Sudan

Child mortality in Sudan

Child mortality in Sudan: 20 per 100 live births in 1953 and 6.2 per 100 live births in 2024, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates.

Latest, 2024
6.2 per 100 live births
Since 1953
−13.9 per 100 live births
Rank, 2024
20 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 SudanChild mortality in Sudan: 20 per 100 live births in 1953 and 6.2 per 100 live births in 2024, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. The highest was 29.7 per 100 live births in 1988, the lowest 5.1 per 100 live births in 2022.
Estimates, Gapminder and UN IGMEWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 29.7 per 100 live births in 1988, the lowest 5.1 per 100 live births in 2022.

Every year

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

YearSudanWorld
20246.23.7
20236.33.8
20225.14
20215.34
20205.43.9
20195.64
20185.84
201764.1
20166.24.2
20156.44.3
20146.54.4
20136.74.5
20126.94.7
20117.15
20107.35.1
20097.65.3
20087.85.5
200785.7
20068.36
20059.96.2
200410.16.6
20039.26.8
20029.57.1
20019.97.4
200010.27.7
199910.57.9
199814.88.3
199711.28.4
199611.58.6
199511.88.8
199412.18.9
199312.39.1
199212.69.2
199112.89.3
199013.19.4
198913.39.5
198829.710
198713.89.9
198613.910.3
198517.810.6
198418.110.9
198318.311.1
198214.511.2
198114.711.6
198014.811.9
197914.911.9
19781512.3
197715.112.6
197615.312.8
197515.413.1
197415.513.3
197315.613.5
197215.713.7
197115.813.9
197015.914.2
19691614.6
196816.115
196716.315.3
196616.515.1
196516.715.1
196416.915.7
196317.116.2
196217.417
196117.618.8
196017.920.2
195918.219.9
195818.519.7
195718.820.5
195619.121.3
195519.422.3
195419.722.8
19532023.3
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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