Data for 1999

Under-Five Mortality Rate, 1999

Name: Under-Five Mortality Rate, 1999
Creator: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME)
License: https://data.unicef.org/

1999, as UN IGME’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Under-Five Mortality Rate, 1999 covers 200 countries on 3 measures. Niger is highest, at 237.516; Singapore is lowest, at 4.100. The middle country reads 31.566. Against 1998, 199 values changed (14 up, 185 down), the same countries are covered.

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Under-Five Mortality Rate · Data for 1999

HighestNiger

237.516

LowestSingapore

4.100

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

200countries
3measures per country
1999the year it describes
200distinct values14 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, 1999, 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, 1999: every country, as published by UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME).
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1	Niger`NER`Western Africa	237.516	220.024	256.58
2	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	228.198	212.923	244.26
3	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	208.013	192.210	225.18
4	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	200.594	181.457	220.79
5	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	200.586	187.834	214.33
6	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	195.582	183.472	208.54
7	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	192.153	169.943	217.20
8	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	190.358	172.889	209.96
9	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	189.029	158.855	223.73
10	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	185.773	171.158	201.59
11	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	183.606	172.871	195.16
12	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	182.291	171.429	194.06
13	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	179.882	161.738	199.84
14	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	179.828	167.330	193.49
15	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	174.081	160.938	188.36
16	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	173.230	136.028	226.06
17	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	172.626	160.218	186.02
18	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	167.984	152.429	186.27
19	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	158.571	141.592	181.54
20	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	158.052	147.228	169.56
21	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	156.878	142.185	173.43
22	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	149.578	140.151	159.32
23	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	146.351	135.096	158.94
24	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	146.334	136.391	157.24
25	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	143.588	133.459	155.18
26	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	138.257	129.234	147.80
27	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	135.954	125.919	146.89
28	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	135.501	126.720	144.83
29	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	133.837	126.006	141.96
30	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	122.762	114.060	132.62
31	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	117.652	107.505	128.48
32	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	113.703	101.585	127.51
33	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	112.105	102.651	122.52
34	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	111.076	106.454	115.79
35	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	110.216	99.542	122.33
36	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	109.273	101.653	117.55
37	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	107.614	96.179	120.44
38	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	106.624	97.987	115.77
39	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	106.286	97.255	116.44
40	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	105.327	96.358	115.34
41	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	104.547	95.989	114.41
42	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	103.918	97.858	109.98
43	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	102.005	93.324	111.98
44	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	101.652	79.606	130.15
45	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	100.532	86.112	118.97
46	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	99.691	90.672	110.22
47	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	99.465	92.568	106.97
48	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	97.418	89.520	106.04
49	India`IND`Southern Asia	95.427	91.882	99.10
50	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	91.378	83.785	100.01
51	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	91.196	88.123	94.35
52	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	87.631	77.264	99.44
53	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	85.037	77.185	93.83
54	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	83.556	78.256	89.31
55	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	83.036	69.566	96.32
56	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	82.226	73.418	92.03
57	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	79.327	71.048	89.09
58	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	78.513	58.085	117.88
59	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	78.064	68.515	89.33
60	Bolivia`BOL`South America	75.270	70.412	80.61
61	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	74.860	66.135	85.16
62	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	73.054	65.435	81.95
63	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	71.878	63.018	82.84
64	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	68.725	62.773	74.88
65	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	67.788	60.293	76.44
66	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	67.486	62.146	73.46
67	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	63.047	55.760	71.55
68	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	54.685	49.769	60.35
69	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	53.979	49.780	58.42
70	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	53.908	51.122	56.81
71	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	53.552	48.391	59.23
72	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	52.809	43.851	63.51
73	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	50.188	47.010	53.38
