DEFINITION
Under-5 mortality rate is the probability that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to current age-specific mortality rates. The probability is expressed as a rate per 1,000.
Mortality Statistics > rate, under-5 > per 1,000 (most recent) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
(top to bottom)
Date
#1
Sierra Leone :
282 per 1,000
2005 ...
#2
Afghanistan :
268 per 1,000
1985 ...
#3
Angola :
260 per 1,000
2005 ...
#4
Niger :
256 per 1,000
2005 ...
#5
Liberia :
235 per 1,000
2005 ...
#6
Somalia :
225 per 1,000
2005 ...
#7
Mali :
218 per 1,000
2005 ...
#8
Chad :
208.3 per 1,000
2005 ...
#9
Equatorial Guinea :
205 per 1,000
2005 ...
#10
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
205 per 1,000
2005 ...
#11
Rwanda :
203 per 1,000
2005 ...
#12
Guinea-Bissau :
200 per 1,000
2005 ...
#13
Côte d'Ivoire :
195 per 1,000
2005 ...
#14
Nigeria :
194 per 1,000
2005 ...
#15
Central African Republic :
193 per 1,000
2005 ...
#16
Burkina Faso :
191 per 1,000
2005 ...
#17
Burundi :
190 per 1,000
2005 ...
#18
Zambia :
182 per 1,000
2005 ...
#19
Guinea :
160 per 1,000
2005 ...
#20
Swaziland :
160 per 1,000
2005 ...
#21
Benin :
150 per 1,000
2005 ...
#22
Cameroon :
149 per 1,000
2005 ...
#23
Mozambique :
145 per 1,000
2005 ...
#24
Togo :
139 per 1,000
2005 ...
#25
Gambia, The :
137 per 1,000
2005 ...
#26
Uganda :
136 per 1,000
2005 ...
#27
Djibouti :
133 per 1,000
2005 ...
#28
Zimbabwe :
132 per 1,000
2005 ...
#29
Lesotho :
131.8 per 1,000
2005 ...
#30
Ethiopia :
127 per 1,000
2005 ...
#31
Malawi :
125.3 per 1,000
2005 ...
#32
Mauritania :
125 per 1,000
2005 ...
#33
Tanzania :
122 per 1,000
2005 ...
#34
Iraq :
122 per 1,000
1995 ...
#35
Botswana :
120 per 1,000
2005 ...
#36
Kenya :
120 per 1,000
2005 ...
#37
Haiti :
120 per 1,000
2005 ...
#38
Madagascar :
119 per 1,000
2005 ...
#39
Senegal :
118.7 per 1,000
2005 ...
#40
São Tomé and Príncipe :
118 per 1,000
2005 ...
#41
Ghana :
112 per 1,000
2005 ...
#42
Congo, Republic of the :
108 per 1,000
2005 ...
#43
Burma :
105 per 1,000
2005 ...
#44
Turkmenistan :
104 per 1,000
2005 ...
#45
Yemen :
102 per 1,000
2005 ...
#46
Pakistan :
99 per 1,000
2005 ...
#47
Gabon :
91 per 1,000
2005 ...
#48
Sudan :
90 per 1,000
2005 ...
#49
Azerbaijan :
89 per 1,000
2005 ...
#50
Cambodia :
87.3 per 1,000
2005 ...
#51
Laos :
79 per 1,000
2005 ...
#52
Eritrea :
78 per 1,000
2005 ...
#53
Bhutan :
75 per 1,000
2005 ...
#54
Papua New Guinea :
74.4 per 1,000
2005 ...
#55
Nepal :
74 per 1,000
2005 ...
#56
India :
74 per 1,000
2005 ...
#57
Kazakhstan :
73 per 1,000
2005 ...
#58
Bangladesh :
73 per 1,000
2005 ...
#59
Tajikistan :
71.4 per 1,000
2005 ...
#60
Comoros :
71 per 1,000
2005 ...
#61
South Africa :
68 per 1,000
2005 ...
#62
Uzbekistan :
68 per 1,000
2005 ...
#63
Kyrgyzstan :
67 per 1,000
2005 ...
