Data for 1962

Under-Five Mortality Rate, 1962

Name: Under-Five Mortality Rate, 1962
Creator: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME)
License: https://data.unicef.org/

1962, as UN IGME’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Under-Five Mortality Rate, 1962 covers 137 countries on 3 measures. Yemen is highest, at 420.13; Sweden is lowest, at 18.60. The middle country reads 123.21. Against 1961, 135 values changed (4 up, 131 down), 2 countries joined.

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Under-Five Mortality Rate · Data for 1962

HighestYemen

420.13

LowestSweden

18.60

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end.

137countries
3measures per country
1962the year it describes
137distinct values13 decimals, as published
Sep 9, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 3.0 IGOlicence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Under-Five Mortality Rate, 1962, as published. UN IGME ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Under-Five Mortality Rate, 1962: every country, as published by UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME).
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1	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	420.13	366.66	480.75
2	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	378.69	344.10	417.95
3	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	356.86	286.07	445.84
4	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	347.19	253.06	487.63
5	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	346.38	303.76	394.26
6	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	342.16	293.89	399.73
7	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	340.16	295.12	392.80
8	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	338.98	274.99	417.59
9	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	335.52	290.46	384.15
10	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	334.09	254.84	440.02
11	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	320.41	284.18	361.96
12	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	309.68	277.31	348.09
13	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	303.52	265.35	346.04
14	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	303.42	276.92	332.29
15	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	298.01	271.76	329.99
16	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	296.01	271.81	322.62
17	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	284.32	251.25	322.89
18	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	274.07	220.53	345.48
19	Bolivia`BOL`South America	273.63	240.96	310.18
20	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	272.52	228.02	327.00
21	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	271.26	237.91	308.90
22	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	265.29	232.85	302.05
23	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	254.39	232.59	280.51
24	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	250.21	230.50	271.87
25	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	244.59	215.05	278.45
26	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	242.49	209.06	280.78
27	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	240.00	211.09	275.76
28	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	238.79	219.36	260.94
29	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	237.34	210.64	267.90
30	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	235.10	213.24	259.89
31	India`IND`Southern Asia	235.01	216.29	254.31
32	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	234.98	213.08	257.57
33	Peru`PER`South America	217.86	200.91	235.62
34	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	215.35	188.63	247.48
35	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	212.34	196.92	229.20
36	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	210.37	188.94	234.07
37	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	209.58	186.81	236.88
38	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	205.25	185.75	226.94
39	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	204.68	169.28	260.36
40	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	202.30	174.90	234.81
41	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	197.84	177.53	220.47
42	Honduras`HND`Central America	193.41	176.00	212.44
43	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	192.38	168.98	219.37
44	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	189.02	165.21	217.51
45	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	188.70	170.71	207.82
46	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	186.44	169.11	208.05
47	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	184.35	169.24	200.11
48	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	181.95	167.62	197.63
49	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	180.25	145.69	224.45
50	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	179.15	153.25	208.82
51	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	173.59	159.05	188.85
52	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	168.99	148.98	191.18
53	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	166.25	145.83	189.15
54	Ecuador`ECU`South America	165.46	145.46	188.21
55	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	164.78	119.34	219.53
56	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	162.28	145.65	180.47
57	Brazil`BRA`South America	160.37	149.78	172.23
58	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	158.23	134.47	186.33
59	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	155.90	141.39	171.07
60	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	153.69	136.43	173.33
61	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	147.08	121.53	179.03
62	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	145.42	134.86	156.86
63	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	145.02	120.44	173.58
64	Chile`CHL`South America	143.34	140.12	146.69
65	Mexico`MEX`Central America	142.27	127.59	158.29
66	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	138.18	127.98	149.34
67	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	137.53	126.70	149.54
68	Colombia`COL`South America	127.00	116.43	138.68
69	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	123.21	100.69	149.28
70	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	122.42	116.17	129.10
71	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	119.43	101.22	141.23
72	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	115.25	98.23	135.36
73	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	113.26	107.05	119.64
74	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	110.21	93.56	127.19
75	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	107.63	84.29	137.80
76	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	104.08	101.96	106.41
77	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	102.97	94.09	113.06
78	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	102.25	92.70	112.90
79	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	101.18	89.61	114.86
80	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	98.73	85.50	113.37
81	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	96.87	85.26	110.19
82	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	93.90	78.86	111.97
83	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	92.79	91.05	94.55
84	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	92.55	90.32	94.89
85	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	90.09	68.64	117.57
86	Panama`PAN`Central America	88.67	78.93	98.53
87	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	86.73	85.12	88.34
88	Guyana`GUY`South America	85.16	71.58	101.43
89	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	83.01	75.68	90.98
90	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	81.55	77.06	86.35
91	Paraguay`PRY`South America	81.44	73.05	90.12
92	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	79.93	68.00	93.53
93	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	76.59	68.42	85.90
94	Venezuela`VEN`South America	75.29	66.97	84.60
95	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	74.75	65.34	87.12
96	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	73.26	71.13	75.41
97	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	72.11	64.69	80.44
98	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	71.81	67.80	75.94
99	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	70.09	68.34	71.83
100	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	69.80	59.58	82.12
101	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	63.84	54.67	74.43
102	Uruguay`URY`South America	60.54	59.07	62.09
103	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	56.10	54.95	57.27
104	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	49.39	48.44	50.34
105	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	49.37	48.22	50.54
106	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	47.61	46.69	48.59
107	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	44.53	41.41	48.02
108	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	44.32	42.17	46.57
109	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	43.90	43.02	44.81
110	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	42.61	40.24	44.97
111	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	40.52	39.56	41.46
112	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	40.00	36.75	43.45
113	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	39.94	37.58	42.47
114	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	37.96	37.20	38.75
115	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	37.29	35.89	38.77
116	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	36.73	34.40	39.14
117	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	33.65	31.41	36.02
118	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	33.11	31.19	35.11
119	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	32.87	32.25	33.48
120	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	32.53	31.87	33.20
121	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	31.16	30.60	31.73
122	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	31.06	29.19	33.06
123	Canada`CAN`Northern America	30.51	29.98	31.05
124	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	29.61	27.53	31.87
125	United States`USA`Northern America	28.92	28.43	29.39
126	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	25.76	25.30	26.24
127	France`FRA`Western Europe	25.67	25.18	26.18
128	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	25.59	25.10	26.13
129	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	25.34	24.84	25.89
130	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	24.21	22.69	25.86
131	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	23.80	23.34	24.26
132	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	23.79	23.33	24.28
133	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	23.71	23.28	24.18
134	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	21.55	21.08	22.04
135	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	20.68	19.54	21.92
136	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	19.74	19.41	20.07
137	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	18.60	18.24	19.00

