Solomon Islands

Child mortality in Solomon Islands

Child mortality in Solomon Islands: 28.1 per 100 live births in 1943 and 2 per 100 live births in 2024, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates.

Latest, 2024
2 per 100 live births
Since 1943
−26.1 per 100 live births
Rank, 2024
75 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 Solomon IslandsChild mortality in Solomon Islands: 28.1 per 100 live births in 1943 and 2 per 100 live births in 2024, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024, Solomon Islands ranked 75 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

YearSolomon IslandsWorld
202423.7
20232.13.8
20222.14
20212.24
20202.33.9
20192.34
20182.44
20172.44.1
20162.54.2
20152.54.3
20142.54.4
20132.64.5
20122.64.7
20112.75
20102.75.1
20092.85.3
20082.85.5
20072.85.7
20062.96
20052.96.2
20042.96.6
200336.8
200237.1
200137.4
20003.17.7
19993.17.9
19983.28.3
19973.28.4
19963.38.6
19953.48.8
19943.48.9
19933.59.1
19923.69.2
19913.79.3
19903.89.4
19893.99.5
1988410
19874.19.9
19864.310.3
19854.410.6
19844.610.9
19834.711.1
19824.911.2
19815.111.6
19805.311.9
19795.611.9
19785.912.3
19776.312.6
19766.712.8
19757.913.1
19747.613.3
19738.113.5
19728.713.7
19719.313.9
19701014.2
196910.614.6
196811.315
19671215.3
196612.715.1
196513.415.1
19641415.7
196314.716.2
196215.417
19611618.8
196016.720.2
195917.419.9
19581819.7
195718.720.5
195619.321.3
19552022.3
195420.622.8
195321.323.3
195221.923.9
195122.624.3
195023.224.7
194923.824.9
194824.524.9
194725.225.5
194625.925.8
194526.626.7
194427.327.4
194328.127.7
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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