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Child mortality in Mali

Child mortality in Mali: 49.8 per 100 live births in 1960 and 7.3 per 100 live births in 2024, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates.

Latest, 2024
7.3 per 100 live births
Since 1960
−42.5 per 100 live births
Rank, 2024
13 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 MaliChild mortality in Mali: 49.8 per 100 live births in 1960 and 7.3 per 100 live births in 2024, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024, Mali ranked 13 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

YearMaliWorld
20247.33.7
20237.63.8
202284
20218.44
20208.83.9
20199.24
20189.64
201710.14.1
201610.54.2
2015114.3
201411.44.4
201311.94.5
201212.44.7
201112.95
201013.45.1
200913.95.3
200814.45.5
200714.95.7
200615.56
2005166.2
200416.66.6
200317.26.8
200217.87.1
200118.47.4
2000197.7
199919.67.9
199820.18.3
199720.68.4
1996218.6
199521.48.8
199421.78.9
199322.19.1
199222.59.2
199122.99.3
199023.39.4
198923.89.5
198824.410
1987259.9
198625.710.3
198526.410.6
198427.210.9
19832811.1
198228.811.2
198129.711.6
198030.511.9
197931.411.9
197832.312.3
197733.112.6
19763412.8
197534.913.1
197435.713.3
197336.513.5
197237.213.7
197137.913.9
197038.514.2
196939.114.6
196839.815
196740.415.3
196641.115.1
196541.815.1
196442.515.7
196343.216.2
196247.217
196148.518.8
196049.820.2
1959–19.9
1958–19.7
1957–20.5
1956–21.3
1955–22.3
1954–22.8
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

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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