Kiribati

Child mortality in Kiribati

Child mortality in Kiribati: 22.3 per 100 live births in 1946 and 5.3 per 100 live births in 2024, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates.

Latest, 2024
5.3 per 100 live births
Since 1946
−17 per 100 live births
Rank, 2024
25 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 KiribatiChild mortality in Kiribati: 22.3 per 100 live births in 1946 and 5.3 per 100 live births in 2024, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024, Kiribati ranked 25 of 200 countries, counting from the highest.
Estimates, Gapminder and UN IGMEWorld

Every year

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

YearKiribatiWorld
20245.33.7
20235.53.8
20225.64
20215.74
20205.83.9
20195.94
201864
201764.1
20165.94.2
20155.94.3
20145.84.4
20135.84.5
20125.74.7
20115.85
20105.85.1
20095.85.3
20085.95.5
20075.95.7
200666
200566.2
20046.16.6
20036.16.8
20026.37.1
20016.47.4
20006.67.7
19996.87.9
199878.3
19977.28.4
19967.48.6
19957.68.8
19947.98.9
19938.19.1
19928.49.2
19918.89.3
19909.19.4
19899.59.5
19889.910
198710.29.9
198610.610.3
198510.810.6
198411.110.9
198311.311.1
198211.511.2
198111.711.6
198011.911.9
19791211.9
197812.112.3
197712.312.6
197612.412.8
197512.513.1
197412.713.3
197312.913.5
197213.213.7
197113.613.9
197014.114.2
196914.614.6
196815.115
196715.715.3
196616.415.1
19651715.1
196417.715.7
196318.316.2
196218.917
196119.418.8
196019.920.2
195920.319.9
195820.719.7
19572120.5
195621.321.3
195521.522.3
195421.622.8
195321.723.3
195221.823.9
195121.924.3
19502224.7
19492224.9
194822.124.9
194722.225.5
194622.325.8
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

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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