Uganda

Child mortality in Uganda

Child mortality in Uganda: 25.4 per 100 live births in 1953 and 4.9 per 100 live births in 2024, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates.

Latest, 2024
4.9 per 100 live births
Since 1953
−20.5 per 100 live births
Rank, 2024
31 of 200
counting from the highest
World, 2024
3.7 per 100 live births

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

Child mortality in UgandaChild mortality in Uganda: 25.4 per 100 live births in 1953 and 4.9 per 100 live births in 2024, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024, Uganda ranked 31 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

YearUgandaWorld
20244.93.7
20234.93.8
202254
202154
20205.13.9
20195.24
20185.34
20175.44.1
20165.64.2
20155.84.3
201464.4
20136.34.5
20126.74.7
20117.15
20107.65.1
20098.15.3
20088.65.5
20079.35.7
20069.96
200510.76.2
200411.46.6
200312.26.8
2002137.1
200113.77.4
200014.47.7
1999157.9
199815.48.3
199715.88.4
1996168.6
199516.38.8
199416.68.9
199316.99.1
199217.39.2
199117.89.3
199018.29.4
198918.69.5
198818.910
198719.39.9
198619.610.3
198519.910.6
198420.410.9
19832111.1
198221.511.2
198121.911.6
198022.111.9
197921.911.9
197821.712.3
197721.312.6
197620.912.8
197520.413.1
19742013.3
197319.713.5
197219.513.7
197119.413.9
197019.514.2
196919.614.6
196819.815
196720.115.3
196620.415.1
196520.715.1
19642115.7
196321.216.2
196221.517
196121.918.8
196022.320.2
195922.719.9
195823.119.7
195723.520.5
19562421.3
195524.522.3
195424.922.8
195325.423.3
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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