#64
Bolivia :
65 per 1,000
2005 ...
#65
Kiribati :
65 per 1,000
2005 ...
#66
Guyana :
63 per 1,000
2005 ...
#67
Namibia :
62 per 1,000
2005 ...
#68
East Timor :
61.3 per 1,000
2005 ...
#69
Marshall Islands :
58 per 1,000
2005 ...
#70
Korea, North :
55 per 1,000
2005 ...
#71
Mongolia :
49 per 1,000
2005 ...
#72
Georgia :
45 per 1,000
2005 ...
#73
Guatemala :
43 per 1,000
2005 ...
#74
Maldives :
42 per 1,000
2005 ...
#75
Micronesia, Federated States of :
41.8 per 1,000
2005 ...
#76
Honduras :
40 per 1,000
2005 ...
#77
Morocco :
40 per 1,000
2005 ...
#78
Suriname :
39 per 1,000
2005 ...
#79
Algeria :
39 per 1,000
2005 ...
#80
Vanuatu :
38 per 1,000
2005 ...
#81
Nicaragua :
37 per 1,000
2005 ...
#82
Indonesia :
36 per 1,000
2005 ...
#83
Iran :
36 per 1,000
2005 ...
#84
Cape Verde :
35 per 1,000
2005 ...
#85
Brazil :
33 per 1,000
2005 ...
#86
Egypt :
33 per 1,000
2005 ...
#87
Philippines :
33 per 1,000
2005 ...
#88
Dominican Republic :
31 per 1,000
2005 ...
#89
Lebanon :
30 per 1,000
2005 ...
#90
Armenia :
29.4 per 1,000
2005 ...
#91
Turkey :
29 per 1,000
2005 ...
#92
Samoa :
29 per 1,000
2005 ...
#93
Solomon Islands :
28.7 per 1,000
2005 ...
#94
Peru :
27.3 per 1,000
2005 ...
#95
Mexico :
27 per 1,000
2005 ...
#96
El Salvador :
27 per 1,000
2005 ...
#97
China :
27 per 1,000
2005 ...
#98
Jordan :
26 per 1,000
2005 ...
#99
Saudi Arabia :
26 per 1,000
2005 ...
#100
Ecuador :
25 per 1,000
2005 ...
#101
Panama :
24 per 1,000
2005 ...
#102
Tonga :
24 per 1,000
2005 ...
#103
Tunisia :
24 per 1,000
2005 ...
#104
Paraguay :
23 per 1,000
2005 ...
#105
Colombia :
21.4 per 1,000
2005 ...
#106
Venezuela :
21.3 per 1,000
2005 ...
#107
Grenada :
21 per 1,000
2005 ...
#108
Qatar :
21 per 1,000
2005 ...
#109
Thailand :
21 per 1,000
2005 ...
#110
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
20 per 1,000
2005 ...
#111
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
20 per 1,000
2005 ...
#112
Jamaica :
20 per 1,000
2005 ...
#113
Vietnam :
19 per 1,000
2005 ...
#114
Romania :
19 per 1,000
2005 ...
#115
Libya :
19 per 1,000
2005 ...
#116
Trinidad and Tobago :
19 per 1,000
2005 ...
#117
Albania :
18 per 1,000
2005 ...
#118
Argentina :
18 per 1,000
2005 ...
#119
Fiji :
17.9 per 1,000
2005 ...
#120
Russia :
17.5 per 1,000
2005 ...
#121
Belize :
17.2 per 1,000
2005 ...
#122
Macedonia, Republic of :
17 per 1,000
2005 ...
#123
Ukraine :
17 per 1,000
2005 ...
#124
Moldova :
16.1 per 1,000
2005 ...
#125
Uruguay :
15.1 per 1,000
2005 ...
#126
Serbia and Montenegro :
15 per 1,000
2005 ...
#127
Dominica :
15 per 1,000
2005 ...
#128
Bulgaria :
15 per 1,000
2005 ...
#129
Bahamas, The :
15 per 1,000
2005 ...
#130
Mauritius :
15 per 1,000
2005 ...
#131
Bosnia and Herzegovina :