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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 (1970) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Mali :
400 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Mali
# 2
Sierra Leone :
363 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Sierra Leone
# 3
Malawi :
341.2 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Malawi
# 4
Guinea :
339.3 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Guinea
# 5
Niger :
330 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Niger
# 6
Afghanistan :
320 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Afghanistan
# 7
Gambia, The :
311.1 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Gambia, The
# 8
Yemen :
303 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Yemen
# 9
Angola :
300 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Angola
# 10
Burkina Faso :
295 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Burkina Faso
# 11
Mozambique :
278 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Mozambique
# 12
Senegal :
276.1 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Senegal
# 13
Bhutan :
267 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Bhutan
# 14
Nigeria :
265 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Nigeria
# 15
Liberia :
262.5 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Liberia
# 16
Chad :
261 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Chad
# 17
Maldives :
255 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Maldives
# 18
Benin :
252 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Benin
# 19
Mauritania :
250 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Mauritania
# 20
Nepal :
250 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Nepal
# 21
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
245 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Congo, Democratic Republic of the
# 22
Bolivia :
243 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Bolivia
# 23
Ethiopia :
240.7 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Ethiopia
# 24
Côte d'Ivoire :
239 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Côte d'Ivoire
# 25
Bangladesh :
239 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Bangladesh
# 26
Central African Republic :
238 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Central African Republic
# 27
Eritrea :
237 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Eritrea
# 28
Egypt :
235 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Egypt
# 29
Burundi :
233 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Burundi
# 30
Haiti :
221 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Haiti
# 31
Algeria :
220 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Algeria
# 32
Tanzania :
218 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Tanzania
# 33
Laos :
218 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Laos
# 34
Togo :
216 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Togo
# 35
Comoros :
215 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Comoros
# 36
Cameroon :
215 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Cameroon
# 37
Rwanda :
209 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Rwanda
# 38
India :
202 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in India
# 39
Tunisia :
201 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Tunisia
# 40
Turkey :
201 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Turkey
# 41
Oman :
200 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Oman
# 42
Swaziland :
196 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Swaziland
# 43
Iran :
191 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Iran
# 44
Lesotho :
186.3 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Lesotho
# 45
Ghana :
186 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Ghana
# 46
Saudi Arabia :
185 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Saudi Arabia
# 47
Morocco :
184 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Morocco
# 48
Pakistan :
181 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Pakistan
# 49
Zambia :
181 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Zambia
# 50
Madagascar :
180 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Madagascar
# 51
Burma :
179 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Burma
# 52
Peru :
174.3 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Peru
# 53
Indonesia :
172 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Indonesia
# 54
Sudan :
172 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Sudan
# 55
Honduras :
170 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Honduras
# 56
Uganda :
170 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Uganda
# 57
Guatemala :
168 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Guatemala
# 58
Nicaragua :
165 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Nicaragua
# 59
El Salvador :
162 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in El Salvador
# 60
Libya :
160 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Libya
# 61
Congo, Republic of the :
160 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Congo, Republic of the
# 62
Papua New Guinea :
158.4 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Papua New Guinea
# 63
Kenya :
156 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Kenya
# 64
Vanuatu :
155 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Vanuatu
# 65
Botswana :
142 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Botswana
# 66
Tajikistan :
140.4 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Tajikistan
# 67
Ecuador :
140 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Ecuador
# 68
Zimbabwe :
138 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Zimbabwe
# 69
Namibia :
135 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Namibia
# 70
Brazil :
135 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Brazil
# 71
Kyrgyzstan :
130 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Kyrgyzstan
# 72
Iraq :
127 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Iraq
# 73
Dominican Republic :
127 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Dominican Republic
# 74
Syria :
123.2 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Syria
# 75
China :
120 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in China
# 76
Macedonia, Republic of :
119 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Macedonia, Republic of
# 77
Mexico :
110 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Mexico
# 78
Albania :
109 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Albania
# 79
Jordan :
107 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Jordan
# 80
Colombia :
