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Under-Five Mortality

DemographicsUN DESAun_desa_pop:Q5•per 1,000 live births•1950 → 2026•225 countries
Source: UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA)
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DemographicsUN DESA
Coverage
225
Frequency
yearly
Range
1950 \u2192 2026
Latest
2026
Spotlight
Niger
NER
109.4868 per 1,000 live births
2026
Nigeria
NGA
100.7444 per 1,000 live births
2026
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
SOM
100.0593 per 1,000 live births
2026
South Sudan
SSD
96.5321 per 1,000 live births
2026
Chad
TCD
96.1239 per 1,000 live births
2026
Sierra Leone
SLE
92.6004 per 1,000 live births
2026
Under-Five Mortality infographic

Under-Five Mortality by country

Latest available value per country (as of 2026)
Low \u2192 High
Unit: per 1,000 live births
≤ 3.5
3.5 – 5.91
5.91 – 9.93
9.93 – 13.57
13.57 – 21.79
21.79 – 42.11
> 42.11
No data
Generated by MacroVedia.comSource: UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA)

Highest 15 countries

Under-Five Mortality
50 countries with data
Generated by MacroVedia.comSource: UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA)

Distribution across countries

Under-Five Mortality
Countries
50
 
Median
51.7
 
Mean
58
 
25th pctl
39
 
75th pctl
68.2
 
Generated by MacroVedia.comSource: UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA)

Compare trends

Under-Five Mortality
NigerNigeriaSomalia, Fed. Rep.
Generated by MacroVedia.comSource: UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA)
CountryLatestDateTrend
NigerNER109.49 per 1,000 live births2026
NigeriaNGA100.74 per 1,000 live births2026
Somalia, Fed. Rep.SOM100.06 per 1,000 live births2026
South SudanSSD96.53 per 1,000 live births2026
ChadTCD96.12 per 1,000 live births2026
Sierra LeoneSLE92.6 per 1,000 live births2026
GuineaGIN89.87 per 1,000 live births2026
Central African RepublicCAF89.68 per 1,000 live births2026
MaliMLI89.08 per 1,000 live births2026
Burkina FasoBFA79.2 per 1,000 live births2026
BeninBEN75.56 per 1,000 live births2026
Congo, Dem. Rep.COD70.59 per 1,000 live births2026
LiberiaLBR68.23 per 1,000 live births2026
Equatorial GuineaGNQ66.49 per 1,000 live births2026
Guinea-BissauGNB66.06 per 1,000 live births2026
LesothoLSO65.18 per 1,000 live births2026
Cote d'IvoireCIV64.47 per 1,000 live births2026
CameroonCMR62.29 per 1,000 live births2026
MadagascarMDG61.96 per 1,000 live births2026
AngolaAGO60.75 per 1,000 live births2026
MozambiqueMOZ60.73 per 1,000 live births2026
PakistanPAK55.88 per 1,000 live births2026
TogoTGO55.44 per 1,000 live births2026
HaitiHTI54.71 per 1,000 live births2026
KiribatiKIR52.26 per 1,000 live births2026
AfghanistanAFG51.17 per 1,000 live births2026
SudanSDN51.03 per 1,000 live births2026
ZambiaZMB48.67 per 1,000 live births2026
EswatiniSWZ47.52 per 1,000 live births2026
DjiboutiDJI47.1 per 1,000 live births2026
BurundiBDI46.82 per 1,000 live births2026
Timor-LesteTLS42.22 per 1,000 live births2026
ZimbabweZWE42.11 per 1,000 live births2026
ComorosCOM41.75 per 1,000 live births2026
Gambia, TheGMB41.5 per 1,000 live births2026
EthiopiaETH40.53 per 1,000 live births2026
MyanmarMMR39.33 per 1,000 live births2026
KenyaKEN39.02 per 1,000 live births2026
GhanaGHA38.75 per 1,000 live births2026
BoliviaBOL38.49 per 1,000 live births2026
Papua New GuineaPNG38.07 per 1,000 live births2026
Congo, Rep.COG36.94 per 1,000 live births2026
Yemen, Rep.YEM36.89 per 1,000 live births2026
MalawiMWI36.7 per 1,000 live births2026
TanzaniaTZA36.28 per 1,000 live births2026
UgandaUGA35.34 per 1,000 live births2026
BotswanaBWA35.17 per 1,000 live births2026
NamibiaNAM35.1 per 1,000 live births2026
GabonGAB34.42 per 1,000 live births2026
Lao PDRLAO34.21 per 1,000 live births2026
Source: UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA)