Central African Republic vs South Sudan: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 9 per 100 live births in Central African Republic and 9.7 per 100 live births in South Sudan, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in South Sudan, by 0.7 per 100 live births, or 1.08 times that in Central African Republic.

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deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME

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What the numbers say

South Sudan has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Central African Republic.
The world as a whole: 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024.

Every year

deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME

Year	Central African Republic	South Sudan	World
2024	9	9.7	3.7
2023	9.3	9.7	3.8
2022	42.5	9.7	4
2021	17.9	9.7	4
2020	12.4	9.7	3.9
2019	25.5	9.7	4
2018	12	13.4	4
2017	15.5	29.2	4.1
2016	12.7	27.3	4.2
2015	11.4	24.1	4.3
2014	18.7	18.3	4.4
2013	13.4	9.7	4.5
2012	12.2	9.9	4.7
2011	12.5	10.2	5
2010	15.1	10.7	5.1
2009	48.9	11.3	5.3
2008	13.6	11.9	5.5
2007	13.9	12.5	5.7
2006	14.4	13.2	6
2005	14.8	13.8	6.2
2004	15.2	14.6	6.6
2003	15.6	15.4	6.8
2002	15.9	16.2	7.1
2001	16.3	17.1	7.4
2000	16.6	18	7.7
1999	16.8	18.9	7.9
1998	17	43.1	8.3
1997	17.2	25.1	8.4
1996	17.4	26	8.6
1995	17.5	26.8	8.8
1994	17.6	22.8	8.9
1993	17.7	33.1	9.1
1992	17.7	33.7	9.2
1991	17.8	29.6	9.3
1990	17.9	30.1	9.4
1989	17.9	30.6	9.5
1988	17.9	78.1	10
1987	18	35.8	9.9
1986	18.1	26.5	10.3
1985	18.1	26.9	10.6
1984	18.2	27.3	10.9
1983	18.4	27.6	11.1
1982	18.5	27.9	11.2
1981	18.7	28.3	11.6
1980	19	28.6	11.9
1979	19.2	28.9	11.9
1978	19.6	29.3	12.3
1977	19.9	29.7	12.6
1976	20.3	30.1	12.8
1975	20.6	30.4	13.1
1974	21	30.7	13.3
1973	21.4	31.1	13.5
1972	21.8	31.4	13.7
1971	22.3	31.8	13.9
1970	22.8	40.5	14.2
1969	23.3	40.9	14.6
1968	23.9	40.4	15
1967	24.5	40.7	15.3
1966	25.1	41.1	15.1
1965	25.7	33.8	15.1
1964	26.3	34.1	15.7
1963	26.9	38.8	16.2
1962	27.4	34.7	17
1961	28	35	18.8
1960	28.5	35.3	20.2
1959	29.1	35.5	19.9
1958	–	35.7	19.7
1957	–	36	20.5
1956	–	36.3	21.3
1955	–	36.6	22.3
1954	–	36.8	22.8
1953	–	–	23.3
1952	–	–	23.9
1951	–	–	24.3
1950	–	–	24.7
1949	–	–	24.9
1948	–	–	24.9
1947	–	–	25.5
1946	–	–	25.8
1945	–	–	26.7
1944	–	–	27.4
1943	–	–	27.7
1942	–	–	27.9
1941	–	–	27.8
1940	–	–	27.9
1939	–	–	28
1938	–	–	28.7
1937	–	–	28.8
1936	–	–	29.1
1935	–	–	29.5
1934	–	–	30.7
1933	–	–	30.5
1932	–	–	30.7
1931	–	–	31.4
1930	–	–	31.6
1929	–	–	32
1928	–	–	31.9
1927	–	–	31.9
1926	–	–	32.7
1925	–	–	32.4
1924	–	–	33.1
1923	–	–	33.1
1922	–	–	33.2
1921	–	–	34.2
1920	–	–	34.4
1919	–	–	35.7
1918	–	–	37.6
1917	–	–	35.3
1916	–	–	35.1
1915	–	–	35.3
1914	–	–	35.4
1913	–	–	35.1
1912	–	–	35.5
1911	–	–	36
1910	–	–	36.4
1909	–	–	36.6
1908	–	–	37.2
1907	–	–	37.4
1906	–	–	38.1
1905	–	–	38.8
1904	–	–	38.9
1903	–	–	39.5
1902	–	–	40.1
1901	–	–	40.8
1900	–	–	40.9
1899	–	–	40.8
1898	–	–	41.2
1897	–	–	41
1896	–	–	41.1
1895	–	–	41.3
1894	–	–	41.2
1893	–	–	41.2
1892	–	–	41.7
1891	–	–	41.3
1890	–	–	41.5
1889	–	–	41.2
1888	–	–	41
1887	–	–	41.1
1886	–	–	41.1
1885	–	–	41.2
1884	–	–	41.1
1883	–	–	41.4
1882	–	–	41.5
1881	–	–	41.1
1880	–	–	41.6
1879	–	–	41.1
1878	–	–	41.6
1877	–	–	41.2
1876	–	–	41.4
1875	–	–	41.5
1874	–	–	41.7
1873	–	–	41.8
1872	–	–	42.1
1871	–	–	42.2
1870	–	–	41.9
1869	–	–	42.1
1868	–	–	42.4
1867	–	–	42
1866	–	–	42.1
1865	–	–	42.3
1864	–	–	42.2
1863	–	–	42.5
1862	–	–	42.6
1861	–	–	42.9
1860	–	–	42.9
1859	–	–	43.7
1858	–	–	43.8
1857	–	–	44.2
1856	–	–	44.2
1855	–	–	44
1854	–	–	43.7
1853	–	–	43.2
1852	–	–	42.9
1851	–	–	42.4
1850	–	–	42
1849	–	–	42.3
1848	–	–	42.3
1847	–	–	42.2
1846	–	–	42.4
1845	–	–	42
1844	–	–	42.1
1843	–	–	42.1
1842	–	–	42.2
1841	–	–	42.1
1840	–	–	42.1
1839	–	–	42.1
1838	–	–	42.2
1837	–	–	42.2
1836	–	–	42.2
1835	–	–	42.2
1834	–	–	42.3
1833	–	–	42.2
1832	–	–	42.2
1831	–	–	42.2
1830	–	–	42.2
1829	–	–	42.1
1828	–	–	42.1
1827	–	–	42.1
1826	–	–	42.1
1825	–	–	42.1
1824	–	–	42.1
1823	–	–	42.1
1822	–	–	42.1
1821	–	–	42.1
1820	–	–	42.1
1819	–	–	42.2
1818	–	–	42.2
1817	–	–	42.2
1816	–	–	42.2
1815	–	–	42.2
1814	–	–	42.3
1813	–	–	42.3
1812	–	–	42.4
1811	–	–	42.4
1810	–	–	42.5
1809	–	–	42.5
1808	–	–	42.5
1807	–	–	42.5
1806	–	–	42.6
1805	–	–	42.6
1804	–	–	42.6
1803	–	–	42.6
1802	–	–	42.7
1801	–	–	42.7
1800	–	–	42.8

Each country on its own

Good to know

The share of children who die before their fifth birthday.
Source: Gapminder (2015) and UN IGME (2025), via Our World in Data.
Ranks count the 200 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time