105.1 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Colombia
# 81
Thailand :
102 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Thailand
# 82
Samoa :
101 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Samoa
# 83
Uzbekistan :
101 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Uzbekistan
# 84
Sri Lanka :
100 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Sri Lanka
# 85
Chile :
98 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Chile
# 86
Solomon Islands :
97.1 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Solomon Islands
# 87
Philippines :
90 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Philippines
# 88
Vietnam :
87 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Vietnam
# 89
Mauritius :
86 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Mauritius
# 90
United Arab Emirates :
84 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in United Arab Emirates
# 91
Costa Rica :
83 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Costa Rica
# 92
Bahrain :
82 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Bahrain
# 93
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
82 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Bosnia and Herzegovina
# 94
Brunei :
78 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Brunei
# 95
Paraguay :
78 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Paraguay
# 96
Argentina :
71 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Argentina
# 97
Serbia and Montenegro :
71 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Serbia and Montenegro
# 98
Malaysia :
70 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Malaysia
# 99
Korea, North :
70 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Korea, North
# 100
Moldova :
69.8 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Moldova
# 101
Panama :
68 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Panama
# 102
Qatar :
65 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Qatar
# 103
Fiji :
64.9 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Fiji
# 104
Jamaica :
64 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Jamaica
# 105
Venezuela :
61.6 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Venezuela
# 106
Portugal :
61.5 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Portugal
# 107
Seychelles :
59 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Seychelles
# 108
Kuwait :
58.8 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Kuwait
# 109
Trinidad and Tobago :
57 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Trinidad and Tobago
# 110
Uruguay :
57 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Uruguay
# 111
Romania :
56.5 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Romania
# 112
Greece :
54.4 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Greece
# 113
Barbados :
54.1 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Barbados
# 114
Korea, South :
54 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Korea, South
# 115
Lebanon :
54 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Lebanon
# 116
Tonga :
50 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Tonga
# 117
Bahamas, The :
49 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Bahamas, The
# 118
Cuba :
43.8 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Cuba
# 119
Croatia :
42 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Croatia
# 120
Hungary :
39.2 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Hungary
# 121
Belarus :
37 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Belarus
# 122
Russia :
36 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Russia
# 123
Poland :
35.9 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Poland
# 124
Italy :
33 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Italy
# 125
Cyprus :
32.9 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Cyprus
# 126
Malta :
32 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Malta
# 127
Spain :
31.7 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Spain
# 128
Bulgaria :
31 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Bulgaria
# 129
Slovenia :
29 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Slovenia
# 130
Austria :
29 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Austria
# 131
Slovakia :
28.8 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Slovakia
# 132
Belgium :
28.6 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Belgium
# 133
Lithuania :
28 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Lithuania
# 134
Israel :
27.3 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Israel
# 135
Ukraine :
27 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Ukraine
# 136
Ireland :
27 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Ireland
# 137
Singapore :
27 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Singapore
# 138
Estonia :
26 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Estonia
# 139
Germany :
26 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Germany
# 140
Luxembourg :
26 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Luxembourg
# 141
Latvia :
26 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Latvia
# 142
Czech Republic :
24 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Czech Republic
# 143
United States :
23.8 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in United States
# 144
Canada :
22 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Canada
# 145
France :
21.3 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in France
# 146
United Kingdom :
20.8 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in United Kingdom
# 147
Australia :
20 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Australia
# 148
New Zealand :
20 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in New Zealand
# 149
Switzerland :
18.4 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Switzerland
# 150
Japan :
17.7 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Japan
# 151
Denmark :
17 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Denmark
# 152
Finland :
16 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Finland
# 153
Netherlands :
15.7 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Netherlands
# 154
Norway :
15.5 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Norway
# 155
Iceland :
14.4 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Iceland
# 156
Sweden :
13.4 per 1,000
1970
Mortality in Sweden
Weighted average:
130.3 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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"rate, under-5 > per 1,000 (1970) by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/mor_rat_und_per_1000-under-5-per-1-000&date=1970
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