Child mortality in New Zealand

Child mortality in New Zealand: 11.5 per 100 live births in 1862 and 0.5 per 100 live births in 2024, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates.

Latest, 2024: 0.5 per 100 live births
Since 1862: −11.1 per 100 live births
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 19.8 per 100 live births in 1875, the lowest 0.5 per 100 live births in 2024.

Every year

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

Year	New Zealand	World
2024	0.5	3.7
2023	0.5	3.8
2022	0.5	4
2021	0.5	4
2020	0.5	3.9
2019	0.5	4
2018	0.5	4
2017	0.5	4.1
2016	0.6	4.2
2015	0.6	4.3
2014	0.6	4.4
2013	0.6	4.5
2012	0.6	4.7
2011	0.6	5
2010	0.6	5.1
2009	0.6	5.3
2008	0.6	5.5
2007	0.6	5.7
2006	0.7	6
2005	0.7	6.2
2004	0.7	6.6
2003	0.7	6.8
2002	0.7	7.1
2001	0.7	7.4
2000	0.7	7.7
1999	0.8	7.9
1998	0.8	8.3
1997	0.8	8.4
1996	0.8	8.6
1995	0.9	8.8
1994	0.9	8.9
1993	1	9.1
1992	1	9.2
1991	1.1	9.3
1990	1.1	9.4
1989	1.2	9.5
1988	1.2	10
1987	1.3	9.9
1986	1.3	10.3
1985	1.4	10.6
1984	1.4	10.9
1983	1.5	11.1
1982	1.5	11.2
1981	1.5	11.6
1980	1.6	11.9
1979	1.6	11.9
1978	1.7	12.3
1977	1.7	12.6
1976	1.8	12.8
1975	1.8	13.1
1974	1.9	13.3
1973	1.9	13.5
1972	2	13.7
1971	2	13.9
1970	2.1	14.2
1969	2.1	14.6
1968	2.2	15
1967	2.2	15.3
1966	2.3	15.1
1965	2.3	15.1
1964	2.4	15.7
1963	2.5	16.2
1962	2.6	17
1961	2.7	18.8
1960	2.8	20.2
1959	2.9	19.9
1958	2.9	19.7
1957	3	20.5
1956	3.1	21.3
1955	3.1	22.3
1954	3.2	22.8
1953	3.3	23.3
1952	3.4	23.9
1951	3.5	24.3
1950	3.6	24.7
1949	3.6	24.9
1948	3.6	24.9
1947	3.7	25.5
1946	4	25.8
1945	4.4	26.7
1944	5	27.4
1943	5	27.7
1942	4.7	27.9
1941	5.1	27.8
1940	4.7	27.9
1939	5.4	28
1938	6.6	28.7
1937	5	28.8
1936	5.3	29.1
1935	5.3	29.5
1934	5	30.7
1933	4.8	30.5
1932	4.8	30.7
1931	4.7	31.4
1930	4.8	31.6
1929	4.7	32
1928	5.1	31.9
1927	5.8	31.9
1926	5.7	32.7
1925	5.7	32.4
1924	5.1	33.1
1923	5.7	33.1
1922	5.4	33.2
1921	6.3	34.2
1920	6.7	34.4
1919	5.8	35.7
1918	6.3	37.6
1917	6.3	35.3
1916	6.7	35.1
1915	6.7	35.3
1914	6.7	35.4
1913	8	35.1
1912	6.7	35.5
1911	7.5	36
1910	9.4	36.4
1909	8.4	36.6
1908	9.4	37.2
1907	12.9	37.4
1906	8.4	38.1
1905	9.4	38.8
1904	9.9	38.9
1903	11.5	39.5
1902	11.9	40.1
1901	9.9	40.8
1900	10.5	40.9
1899	14.2	40.8
1898	11.4	41.2
1897	10	41
1896	10.9	41.1
1895	12.8	41.3
1894	11.5	41.2
1893	12.8	41.2
1892	12.9	41.7
1891	13.3	41.3
1890	11.2	41.5
1889	11.2	41.2
1888	9.9	41
1887	13.8	41.1
1886	14.6	41.1
1885	12.9	41.2
1884	11.2	41.1
1883	15.7	41.4
1882	12.8	41.5
1881	13.5	41.1
1880	13.7	41.6
1879	16.2	41.1
1878	12.1	41.6
1877	13.3	41.2
1876	15.5	41.4
1875	19.8	41.5
1874	16.6	41.7
1873	16.4	41.8
1872	14.9	42.1
1871	11.9	42.2
1870	13.7	41.9
1869	14.6	42.1
1868	14.2	42.4
1867	14.6	42
1866	14.9	42.1
1865	16.8	42.3
1864	18.7	42.2
1863	17.3	42.5
1862	11.5	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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