Data for 1970

Under-Five Mortality Rate, 1970

Name: Under-Five Mortality Rate, 1970
Creator: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME)
License: https://data.unicef.org/

1970, as UN IGME’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Under-Five Mortality Rate, 1970 covers 160 countries on 3 measures. South Sudan is highest, at 405.25; Sweden is lowest, at 13.39. The middle country reads 93.15. Against 1969, 159 values changed (9 up, 150 down), 1 country joined.

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Under-Five Mortality Rate · Data for 1970

HighestSouth Sudan

405.25

LowestSweden

13.39

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

160countries
3measures per country
1970the year it describes
160distinct 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, 1970, 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, 1970: 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	405.25	285.522	576.15
2	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	387.43	345.184	435.89
3	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	385.12	347.783	425.64
4	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	341.71	311.657	375.76
5	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	333.46	303.543	366.00
6	Niger`NER`Western Africa	332.93	293.419	377.75
7	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	332.07	301.147	365.54
8	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	320.97	283.585	364.33
9	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	311.44	280.675	346.12
10	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	300.05	264.158	341.44
11	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	295.57	260.828	334.81
12	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	288.32	270.244	307.31
13	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	285.87	256.099	319.03
14	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	273.29	221.399	339.36
15	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	271.03	254.213	288.68
16	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	267.81	242.563	295.50
17	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	262.69	203.190	339.44
18	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	259.72	239.057	282.80
19	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	258.48	219.090	304.56
20	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	254.88	224.919	287.63
21	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	249.95	234.192	266.46
22	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	249.80	220.258	282.15
23	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	249.57	210.514	293.19
24	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	245.60	224.006	269.54
25	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	245.57	221.973	271.53
26	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	244.76	185.303	320.17
27	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	240.53	214.617	270.48
28	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	232.12	180.285	292.89
29	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	231.09	208.453	256.11
30	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	230.97	197.664	267.63
31	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	227.83	197.507	264.37
32	Bolivia`BOL`South America	225.36	208.919	243.48
33	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	225.06	204.508	248.69
34	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	220.28	202.670	240.63
35	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	215.00	195.752	236.60
36	India`IND`Southern Asia	214.38	203.996	225.68
37	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	214.16	192.527	237.41
38	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	202.79	195.334	210.25
39	Peru`PER`South America	200.13	187.343	213.47
40	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	194.52	172.261	218.85
41	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	191.91	178.251	206.89
42	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	190.77	176.492	205.69
43	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	185.64	173.497	198.77
44	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	180.94	163.753	199.68
45	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	180.18	164.254	196.86
46	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	175.54	159.311	193.67
47	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	173.51	151.409	198.79
48	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	173.05	137.744	218.12
49	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	170.47	158.348	183.41
50	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	169.93	144.006	203.00
51	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	166.32	156.488	176.60
52	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	159.02	146.977	171.74
53	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	158.58	139.679	182.54
54	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	156.90	127.837	201.16
55	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	150.22	140.058	161.34
56	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	149.29	128.768	172.75
57	Honduras`HND`Central America	145.88	134.496	159.93
58	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	143.07	126.708	160.65
59	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	140.85	125.214	158.20
60	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	136.66	115.872	160.82
61	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	136.63	110.542	171.33
62	Ecuador`ECU`South America	136.54	124.001	150.56
63	Brazil`BRA`South America	132.09	123.720	141.33
64	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	126.69	94.555	159.33
65	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	125.32	110.196	142.03
66	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	123.85	116.005	132.46
67	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	122.27	108.989	137.64
68	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	112.17	100.988	124.59
69	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	112.10	96.558	128.26
70	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	110.54	95.833	127.10
71	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	110.42	95.870	127.13
72	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	108.02	85.399	136.85
73	Mexico`MEX`Central America	106.90	97.997	116.43
74	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	104.83	95.651	114.39
75	Belize`BLZ`Central America	100.28	75.489	133.23
76	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	99.75	92.997	107.56
77	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	99.63	86.111	115.43
78	Colombia`COL`South America	97.73	91.106	104.99
79	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	96.99	78.998	119.51
80	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	96.48	83.251	111.79
81	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	89.83	83.782	96.33
82	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	86.14	68.602	109.12
83	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	83.19	75.175	91.89
