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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 (1960) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Mali :
500 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Mali
# 2
Sierra Leone :
390 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Sierra Leone
# 3
Malawi :
362 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Malawi
# 4
Gambia, The :
360 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Gambia, The
# 5
Afghanistan :
360 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Afghanistan
# 6
Niger :
354 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Niger
# 7
Angola :
345 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Angola
# 8
Central African Republic :
343 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Central African Republic
# 9
Yemen :
340 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Yemen
# 10
Burkina Faso :
320 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Burkina Faso
# 11
Nepal :
315 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Nepal
# 12
Mozambique :
313 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Mozambique
# 13
Senegal :
311.2 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Senegal
# 14
Mauritania :
310 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Mauritania
# 15
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
302 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Congo, Democratic Republic of the
# 16
Bhutan :
300 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Bhutan
# 17
Maldives :
300 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Maldives
# 18
Benin :
296 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Benin
# 19
Côte d'Ivoire :
290 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Côte d'Ivoire
# 20
Nigeria :
290 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Nigeria
# 21
Liberia :
288 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Liberia
# 22
Iran :
281 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Iran
# 23
Oman :
280 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Oman
# 24
Egypt :
278 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Egypt
# 25
Ethiopia :
273.4 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Ethiopia
# 26
Libya :
270 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Libya
# 27
Togo :
267 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Togo
# 28
Comoros :
265 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Comoros
# 29
Algeria :
261 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Algeria
# 30
Cameroon :
255 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Cameroon
# 31
Bolivia :
255 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Bolivia
# 32
Tunisia :
254 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Tunisia
# 33
Haiti :
253 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Haiti
# 34
Burma :
252 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Burma
# 35
Burundi :
250 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Burundi
# 36
Saudi Arabia :
250 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Saudi Arabia
# 37
Bangladesh :
248 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Bangladesh
# 38
India :
242 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in India
# 39
Tanzania :
241 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Tanzania
# 40
Peru :
239.2 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Peru
# 41
Laos :
235 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Laos
# 42
Pakistan :
227 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Pakistan
# 43
Swaziland :
225 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Swaziland
# 44
China :
225 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in China
# 45
Uganda :
224 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Uganda
# 46
United Arab Emirates :
222.3 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in United Arab Emirates
# 47
Congo, Republic of the :
220 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Congo, Republic of the
# 48
Turkey :
219 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Turkey
# 49
Indonesia :
216 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Indonesia
# 50
Ghana :
215 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Ghana
# 51
Zambia :
213 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Zambia
# 52
Papua New Guinea :
211.8 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Papua New Guinea
# 53
Morocco :
211 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Morocco
# 54
Vanuatu :
209 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Vanuatu
# 55
Sudan :
208 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Sudan
# 56
Rwanda :
206 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Rwanda
# 57
Kenya :
205 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Kenya
# 58
Honduras :
204 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Honduras
# 59
Lesotho :
202.8 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Lesotho
# 60
Guatemala :
202 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Guatemala
# 61
Syria :
199.3 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Syria
# 62
Nicaragua :
193 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Nicaragua
# 63
El Salvador :
191 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in El Salvador
# 64
Madagascar :
186 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Madagascar
# 65
Ecuador :
178 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Ecuador
# 66
Brazil :
177 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Brazil
# 67
Macedonia, Republic of :
177 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Macedonia, Republic of
# 68
Botswana :
173 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Botswana
# 69
Iraq :
171 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Iraq
# 70
Namibia :
168 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Namibia
# 71
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
160 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Bosnia and Herzegovina
# 72
Zimbabwe :
159 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Zimbabwe
# 73
Chile :
155 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Chile
# 74
Albania :
151 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Albania
# 75
Bahrain :
150 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Bahrain
# 76
Dominican Republic :
149 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Dominican Republic
# 77
Thailand :
148 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Thailand
# 78
Qatar :
140 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Qatar
# 79
Jordan :
139 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Jordan
# 80
Mexico :
134 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Mexico
# 81
Sri Lanka :
133 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Sri Lanka
# 82
Samoa :
131 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Samoa
# 83
Kuwait :
128.2 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Kuwait
# 84
Korea, South :
127 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Korea, South
# 85
Costa Rica :
123 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Costa Rica
# 86
Colombia :
122.4 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Colombia
# 87
Serbia and Montenegro :
121 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Serbia and Montenegro
# 88
Korea, North :
120 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Korea, North
# 89
Malaysia :
113 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Malaysia
# 90
Portugal :
112.2 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Portugal
# 91
Vietnam :
112 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Vietnam
# 92
Philippines :
110 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Philippines
# 93
Croatia :
98 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Croatia
# 94
Paraguay :
94 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Paraguay
# 95
Mauritius :
92 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Mauritius
# 96
Barbados :
90.3 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Barbados
# 97
Panama :
88 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Panama
# 98
Brunei :
86.9 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Brunei
# 99
Lebanon :
85 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Lebanon
# 100
Seychelles :
83 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Seychelles
# 101
Romania :
81.9 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Romania
# 102
Venezuela :
78.6 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Venezuela
# 103
Jamaica :
74 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Jamaica
# 104
Argentina :
73 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Argentina
# 105
Lithuania :
70 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Lithuania
# 106
Poland :
69.8 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Poland
# 107
Bahamas, The :
67.7 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Bahamas, The
# 108
Trinidad and Tobago :
67 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Trinidad and Tobago
# 109
Tonga :
65 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Tonga
# 110
Greece :
64.4 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Greece
# 111
Russia :
64 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Russia
# 112
Bulgaria :
56 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Bulgaria
# 113
Uruguay :
55.3 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Uruguay
# 114
Cuba :
54 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Cuba
# 115
Ukraine :
53 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Ukraine
# 116
Spain :
52.9 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Spain
# 117
Hungary :
52.9 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Hungary
# 118
Estonia :
52 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Estonia
# 119
Italy :
52 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Italy
# 120
Slovenia :
45 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Slovenia
# 121
Latvia :
44 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Latvia
# 122
Austria :
43 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Austria
# 123
Malta :
42.4 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Malta
# 124
Luxembourg :
41 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Luxembourg
# 125
Singapore :
40 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Singapore
# 126
Germany :
40 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Germany
# 127
Japan :
39.9 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Japan
# 128
Slovakia :
39.6 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Slovakia
# 129
Israel :
39.2 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Israel
# 130
Ireland :
36 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Ireland
# 131
Cyprus :
35.8 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Cyprus
# 132
Belgium :
34.8 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Belgium
# 133
Canada :
32 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Canada
# 134
France :
31.6 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in France
# 135
United States :
30.2 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in United States
# 136
New Zealand :
28 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in New Zealand
# 137
Switzerland :
26.1 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Switzerland
# 138
Denmark :
26 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Denmark
# 139
United Kingdom :
25.5 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in United Kingdom
# 140
Finland :
25 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Finland
# 141
Czech Republic :
24 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Czech Republic
# 142
Australia :
24 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Australia
# 143
Norway :
23 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Norway
# 144
Iceland :
22.2 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Iceland
# 145
Netherlands :
21.9 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Netherlands
# 146
Sweden :
19.8 per 1,000
1960
Mortality in Sweden
Weighted average:
162.7 per 1,000
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.
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NOTES: These statistics are derived from official causes of death detailed on certificates of death by each country. Rather than being a true indicator of the number of deaths attributed to a particular cause, mortality statistics reveal more about a particular country's reporting processes.
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