Data for 1972

Under-Five Mortality Rate, 1972

Name: Under-Five Mortality Rate, 1972
Creator: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME)
License: https://data.unicef.org/

1972, as UN IGME’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Under-Five Mortality Rate, 1972 covers 167 countries on 3 measures. Mali is highest, at 371.84; Sweden is lowest, at 12.25. The middle country reads 83.51. Against 1971, 165 values changed (14 up, 151 down), 2 countries joined.

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Under-Five Mortality Rate · Data for 1972

HighestMali

371.84

LowestSweden

12.25

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

167countries
3measures per country
1972the year it describes
167distinct values13 decimals, as published
Sep 9, 2026read from the publisher
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01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Under-Five Mortality Rate, 1972, 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, 1972: every country, as published by UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME).
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1	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	371.84	338.75	407.90
2	Niger`NER`Western Africa	340.89	304.59	381.56
3	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	337.91	297.31	385.09
4	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	330.07	302.47	361.20
5	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	321.47	291.33	354.05
6	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	317.47	280.67	357.34
7	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	314.59	280.75	352.93
8	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	314.28	225.35	440.23
9	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	308.99	282.32	337.54
10	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	303.01	274.81	335.20
11	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	289.03	250.87	331.38
12	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	282.53	249.07	320.95
13	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	277.34	260.24	295.16
14	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	276.85	248.74	308.27
15	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	271.45	224.29	329.46
16	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	268.00	238.81	300.92
17	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	255.98	233.41	280.86
18	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	252.05	223.51	282.99
19	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	250.73	231.24	272.94
20	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	249.93	198.20	316.45
21	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	241.48	227.20	256.83
22	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	237.68	186.26	299.34
23	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	237.00	203.05	275.62
24	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	234.88	215.20	256.47
25	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	230.63	207.62	256.15
26	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	230.07	208.85	253.75
27	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	228.82	215.61	243.13
28	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	227.84	210.09	247.80
29	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	226.37	205.45	249.35
30	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	219.97	179.15	267.87
31	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	218.29	190.53	250.86
32	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	215.99	196.56	238.80
33	Bolivia`BOL`South America	212.84	198.10	229.26
34	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	208.24	190.39	228.40
35	India`IND`Southern Asia	208.17	198.60	218.55
36	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	206.24	177.66	237.78
37	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	201.02	180.91	222.73
38	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	199.22	191.24	207.19
39	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	195.05	174.43	217.79
40	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	193.21	171.17	218.60
41	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	184.35	171.28	197.96
42	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	183.47	170.77	197.38
43	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	180.19	152.57	213.01
44	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	175.05	163.70	187.15
45	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	169.97	155.21	185.81
46	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	167.62	151.80	185.34
47	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	166.07	136.18	204.02
48	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	161.89	146.57	178.71
49	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	160.28	149.14	172.43
50	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	159.69	135.16	190.99
51	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	159.42	119.61	214.20
52	Peru`PER`South America	157.56	147.96	167.67
53	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	157.03	145.19	169.32
54	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	155.58	146.72	164.89
55	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	153.74	115.51	203.79
56	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	153.25	135.40	173.32
57	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	149.71	132.09	172.06
58	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	146.72	120.34	184.98
59	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	143.16	133.34	153.57
60	Honduras`HND`Central America	134.90	124.03	148.54
61	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	133.84	118.23	149.34
62	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	132.34	116.58	150.04
63	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	129.67	101.22	169.39
64	Ecuador`ECU`South America	129.18	117.47	142.16
65	Brazil`BRA`South America	125.62	117.66	134.21
66	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	122.39	108.36	138.32
67	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	120.18	108.57	132.94
68	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	117.85	98.97	140.36
69	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	116.78	109.39	124.90
70	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	115.94	101.85	131.30
71	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	114.10	88.62	139.09
72	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	102.27	92.27	113.66
73	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	100.78	88.67	112.98
74	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	99.38	78.75	126.17
75	Mexico`MEX`Central America	99.37	91.15	108.11
76	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	98.99	84.84	115.17
77	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	97.71	81.19	117.43
78	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	93.86	85.75	102.60
79	Belize`BLZ`Central America	91.97	71.46	118.32
80	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	90.37	84.44	96.96
81	Colombia`COL`South America	90.31	84.25	97.06
82	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	87.03	74.37	101.29
83	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	86.65	70.33	107.42
84	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	83.51	69.32	100.41
85	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	82.12	74.78	90.11
86	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	81.67	79.63	83.66
87	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	81.32	75.93	87.31
88	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	79.09	68.63	91.14
89	Chile`CHL`South America	77.42	75.63	79.20
90	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	76.44	60.92	95.03
91	Paraguay`PRY`South America	76.43	69.85	83.78
92	Guyana`GUY`South America	73.58	63.26	85.79
93	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	73.31	63.83	83.60
94	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	72.78	54.04	96.23
95	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	72.04	68.88	75.43
96	Argentina`ARG`South America	69.67	66.45	73.12
97	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	68.32	64.98	71.79
98	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	65.90	62.26	69.65
99	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	65.00	53.94	77.62
100	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	64.50	63.34	65.73
101	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	64.10	56.71	72.71
102	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	62.00	48.55	79.38
103	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	61.91	44.60	86.21
104	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	61.85	57.85	66.06
105	Panama`PAN`Central America	61.50	55.47	68.07
106	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	60.73	51.09	71.75
107	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	60.14	57.77	62.55
108	Venezuela`VEN`South America	59.35	53.15	65.45
109	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	59.15	49.46	71.05
110	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	57.85	56.70	59.04
111	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	57.41	45.74	71.63
112	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	56.01	49.52	63.34
113	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	53.68	50.56	57.35
114	Uruguay`URY`South America	53.21	52.26	54.23
115	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	51.52	44.90	59.03
116	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	51.41	44.34	59.52
117	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	50.70	47.80	53.68
118	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	50.01	39.17	64.03
119	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	49.61	43.45	56.72
120	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	47.09	45.99	48.25
121	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	46.13	44.19	48.10
122	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	45.88	40.96	51.24
123	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	43.82	36.39	52.81
124	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	43.59	41.14	46.22
125	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	43.50	35.63	53.35
126	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	43.16	41.38	45.00
127	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	42.29	34.87	51.64
128	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	38.22	37.30	39.12
129	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	36.53	31.97	41.29
130	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	34.75	30.80	39.34
131	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	32.33	31.70	33.00
132	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	31.74	22.64	44.88
133	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	31.05	29.12	33.08
134	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	30.24	29.56	30.89
135	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	29.81	29.21	30.45
136	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	28.86	27.25	30.67
137	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	28.39	27.71	29.03
138	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	28.18	27.00	29.45
139	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	28.08	26.49	29.65
140	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	27.95	27.36	28.60
141	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	27.44	25.15	29.96
142	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	27.16	26.63	27.70
143	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	25.23	23.98	26.55
144	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	24.02	23.58	24.48
145	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	23.96	23.26	24.72
146	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	23.44	21.94	25.03
147	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	22.21	20.87	23.62
148	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	21.87	21.48	22.30
149	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	21.68	20.48	22.96
150	United States`USA`Northern America	21.47	21.12	21.84
151	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	21.41	20.96	21.88
152	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	21.16	19.68	22.68
153	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	21.02	20.39	21.64
154	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	20.29	19.90	20.70
155	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	20.04	19.65	20.44
156	Canada`CAN`Northern America	19.94	19.60	20.30
157	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	19.92	18.71	21.18
158	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	19.84	19.45	20.24
159	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	16.67	16.34	17.03
160	France`FRA`Western Europe	16.62	16.28	16.94
161	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	15.69	15.40	15.99
162	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	14.96	14.58	15.34
163	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	14.86	14.51	15.22
164	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	14.75	13.78	15.77
165	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	14.69	14.44	14.95
166	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	14.62	14.26	14.98
167	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	12.25	11.99	12.52

