Papua New Guinea68.30
54Low & middle income66.47
55Yemen66.40
56India65.60
57South Africa61.90
58Tajikistan61.20
59Laos58.60
60Madagascar57.70
61Lower middle income57.49
62Botswana56.90
63Timor-Leste56.40
64Eritrea55.20
65Bangladesh52
66Middle income51.31
67Bolivia51.20
68Arab World50.11
69Nepal48.20
70Namibia47.50
71Kiribati46.20
72Turkmenistan45.30
73Iraq43.50
74Guatemala39.80
75Indonesia38.90
76Micronesia38.50
77Morocco37.50
78Kyrgyzstan36.60
79Uzbekistan36.10
80Solomon Islands35.80
81Marshall Islands35.40
82Trinidad and Tobago35.30
83Guyana35.30
84Tuvalu35.10
85Azerbaijan33.50
86Philippines33.10
87Middle East & North Africa (developing only)32.75
88Algeria32.30
89Dominican Republic31.90
90Middle East & North Africa (all income levels)30.98
91Iran30.90
92Jamaica30.90
93Honduras29.70
94West Bank and Gaza29.50
95Georgia29.10
96Mongolia28.80
97Kazakhstan28.70
98Cape Verde27.50
99Suriname26.30
100East Asia & Pacific (developing only)26.12
101Nicaragua25.60
102Western Samoa25.30
103Jordan25.30
104East Asia & Pacific (all income levels)24.85
105Ecuador24.20
106Vietnam23.60
107Panama22.90
108Paraguay22.60
109Latin America & Caribbean (all income levels)22.55
110Latin America & Caribbean (developing only)22.54
111Upper middle income22.46
112Armenia21.60
113Europe & Central Asia (developing only)21.37
114Peru21.30
115Egypt21
116Saudi Arabia21
117Tunisia20.70
118Brazil20.60
119Turkey20.30
120St. Lucia19.80
121China19.10
122Tonga19.10
123Colombia18.90
124Libya18.50
125Belize18
126Fiji17.60
127Venezuela17.50
128Mauritius17
129Mexico16.80
130Moldova16.70
131El Salvador16.60
132Vanuatu16.30
133Syria16.20
134Albania15.30
135Ukraine15.10
136St. Kitts and Nevis14.90
137Palau14.90
138Sri Lanka14.70
139Grenada14.50
140Bosnia and Herzegovina14.40
141Argentina14.10
142Thailand13.50
143Europe & Central Asia (all income levels)13.46
144Uruguay13.40
145Maldives12.70
146Lebanon12.40
147Seychelles12.40
148Russia12.40
149Bahamas12.40
150St. Vincent and the Grenadines12.40
151Belarus12.10
152Bahrain12.10
153Oman12
154Romania11.90
155Antigua and Barbuda11.70
156Barbados11
157Qatar10.80
158Costa Rica10.60
159Macedonia10.50
160Bulgaria10
161Kuwait9.90
162Dominica9.80
163Montenegro9
164OECD members8.54
165Chile8.50
166Latvia8
167United States7.80
168North America7.67
169United Arab Emirates7.40
170Serbia7.10
171Slovakia6.90
172High income6.86
173Malta6.70
174Brunei Darussalam6.70
175Poland6.70
176Hungary6.30
177New Zealand6.20
178Lithuania6.20
179Canada6.10
180Malaysia6.10
181Cuba5.80
182High income: OECD5.74
183Estonia5.50
184United Kingdom5.50
185Croatia5.40
186Australia5.10
187European Union4.93
188South Korea4.90
189North Korea4.90
190Belgium4.60
191Switzerland4.40
192Netherlands4.40
193Israel4.40
194Germany4.20
195Ireland4.20
196Spain4.10
197Austria4.10
198Euro area4.08
199Monaco4
200Italy4
201Denmark4
202France3.90
203Portugal3.70
204Andorra3.50
205Czech Republic3.50
206Cyprus3.50
207Greece3.40
208Japan3.30
209Norway3.30
210Finland3.20
211Slovenia3
212Iceland3
213Sweden2.80
214Singapore2.80
215Luxembourg2.60
216Liechtenstein2.10
217San Marino1.70
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