Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000) - Mortality - Health - World Development Indicators

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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.

Rank	Country	Value
Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000) - Mortality - Health - World Development Indicators (2008)
1	Afghanistan	257
2	Angola	220.10
3	Chad	209
4	Somalia	200
5	Democratic Republic of the Congo	198.60
6	Guinea-Bissau	195.20
7	Mali	193.80
8	Sierra Leone	193.60
9	Nigeria	186.20
10	Central African Republic	173.10
11	Burkina Faso	168.70
12	Burundi	167.50
13	Niger	166.60
14	Zambia	148
15	Equatorial Guinea	147.50
16	Guinea	145.80
17	Liberia	144.50
18	Sub-Saharan Africa	144.30
19	Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)	139.82
20	Uganda	134.90
21	Cameroon	131.10
22	Mozambique	129.80
23	Least developed countries: UN classification	129.53
24	Kenya	127.80
25	Republic of the Congo	126.80
26	Benin	120.70
27	Low income	117.95
28	Mauritania	117.70
29	Ivory Coast	114
30	Rwanda	112.20
31	Sudan	108.90
32	Ethiopia	108.50
33	Senegal	108.30
34	Madagascar	106.10
35	Gambia	105.70
36	Comoros	105.10
37	Tanzania	103.50
38	Malawi	99.70
39	Burma	97.50
40	Togo	97.50
41	Sao Tome and Principe	97.50
42	Zimbabwe	95.60
43	Djibouti	94.90
44	Timor-Leste	92.90
45	Cambodia	89.50
46	Pakistan	89.10
47	Swaziland	83.40
48	Bhutan	81.20
49	Lesotho	79.20
50	Gabon	77
51	South Asia	76.20
52	Ghana	76.10
53	Low & middle income	72.77
54	Haiti	72
55	Yemen	69.30
56	Papua New Guinea	69.20
57	India	68.77
58	South Africa	67.10
59	Lower middle income	64.29
60	Tajikistan	64.20
61	Laos	61.25
62	Guyana	61.20
63	Eritrea	58.20
64	Middle income	56.90
65	Bangladesh	54.40
66	Bolivia	54.20
67	Nepal	51.40
68	Kiribati	47.90
69	Turkmenistan	47.60
70	Iraq	43.90
71	Namibia	41.50
72	Algeria	41.10
73	Mongolia	41
74	Indonesia	40.50
75	Micronesia	39.30
76	Uzbekistan	38.40
77	Kyrgyzstan	38
78	Morocco	36.40
79	Azerbaijan	36.30
80	Solomon Islands	35.90
81	Marshall Islands	35.70
82	Trinidad and Tobago	35.30
83	Guatemala	34.50
84	Middle East & North Africa	34.45
85	Dominican Republic	32.60
86	Vanuatu	32.50
87	Philippines	32.40
88	Iran	32.40
89	Jamaica	31
90	Botswana	31
91	Honduras	30.60
92	Kazakhstan	30.20
93	Georgia	29.70
94	Cape Verde	28.70
95	East Asia & Pacific	28.52
96	Paraguay	28.40
97	Maldives	27.70
98	Suriname	27.40
99	West Bank and Gaza	27
100	Nicaragua	27
101	Samoa	26.20
102	Ecuador	25.10
103	Peru	24.10
104	Panama	23.30
105	Latin America & Caribbean	23.09
106	Egypt	23
107	Armenia	22.90
108	Upper middle income	22.69
109	Turkey	22
110	Brazil	21.80
111	Europe & Central Asia	21.56
112	Saudi Arabia	21.27
113	Tunisia	21.14
114	China	20.50
115	Colombia	19.60
116	Jordan	19.50
117	Belize	19.40
118	Tonga	19.20
119	Venezuela	18.10
120	El Salvador	17.90
121	Fiji	17.74
122	Mexico	17.49
123	Moldova	17.40
124	Mauritius	16.90
125	Libya	16.80
126	Syria	16.30
127	Argentina	15.80
128	St. Kitts and Nevis	15.50
129	Ukraine	15.50
130	Sri Lanka	15.20
131	Palau	14.94
132	Grenada	14.80
133	Bosnia and Herzegovina	14.60
134	Albania	14.21
135	Thailand	14.10
136	Uruguay	13.90
137	Romania	13.80
138	Vietnam	13.60
139	Russia	13.40
140	Lebanon	13.30
141	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	13.20
142	Bahamas	13.20
143	St. Lucia	12.60
144	Belarus	12.60
145	Antigua and Barbuda	12.30
146	Bahrain	12.20
147	Seychelles	11.92
148	Oman	11.70
149	Dominica	11.40
150	Barbados	11.30
151	Kuwait	11.30
152	Macedonia	11.20
153	Bulgaria	10.80
154	Costa Rica	10.60
155	Qatar	10.20
156	Latvia	9
157	Chile	8.70
158	Montenegro	8.30
159	Slovakia	8
160	United States	7.80
161	United Arab Emirates	7.70
162	Lithuania	7.40
163	Serbia	7.20
164	Poland	6.90
165	High income	6.85
166	Brunei Darussalam	6.70
167	Hungary	6.50
168	Canada	6.40
169	Malaysia	6.40
170	Malta	6.20
171	Cuba	5.90
172	Croatia	5.90
173	Australia	5.80
174	High income: OECD	5.75
175	United Kingdom	5.70
176	New Zealand	5.70
177	Estonia	5.60
178	South Korea	5.10
179	North Korea	5.10
180	Belgium	4.80
181	Israel	4.70
182	Netherlands	4.70
183	Switzerland	4.60
184	Denmark	4.40
185	Spain	4.30
186	Germany	4.30
187	Euro area	4.12
188	Cyprus	4.10
189	Austria	4.10
190	Monaco	4.10
191	Greece	4
192	France	3.90
193	Slovenia	3.80
194	Czech Republic	3.80
195	Ireland	3.70
196	Portugal	3.60
197	Italy	3.60
198	Andorra	3.60
199	Japan	3.50
200	Norway	3.50
201	Finland	3.40
202	Sweden	3
203	Iceland	2.80
204	Singapore	2.70
205	Luxembourg	2.60
206	Liechtenstein	2.10
207	San Marino	1.90

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