India

Child mortality in India

Child mortality in India: 33.3 per 100 live births in 1911 and 2.7 per 100 live births in 2024, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates.

Latest, 2024
2.7 per 100 live births
Since 1911
−30.7 per 100 live births
Rank, 2024
63 of 200
counting from the highest
World, 2024
3.7 per 100 live births
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deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME

Child mortality in IndiaChild mortality in India: 33.3 per 100 live births in 1911 and 2.7 per 100 live births in 2024, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. The highest was 43.4 per 100 live births in 1918, the lowest 2.7 per 100 live births in 2024.
Estimates, Gapminder and UN IGMEWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 43.4 per 100 live births in 1918, the lowest 2.7 per 100 live births in 2024.

Every year

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

YearIndiaWorld
20242.73.7
20232.83.8
202234
20213.14
20203.33.9
20193.54
20183.74
20173.94.1
20164.14.2
20154.44.3
20144.64.4
20134.94.5
20125.24.7
20115.55
20105.85.1
20096.15.3
20086.55.5
20076.85.7
20067.16
20057.46.2
20047.86.6
20038.16.8
20028.57.1
20018.87.4
20009.27.7
19999.57.9
19989.98.3
199710.38.4
199610.68.6
1995118.8
199411.38.9
199311.79.1
1992129.2
199112.39.3
199012.79.4
198913.19.5
198813.510
198713.99.9
198614.310.3
198514.710.6
198415.110.9
198315.511.1
19821611.2
198116.511.6
19801711.9
197917.511.9
197818.112.3
197718.612.6
197619.112.8
197519.613.1
197420.113.3
197320.513.5
197220.813.7
197121.113.9
197021.414.2
196921.714.6
19682215
196722.215.3
196622.515.1
196522.715.1
19642315.7
196323.216.2
196223.517
196123.818.8
196024.120.2
195924.519.9
195824.819.7
195725.220.5
195625.621.3
19552622.3
195426.422.8
195326.823.3
1952–23.9
1951–24.3
195026.724.7
1949–24.9
1948–24.9
1947–25.5
1946–25.8
194524.426.7
194427.527.4
194326.927.7
194226.527.9
194125.727.8
19402627.9
193925.328
193827.228.7
193726.428.8
193626.429.1
193526.729.5
193430.430.7
193327.830.5
193227.530.7
193129.131.4
193029.431.6
192928.932
192828.131.9
192727.231.9
192630.732.7
192528.332.4
192430.733.1
192328.633.1
192228.433.2
192132.234.2
192031.734.4
191936.435.7
191843.437.6
191733.335.3
191632.935.1
191532.935.3
191434.535.4
191331.735.1
191233.835.5
191133.336
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

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.

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