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Child mortality around the world

Child mortality, 2024: highest in Nigeria, at 11.6 per 100 live births, and lowest in San Marino, at 0.1 per 100 live births, of 200 countries with a value. The world as a whole: 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024.

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

Child mortality around the worldChild mortality, 2024: highest in Nigeria, at 11.6 per 100 live births, and lowest in San Marino, at 0.1 per 100 live births, of 200 countries with a value. The world as a whole: 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024.
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deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME

#CountryLatestYear
1Nigeria11.62024
2Niger11.12024
3Somalia10.12024
4Chad9.72024
5South Sudan9.72024
6Guinea9.22024
7Sierra Leone9.12024
8Congo - Kinshasa92024
9Central African Republic92024
10Liberia8.62024
11Burkina Faso7.52024
12Benin7.52024
13Mali7.32024
14Equatorial Guinea6.82024
15Guinea-Bissau6.72024
16Cameroon6.52024
17Zimbabwe6.52024
18Côte d’Ivoire6.52024
19Madagascar6.22024
20Sudan6.22024
21Lesotho62024
22Mozambique5.92024
23Togo5.62024
24Pakistan5.62024
25Kiribati5.32024
26Afghanistan5.32024
27Haiti5.32024
28Angola4.92024
29Djibouti4.92024
30Malawi4.92024
31Uganda4.92024
32Zambia4.82024
33Timor-Leste4.82024
34Burundi4.72024
35Eswatini4.52024
36Ethiopia4.52024
37Gambia4.22024
38Namibia42024
39Papua New Guinea3.92024
40Congo - Brazzaville3.92024
41Comoros3.92024
42Turkmenistan3.92024
43Kenya3.92024
44Yemen3.82024
45Palestinian Territories3.82024
46Rwanda3.82024
47Tanzania3.72024
48Myanmar (Burma)3.72024
49Mauritania3.72024
50Senegal3.72024
51Ghana3.62024
52Dominica3.62024
53South Africa3.52024
54Eritrea3.42024
55Botswana3.32024
56Gabon3.32024
57Dominican Republic3.12024
58Bangladesh3.12024
59Laos2.92024
60Fiji2.92024
61Tajikistan2.82024
62Marshall Islands2.72024
63India2.72024
64Philippines2.72024
65Guyana2.52024
66Nepal2.52024
67Venezuela2.42024
68Niue2.42024
69Egypt2.22024
70Micronesia2.22024
71Iraq2.22024
72Algeria2.22024
73Palau2.12024
74Guatemala2.12024
75Solomon Islands22024
76Tuvalu1.92024
77Trinidad & Tobago1.92024
78Syria1.82024
79Cambodia1.82024
80Grenada1.82024
81Azerbaijan1.82024
82Jamaica1.82024
83Indonesia1.82024
84Lebanon1.82024
85Vietnam1.72024
86Bhutan1.72024
87St. Lucia1.72024
88Vanuatu1.72024
89Kyrgyzstan1.72024
90North Korea1.72024
91Moldova1.72024
92Paraguay1.62024
93St. Kitts & Nevis1.62024
94Suriname1.62024
95Morocco1.62024
96Bolivia1.62024
97Mauritius1.52024
98Panama1.52024
99Honduras1.52024
100Samoa1.52024
101Brazil1.42024
102Seychelles1.42024
103São Tomé & Príncipe1.42024
104Uzbekistan1.32024
105Mongolia1.32024
106Cook Islands1.32024
107Mexico1.32024
108Jordan1.32024
109Ecuador1.32024
110Peru1.32024
111Belize1.32024
112Bahamas1.22024
113British Virgin Islands1.22024
114Tunisia1.22024
115Colombia1.22024
116Iran1.12024
117St. Vincent & Grenadines1.12024
118Nicaragua1.12024
119Cape Verde1.12024
120Costa Rica12024
121Oman12024
122El Salvador12024
123Brunei12024
124Libya12024
125Barbados12024
126Armenia12024
127Türkiye12024
128Argentina12024
129Tonga12024
130Kazakhstan0.92024
131Albania0.92024
132Antigua & Barbuda0.92024
133Thailand0.92024
134Bahrain0.92024
135Kosovo0.92024
136Georgia0.92024
137Cuba0.92024
138Malaysia0.82024
139Nauru0.82024
140Kuwait0.82024
141Ukraine0.82024
142Uruguay0.72024
143Romania0.72024
144Bosnia & Herzegovina0.72024
145Chile0.72024
146United States0.72024
147Montserrat0.62024
148Slovakia0.62024
149Saudi Arabia0.62024
150Qatar0.62024
151Sri Lanka0.62024
152Bulgaria0.62024
153China0.62024
154Croatia0.62024
155Anguilla0.62024
156Maldives0.52024
157Taiwan0.52010
158Canada0.52024
159Serbia0.52024
160Malta0.52024
161Russia0.52024
162Cyprus0.52024
163United Arab Emirates0.52024
164New Zealand0.52024
165United Kingdom0.52024
166Turks & Caicos Islands0.52024
167France0.42024
168Poland0.42024
169Denmark0.42024
170Switzerland0.42024
171Netherlands0.42024
172Ireland0.42024
173Greece0.42024
174Hungary0.42024
175Belgium0.42024
176Germany0.42024
177Australia0.42024
178Lithuania0.32024
179Israel0.32024
180Austria0.32024
181Portugal0.32024
182Spain0.32024
183North Macedonia0.32024
184South Korea0.32024
185Iceland0.32024
186Singapore0.32024
187Monaco0.32024
188Italy0.32024
189Czechia0.32024
190Latvia0.32024
191Andorra0.32024
192Norway0.32024
193Finland0.22024
194Japan0.22024
195Sweden0.22024
196Montenegro0.22024
197Belarus0.22024
198Slovenia0.22024
199Luxembourg0.22024
200Estonia0.22024
201San Marino0.12024

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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.
  • The chart shows the 5 most populous countries with figures; the table ranks every country by its own latest year.

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