South Sudan

Child mortality in South Sudan

Child mortality in South Sudan: 36.8 per 100 live births in 1954 and 9.7 per 100 live births in 2024, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates.

Latest, 2024
9.7 per 100 live births
Since 1954
−27.2 per 100 live births
Rank, 2024
5 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 South SudanChild mortality in South Sudan: 36.8 per 100 live births in 1954 and 9.7 per 100 live births in 2024, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. The highest was 78.1 per 100 live births in 1988, the lowest 9.7 per 100 live births in 2019.
Estimates, Gapminder and UN IGMEWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 78.1 per 100 live births in 1988, the lowest 9.7 per 100 live births in 2019.

Every year

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

YearSouth SudanWorld
20249.73.7
20239.73.8
20229.74
20219.74
20209.73.9
20199.74
201813.44
201729.24.1
201627.34.2
201524.14.3
201418.34.4
20139.74.5
20129.94.7
201110.25
201010.75.1
200911.35.3
200811.95.5
200712.55.7
200613.26
200513.86.2
200414.66.6
200315.46.8
200216.27.1
200117.17.4
2000187.7
199918.97.9
199843.18.3
199725.18.4
1996268.6
199526.88.8
199422.88.9
199333.19.1
199233.79.2
199129.69.3
199030.19.4
198930.69.5
198878.110
198735.89.9
198626.510.3
198526.910.6
198427.310.9
198327.611.1
198227.911.2
198128.311.6
198028.611.9
197928.911.9
197829.312.3
197729.712.6
197630.112.8
197530.413.1
197430.713.3
197331.113.5
197231.413.7
197131.813.9
197040.514.2
196940.914.6
196840.415
196740.715.3
196641.115.1
196533.815.1
196434.115.7
196338.816.2
196234.717
19613518.8
196035.320.2
195935.519.9
195835.719.7
19573620.5
195636.321.3
195536.622.3
195436.822.8
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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