Data for 1967

Under-Five Mortality Rate, 1967

Name: Under-Five Mortality Rate, 1967
Creator: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME)
License: https://data.unicef.org/

1967, as UN IGME’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Under-Five Mortality Rate, 1967 covers 149 countries on 3 measures. South Sudan is highest, at 407.03; Sweden is lowest, at 14.92. The middle country reads 103.88. Against 1966, 146 values changed (9 up, 137 down), 3 countries joined.

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Under-Five Mortality Rate · Data for 1967

HighestSouth Sudan

407.03

LowestSweden

14.92

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

149countries
3measures per country
1967the year it describes
149distinct 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, 1967, 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, 1967: every country, as published by UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME).
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1	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	407.03	285.02	587.31
2	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	404.38	358.36	454.71
3	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	371.88	335.04	411.69
4	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	349.04	318.68	382.35
5	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	349.02	307.90	397.11
6	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	329.34	286.70	379.32
7	Niger`NER`Western Africa	321.07	268.40	382.75
8	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	320.06	282.92	359.91
9	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	314.84	277.73	357.36
10	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	314.01	278.30	353.67
11	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	305.38	270.88	345.73
12	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	299.16	267.36	335.94
13	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	295.91	275.59	317.37
14	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	287.90	238.04	347.67
15	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	287.37	258.76	319.14
16	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	274.08	211.71	352.85
17	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	272.97	250.33	298.63
18	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	269.38	227.99	316.19
19	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	266.94	238.92	297.70
20	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	262.53	244.21	281.41
21	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	260.86	235.76	289.13
22	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	259.12	227.18	294.21
23	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	250.78	200.72	308.70
24	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	246.37	213.37	282.76
25	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	245.24	216.65	279.11
26	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	244.56	207.82	290.40
27	Bolivia`BOL`South America	243.80	223.49	265.68
28	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	240.50	215.61	268.16
29	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	237.60	216.30	263.43
30	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	228.47	213.08	244.51
31	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	224.36	202.22	249.03
32	India`IND`Southern Asia	222.12	209.27	235.41
33	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	212.97	190.95	236.97
34	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	210.96	192.30	231.69
35	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	209.66	187.97	233.89
36	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	207.30	191.53	225.15
37	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	203.00	192.93	213.67
38	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	202.42	186.13	219.64
39	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	202.30	188.20	217.36
40	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	200.60	176.00	227.69
41	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	187.80	169.80	207.65
42	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	185.47	171.53	200.57
43	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	184.50	169.23	201.48
44	Peru`PER`South America	183.60	171.68	196.31
45	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	183.32	172.03	195.59
46	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	182.95	156.20	215.65
47	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	181.07	156.09	209.12
48	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	173.42	141.28	224.63
49	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	171.24	151.00	195.92
50	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	170.73	146.92	198.35
51	Honduras`HND`Central America	163.01	150.92	177.16
52	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	162.89	150.26	176.42
53	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	160.01	148.81	172.00
54	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	158.39	141.50	177.98
55	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	157.42	141.23	174.88
56	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	150.12	127.25	178.41
57	Ecuador`ECU`South America	145.41	131.39	160.49
58	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	144.19	103.37	188.27
59	Brazil`BRA`South America	141.62	132.10	151.61
60	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	138.06	119.79	158.75
61	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	132.87	124.09	142.37
62	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	129.48	116.01	144.46
63	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	128.79	113.42	145.62
64	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	128.54	112.57	146.94
65	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	126.58	107.54	149.18
66	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	123.23	112.37	134.55
67	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	122.09	97.26	153.45
68	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	120.26	104.89	138.11
69	Mexico`MEX`Central America	118.61	108.33	129.85
70	Belize`BLZ`Central America	114.92	79.04	166.50
71	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	114.03	105.66	123.55
72	Colombia`COL`South America	108.35	100.84	116.53
73	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	104.97	91.59	119.55
74	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	104.68	97.49	112.54
75	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	103.88	85.79	124.69
76	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	97.49	95.02	100.04
77	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	96.34	71.54	129.82
78	Chile`CHL`South America	93.39	91.22	95.58
79	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	93.35	78.17	110.47
80	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	90.57	56.69	132.02
81	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	90.08	68.40	118.90
82	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	89.61	85.08	94.37
83	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	89.01	82.25	96.36
84	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	88.51	77.62	100.94
85	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	87.13	78.04	96.81
86	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	85.57	74.78	96.96
87	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	84.83	83.27	86.43
88	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	84.57	69.04	103.79
89	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	84.49	66.16	108.17
90	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	81.89	69.38	96.59
91	Paraguay`PRY`South America	79.37	72.61	86.62
92	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	77.68	76.06	79.29
93	Panama`PAN`Central America	76.95	68.93	85.07
94	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	76.48	70.40	83.48
95	Guyana`GUY`South America	75.84	64.25	89.10
96	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	75.49	73.93	77.09
97	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	71.62	68.77	74.54
98	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	69.72	62.68	77.33
99	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	69.13	52.93	90.55
100	Venezuela`VEN`South America	67.51	59.74	75.32
101	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	63.68	62.09	65.30
102	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	62.88	58.07	68.09
103	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	62.69	54.26	72.58
104	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	62.44	51.53	76.34
105	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	62.19	52.01	74.69
106	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	60.45	48.03	76.29
107	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	59.41	53.11	66.72
108	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	58.11	48.08	70.08
109	Uruguay`URY`South America	56.98	55.92	58.10
110	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	56.95	53.33	60.88
111	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	55.90	52.32	59.75
112	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	55.52	48.21	63.71
113	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	55.25	53.38	57.14
114	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	43.57	40.31	46.98
115	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	42.11	37.51	47.91
116	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	42.00	41.05	42.99
117	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	40.60	39.71	41.44
118	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	38.24	37.54	38.98
119	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	37.80	37.05	38.57
120	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	37.13	36.35	37.95
121	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	36.45	35.60	37.32
122	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	33.58	31.38	35.49
123	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	31.92	30.49	33.44
124	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	31.78	31.05	32.55
125	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	31.17	29.39	33.00
126	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	30.51	29.88	31.14
127	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	30.18	28.51	32.01
128	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	27.87	26.59	29.21
129	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	26.25	25.76	26.72
130	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	26.13	24.66	27.68
131	United States`USA`Northern America	25.68	25.27	26.11
132	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	25.64	24.06	27.33
133	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	25.51	24.98	26.05
134	Canada`CAN`Northern America	24.95	24.53	25.40
135	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	24.77	23.22	26.50
136	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	24.09	22.73	25.51
137	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	23.10	21.54	24.77
138	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	22.22	21.79	22.67
139	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	22.04	21.61	22.46
140	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	21.97	21.53	22.39
141	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	20.98	20.58	21.37
142	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	20.74	20.33	21.13
143	France`FRA`Western Europe	20.62	20.23	21.02
144	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	19.00	18.57	19.41
145	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	18.38	18.01	18.74
146	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	18.24	17.83	18.67
147	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	17.86	16.77	19.02
148	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	17.40	17.11	17.71
149	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	14.92	14.62	15.22

