United States

Child mortality in United States

Child mortality in United States: 7.3 per 100 live births in 1933 and 0.7 per 100 live births in 2024, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates.

Latest, 2024
0.7 per 100 live births
Since 1933
−6.7 per 100 live births
Rank, 2024
146 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 United StatesChild mortality in United States: 7.3 per 100 live births in 1933 and 0.7 per 100 live births in 2024, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. The highest was 8 per 100 live births in 1934, the lowest 0.7 per 100 live births in 2018.
Estimates, Gapminder and UN IGMEWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 8 per 100 live births in 1934, the lowest 0.7 per 100 live births in 2018.

Every year

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

YearUnited StatesWorld
20240.73.7
20230.73.8
20220.74
20210.74
20200.73.9
20190.74
20180.74
20170.74.1
20160.74.2
20150.74.3
20140.74.4
20130.74.5
20120.74.7
20110.75
20100.75.1
20090.85.3
20080.85.5
20070.85.7
20060.86
20050.86.2
20040.86.6
20030.86.8
20020.87.1
20010.87.4
20000.87.7
19990.97.9
19980.98.3
19970.98.4
19960.98.6
199518.8
199418.9
199319.1
19921.19.2
19911.19.3
19901.19.4
19891.29.5
19881.210
19871.29.9
19861.210.3
19851.310.6
19841.310.9
19831.311.1
19821.411.2
19811.411.6
19801.511.9
19791.611.9
19781.612.3
19771.712.6
19761.812.8
19751.913.1
1974213.3
19732.113.5
19722.213.7
19712.213.9
19702.314.2
19692.414.6
19682.515
19672.615.3
19662.615.1
19652.715.1
19642.815.7
19632.816.2
19622.917
1961318.8
1960320.2
19593.119.9
19583.119.7
19573.220.5
19563.221.3
19553.322.3
19543.422.8
19533.523.3
19523.623.9
19513.724.3
19503.824.7
19493.924.9
1948424.9
19474.325.5
19464.725.8
19454.826.7
1944527.4
19435.427.7
19425.527.9
1941627.8
19406.227.9
19396.328
1938728.7
19377.428.8
19367.629.1
19357.529.5
1934830.7
19337.330.5
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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