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Under-Five Mortality Rate, 1998

1998, as UN IGME’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Under-Five Mortality Rate, 1998 covers 200 countries on 3 measures. South Sudan is highest, at 430.799; Sweden is lowest, at 4.228. The middle country reads 33.353. Against 1997, 199 values changed (16 up, 183 down), the same countries are covered.

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Under-Five Mortality Rate · Data for 1998

HighestSouth Sudan

430.799

LowestSweden

4.228

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

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Under-Five Mortality Rate, 1998, as published. UN IGME ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 200 countries · select a heading to sort

Under-Five Mortality Rate, 1998: every country, as published by UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME).
derived
1South SudanSSDEastern Africa430.799361.190510.4765
2NigerNERWestern Africa247.178229.599266.3565
3Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa233.124217.671249.7839
4LiberiaLBRWestern Africa220.688203.804238.9307
5RwandaRWAEastern Africa213.873200.236228.4831
6MaliMLIWestern Africa200.857188.440214.1292
7AngolaAGOMiddle Africa198.393176.037223.8015
8DR CongoCODMiddle Africa195.550177.761215.6270
9MalawiMWIEastern Africa191.168180.055203.4434
10NigeriaNGAWestern Africa189.405178.323201.5908
11ChadTCDMiddle Africa188.963174.414204.8985
12Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa184.970166.817205.1239
13MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa183.919169.917198.9622
14Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa183.424170.710197.1487
15GuineaGINWestern Africa179.655166.844193.4031
16Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia178.015161.181195.9330
17SomaliaSOMEastern Africa173.230136.028226.0579
18Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa170.139154.287188.2766
19ZambiaZMBEastern Africa162.451151.643174.0170
20Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa162.249145.303185.1108
21BurundiBDIEastern Africa160.814145.620177.9723
22UgandaUGAEastern Africa154.205144.629164.3805
23EthiopiaETHEastern Africa152.524142.289163.8266
24SudanSDNNorthern Africa148.349135.774162.3930
25CameroonCMRMiddle Africa147.796136.525160.5225

02In 1998

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1South Sudan430.799
  2. 2Niger247.178
  3. 3Sierra Leone233.124
  4. 4Liberia220.688
  5. 5Rwanda213.873

Lowest

  1. 200Sweden4.228
  2. 199Singapore4.345
  3. 198Iceland4.386
  4. 197Finland4.558
  5. 196Japan4.969

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 33.353. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Lower bound (90% uncertainty)

    HighestSouth Sudan361.190

    LowestAndorra3.810

    Middle country: 29.133

  • Upper bound (90% uncertainty)

    HighestSouth Sudan510.4765

    LowestSweden4.3853

    Middle country: 37.7718

031997 → 1998

Since 1997

What changed between 1997 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 199values changed, of 200 in both
  • 16 · 183rose · fell
  • 1unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

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

Read before you use

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 1998.

  • The position is ours

    UN IGME publishes values only; the order is this site’s.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 200 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 3.0 IGO · what it allows, in plain words

Cite this edition

UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME) (1998). Under-Five Mortality Rate, 1998 [data set], describing 1998. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/under-five-mortality/1998

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07Questions

Under-Five Mortality Rate, 1998: questions and answers

Which country has the highest under-five mortality rate in Under-Five Mortality Rate, 1998?

South Sudan, at 430.799, of the 200 countries in the file.

What year does Under-Five Mortality Rate, 1998 describe?

1998.

How many countries does Under-Five Mortality Rate, 1998 cover?

200.

Where can I download Under-Five Mortality Rate, 1998?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Under-Five Mortality Rate, 1998 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Under-Five Mortality Rate, 2024.

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