84	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	82.60	66.809	100.84
85	Chile`CHL`South America	80.66	78.698	82.66
86	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	80.55	57.470	108.70
87	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	79.02	76.732	81.40
88	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	78.61	68.879	89.36
89	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	78.13	68.499	88.98
90	Paraguay`PRY`South America	77.91	71.365	85.18
91	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	75.81	71.538	80.48
92	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	74.77	73.364	76.20
93	Guyana`GUY`South America	73.98	63.148	86.60
94	Argentina`ARG`South America	71.77	68.891	74.72
95	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	71.61	59.786	85.05
96	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	71.02	67.881	74.33
97	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	70.13	63.727	76.84
98	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	70.07	67.332	72.89
99	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	69.94	54.774	89.55
100	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	69.23	57.236	83.44
101	Panama`PAN`Central America	68.62	61.794	75.70
102	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	68.22	66.756	69.85
103	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	65.72	50.658	84.48
104	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	64.21	59.549	69.11
105	Venezuela`VEN`South America	63.03	56.247	69.66
106	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	61.36	57.208	66.21
107	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	60.11	50.058	72.62
108	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	57.74	51.054	65.17
109	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	57.33	44.554	74.27
110	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	56.62	50.278	63.81
111	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	56.15	48.535	64.73
112	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	55.69	52.134	59.53
113	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	55.31	53.828	56.76
114	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	54.82	52.630	57.06
115	Uruguay`URY`South America	54.14	53.163	55.14
116	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	51.89	45.363	59.45
117	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	49.27	40.112	60.99
118	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	49.11	46.272	52.15
119	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	48.89	40.158	59.87
120	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	48.72	44.398	53.42
121	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	48.56	40.218	58.81
122	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	47.95	46.083	49.86
123	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	38.87	38.010	39.73
124	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	38.14	33.720	43.50
125	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	36.05	35.250	36.95
126	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	33.57	32.918	34.24
127	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	32.33	31.585	33.07
128	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	32.25	29.649	35.12
129	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	31.63	31.045	32.24
130	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	31.37	30.725	32.01
131	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	30.29	27.779	33.02
132	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	30.05	28.199	31.58
133	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	29.52	27.825	31.33
134	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	29.08	28.463	29.69
135	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	28.86	27.172	30.48
136	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	27.91	26.585	29.34
137	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	27.12	26.432	27.81
138	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	25.64	25.082	26.21
139	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	24.25	22.746	25.90
140	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	23.92	23.482	24.41
141	United States`USA`Northern America	23.25	22.879	23.64
142	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	23.06	21.639	24.52
143	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	22.98	22.334	23.62
144	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	22.35	21.063	23.68
145	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	22.21	21.732	22.71
146	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	22.17	20.938	23.46
147	Canada`CAN`Northern America	21.95	21.589	22.34
148	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	21.46	21.061	21.88
149	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	21.39	19.958	22.90
150	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	21.03	20.634	21.43
151	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	20.76	20.369	21.17
152	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	18.38	18.032	18.74
153	France`FRA`Western Europe	18.23	17.887	18.58
154	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	17.45	17.133	17.79
155	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	16.64	16.258	17.04
156	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	16.23	15.845	16.65
157	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	16.11	15.732	16.48
158	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	15.96	14.928	17.06
159	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	15.82	15.552	16.10
160	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	13.39	13.108	13.68

02In 1970

At either end

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

Highest

1South Sudan405.25
2Nigeria387.43
3Mali385.12
4Malawi341.71
5Yemen333.46

Lowest

160Sweden13.39
159Netherlands15.82
158Iceland15.96
157Finland16.11
156Norway16.23

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 93.15. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Lower bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestMali347.783
LowestSweden13.108
Middle country: 78.848
Upper bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestSouth Sudan576.15
LowestSweden13.68
Middle country: 108.13

031969 → 1970

Since 1969

What changed between 1969 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
159values changed, of 159 in both
9 · 150rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Bangladesh226.97 → 271.03+44.06
Peru172.51 → 200.13+27.62
Niger328.77 → 332.93+4.16
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines60.31 → 64.21+3.90
Rwanda216.81 → 220.28+3.48

Fell most

Yemen346.48 → 333.46−13.01
Oman243.61 → 230.97−12.64
Libya147.20 → 136.66−10.54
Tunisia191.12 → 180.94−10.18
Maldives268.38 → 258.48−9.91

+ Comoros

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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Cite this edition

UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME) (1970). Under-Five Mortality Rate, 1970 [data set], describing 1970. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/under-five-mortality/1970

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