Tuvalu

Child mortality in Tuvalu

Child mortality in Tuvalu: 22.5 per 100 live births in 1954 and 1.9 per 100 live births in 2024, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates.

Latest, 2024
1.9 per 100 live births
Since 1954
−20.6 per 100 live births
Rank, 2024
76 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 TuvaluChild mortality in Tuvalu: 22.5 per 100 live births in 1954 and 1.9 per 100 live births in 2024, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024, Tuvalu ranked 76 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

YearTuvaluWorld
20241.93.7
202323.8
20222.14
20212.14
20202.23.9
20192.34
20182.44
20172.44.1
20162.54.2
20152.64.3
20142.74.4
20132.84.5
20122.94.7
201135
20103.15.1
20093.35.3
20083.45.5
20073.65.7
20063.76
20053.86.2
20043.96.6
200346.8
20024.17.1
20014.27.4
20004.37.7
19994.47.9
19984.68.3
19974.78.4
19964.88.6
199558.8
19945.18.9
19935.29.1
19925.39.2
19915.39.3
19905.49.4
19895.59.5
19885.510
19875.69.9
19865.610.3
19855.710.6
19845.810.9
19835.911.1
19826.111.2
19816.311.6
19806.511.9
19796.811.9
19787.112.3
19777.412.6
19767.812.8
19758.313.1
19748.813.3
19739.313.5
19729.913.7
197110.513.9
197011.114.2
196911.714.6
196812.315
196712.915.3
196613.515.1
196514.215.1
196414.915.7
196315.516.2
196216.217
19611718.8
196017.720.2
195918.419.9
195819.219.7
195719.920.5
195620.721.3
195521.622.3
195422.522.8
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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