02In 1967

At either end

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

Highest

1South Sudan407.03
2Mali404.38
3Yemen371.88
4Sierra Leone349.04
5Malawi349.02

Lowest

149Sweden14.92
148Netherlands17.40
147Iceland17.86
146Norway18.24
145Finland18.38

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 103.88. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Lower bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestMali358.36
LowestSweden14.62
Middle country: 91.22
Upper bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestSouth Sudan587.31
LowestSweden15.22
Middle country: 119.55

031966 → 1967

Since 1966

What changed between 1966 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+3 / −0countries joined / left
146values changed, of 146 in both
9 · 137rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Romania56.73 → 63.68+6.95
Mauritius91.01 → 97.49+6.48
Rwanda208.77 → 210.96+2.19
Burundi244.22 → 246.37+2.15
Mozambique273.26 → 274.08+0.83

Fell most

Oman282.80 → 269.38−13.42
Libya183.69 → 170.73−12.96
Yemen383.67 → 371.88−11.79
Tunisia224.58 → 212.97−11.61
Chile104.13 → 93.39−10.74

+ Belize

+ Namibia

+ Niger

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

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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 1967.
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UN IGME publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 149 countries has every column.

05The files

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UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME) (1967). Under-Five Mortality Rate, 1967 [data set], describing 1967. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/under-five-mortality/1967

0673 held

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