Child mortality in Mauritius

Child mortality in Mauritius: 20.4 per 100 live births in 1871 and 1.5 per 100 live births in 2024, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates.

Latest, 2024: 1.5 per 100 live births
Since 1871: −18.8 per 100 live births
Rank, 2024: 97 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

Estimates, Gapminder and UN IGMEWorld

What the numbers say

The highest was 48.4 per 100 live births in 1896, the lowest 1.5 per 100 live births in 2015.

Every year

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

Year	Mauritius	World
2024	1.5	3.7
2023	1.5	3.8
2022	1.6	4
2021	1.6	4
2020	1.6	3.9
2019	1.6	4
2018	1.5	4
2017	1.5	4.1
2016	1.5	4.2
2015	1.5	4.3
2014	1.5	4.4
2013	1.5	4.5
2012	1.5	4.7
2011	1.5	5
2010	1.5	5.1
2009	1.5	5.3
2008	1.5	5.5
2007	1.5	5.7
2006	1.5	6
2005	1.6	6.2
2004	1.6	6.6
2003	1.6	6.8
2002	1.7	7.1
2001	1.8	7.4
2000	1.9	7.7
1999	2	7.9
1998	2.2	8.3
1997	2.3	8.4
1996	2.3	8.6
1995	2.2	8.8
1994	2.2	8.9
1993	2.1	9.1
1992	2.1	9.2
1991	2.2	9.3
1990	2.3	9.4
1989	2.5	9.5
1988	2.7	10
1987	2.8	9.9
1986	2.9	10.3
1985	2.9	10.6
1984	3	10.9
1983	3.1	11.1
1982	3.4	11.2
1981	3.7	11.6
1980	4.1	11.9
1979	4.4	11.9
1978	4.7	12.3
1977	5	12.6
1976	5.6	12.8
1975	6.3	13.1
1974	7.3	13.3
1973	8.1	13.5
1972	8.2	13.7
1971	7.8	13.9
1970	7.9	14.2
1969	8.8	14.6
1968	9.7	15
1967	9.8	15.3
1966	9.1	15.1
1965	8.5	15.1
1964	8.4	15.7
1963	8.7	16.2
1962	9.3	17
1961	9.9	18.8
1960	10.4	20.2
1959	10.6	19.9
1958	11	19.7
1957	12.2	20.5
1956	14.4	21.3
1955	12.9	22.3
1954	11.5	22.8
1953	13.8	23.3
1952	11.5	23.9
1951	12.1	24.3
1950	10.7	24.7
1949	13.3	24.9
1948	30.2	24.9
1947	17.5	25.5
1946	23.3	25.8
1945	30.6	26.7
1944	22.6	27.4
1943	22.8	27.7
1942	26.5	27.9
1941	21.5	27.8
1940	26.4	27.9
1939	25.7	28
1938	26.5	28.7
1937	25	28.8
1936	22.8	29.1
1935	22.2	29.5
1934	20.5	30.7
1933	20.9	30.5
1932	25.9	30.7
1931	33	31.4
1930	32.2	31.6
1929	22.6	32
1928	21.3	31.9
1927	23.5	31.9
1926	20.2	32.7
1925	20.2	32.4
1924	22.4	33.1
1923	24.6	33.1
1922	26.2	33.2
1921	28.8	34.2
1920	–	34.4
1919	34.5	35.7
1918	32.4	37.6
1917	29.1	35.3
1916	22	35.1
1915	27	35.3
1914	23.2	35.4
1913	22.8	35.1
1912	28.6	35.5
1911	24.3	36
1910	25.3	36.4
1909	26.9	36.6
1908	30.6	37.2
1907	26.2	37.4
1906	28.1	38.1
1905	31.2	38.8
1904	22.6	38.9
1903	25.2	39.5
1902	31.9	40.1
1901	36.3	40.8
1900	33	40.9
1899	28.6	40.8
1898	31.1	41.2
1897	–	41
1896	48.4	41.1
1895	34.3	41.3
1894	30.9	41.2
1893	35.1	41.2
1892	33.7	41.7
1891	27.3	41.3
1890	28.4	41.5
1889	21.3	41.2
1888	26.7	41
1887	29.9	41.1
1886	25	41.1
1885	28.1	41.2
1884	27	41.1
1883	33.5	41.4
1882	28.4	41.5
1881	26.9	41.1
1880	21.7	41.6
1879	22.6	41.1
1878	25	41.6
1877	24.3	41.2
1876	25.2	41.4
1875	27	41.5
1874	27.5	41.7
1873	35.1	41.8
1872	22.8	42.1
1871	20.4	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

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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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