02In 1962

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

1Yemen420.13
2Sierra Leone378.69
3Malawi356.86
4South Sudan347.19
5Gambia346.38

Lowest

137Sweden18.60
136Netherlands19.74
135Iceland20.68
134Norway21.55
133Australia23.71

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 123.21. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Lower bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestYemen366.66
LowestSweden18.24
Middle country: 116.17
Upper bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestSouth Sudan487.63
LowestSweden19.00
Middle country: 141.23

031961 → 1962

Since 1961

What changed between 1961 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+2 / −0countries joined / left
135values changed, of 135 in both
4 · 131rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Senegal295.36 → 296.01+0.64
Algeria239.50 → 240.00+0.50
Cuba44.39 → 44.53+0.14
Lesotho184.31 → 184.35+0.04

Fell most

Libya259.02 → 242.49−16.53
Oman354.37 → 338.98−15.40
Bahrain181.32 → 166.25−15.07
Dominica124.33 → 113.26−11.07
Egypt313.99 → 303.42−10.57

+ Maldives

+ Tunisia

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

One year of the 2025 release
Every year in this series comes from UN IGME’s 2025 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1962.
The position is ours
UN IGME publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 137 countries has every column.

05The files

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UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME) (1962). Under-Five Mortality Rate, 1962 [data set], describing 1962. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/under-five-mortality/1962

0673 held

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