02In 1972

At either end

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

Highest

1Mali371.84
2Niger340.89
3Afghanistan337.91
4Malawi330.07
5Sierra Leone321.47

Lowest

167Sweden12.25
166Finland14.62
165Netherlands14.69
164Iceland14.75
163Denmark14.86

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 83.51. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Lower bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestMali338.75
LowestSweden11.99
Middle country: 74.78
Upper bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestSouth Sudan440.23
LowestSweden12.52
Middle country: 96.96

031971 → 1972

Since 1971

What changed between 1971 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+2 / −0countries joined / left
165values changed, of 165 in both
14 · 151rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Burundi249.99 → 317.47+67.49
Ethiopia249.26 → 289.03+39.76
Nicaragua170.77 → 193.21+22.44
Vietnam107.63 → 122.39+14.77
Rwanda223.99 → 227.84+3.86

Fell most

Bangladesh366.99 → 228.82−138.17
Oman218.31 → 206.24−12.07
Yemen320.95 → 308.99−11.96
Maldives248.13 → 237.00−11.13
Tunisia171.24 → 161.89−9.35

+ Saudi Arabia

+ Tajikistan

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 1972.
The position is ours
UN IGME publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 167 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME) (1972). Under-Five Mortality Rate, 1972 [data set], describing 1972. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/under-five-mortality/1972

0673 held

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