74	Guyana`GUY`South America	47.990	43.131	53.40
75	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	45.306	41.221	49.82
76	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	44.696	40.991	49.05
77	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	44.096	39.943	48.83
78	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	44.074	39.846	48.71
79	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	43.168	40.425	45.98
80	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	42.973	37.344	49.64
81	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	42.588	35.977	50.10
82	Peru`PER`South America	41.659	39.213	44.14
83	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	40.809	37.634	44.08
84	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	40.074	36.713	43.94
85	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	40.015	38.897	41.20
86	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	39.765	31.884	49.75
87	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	39.443	35.161	44.35
88	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	39.079	36.970	41.46
89	Honduras`HND`Central America	38.998	35.761	42.50
90	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	38.395	34.861	42.66
91	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	38.055	33.532	43.37
92	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	37.681	34.944	40.67
93	Brazil`BRA`South America	36.783	34.400	39.36
94	Paraguay`PRY`South America	34.492	28.938	40.99
95	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	34.236	30.915	37.83
96	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	34.057	28.405	40.51
97	Suriname`SUR`South America	32.158	27.240	37.66
98	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	32.133	25.103	40.58
99	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	32.093	28.707	35.47
100	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	31.765	27.009	36.28
101	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	31.367	27.449	35.68
102	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	31.345	28.900	33.89
103	Ecuador`ECU`South America	31.341	27.768	35.37
104	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	31.032	27.595	34.76
105	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	29.201	25.290	34.13
106	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	28.977	26.946	31.25
107	Mexico`MEX`Central America	28.783	26.853	30.91
108	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	28.309	25.531	31.40
109	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	27.466	23.756	31.76
110	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	27.082	23.218	31.53
111	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	26.630	24.632	28.81
112	Panama`PAN`Central America	26.360	23.057	29.57
113	Colombia`COL`South America	25.872	23.777	28.14
114	Belize`BLZ`Central America	25.401	23.594	27.28
115	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	24.806	22.316	27.55
116	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	24.138	21.722	26.78
117	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	23.278	20.685	26.16
118	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	22.934	22.411	23.46
119	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	22.812	20.134	25.06
120	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	22.770	21.503	24.15
121	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	22.547	20.921	24.31
122	Venezuela`VEN`South America	22.381	21.978	22.80
123	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	21.713	19.114	24.40
124	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	21.148	18.233	24.69
125	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	20.976	17.886	24.57
126	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	20.343	19.454	21.25
127	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	20.174	19.791	20.57
128	Argentina`ARG`South America	20.024	19.649	20.42
129	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	19.473	17.297	21.83
130	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	19.056	17.893	20.35
131	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	18.920	17.270	21.15
132	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	18.550	17.545	19.61
133	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	18.294	17.889	18.73
134	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	17.741	15.458	20.33
135	Uruguay`URY`South America	17.580	17.170	18.00
136	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	17.317	14.907	20.11
137	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	17.148	14.119	20.66
138	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	16.939	16.256	17.64
139	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	16.863	16.544	17.19
140	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	16.207	15.268	17.26
141	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	15.840	14.483	17.30
142	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	15.386	14.680	16.12
143	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	15.178	13.647	16.97
144	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	14.612	13.877	15.39
145	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	14.498	9.440	22.14
146	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	14.257	13.226	15.35
147	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	13.811	12.453	15.33
148	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	13.677	13.371	13.99
149	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	13.619	13.323	13.92
150	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	13.255	12.870	13.64
151	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	13.182	12.593	13.80
152	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	13.052	12.663	13.44
153	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	12.943	12.332	13.61
154	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	12.464	9.570	16.09
155	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	12.427	8.606	17.91
156	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	11.965	11.385	12.57
157	Chile`CHL`South America	11.450	11.201	11.71
158	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	11.121	10.649	11.62
159	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	10.957	10.353	11.59
160	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	10.728	10.529	10.93
161	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	10.635	10.338	10.95
162	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	10.631	9.997	11.33
163	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	10.228	9.855	10.61
164	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	10.018	9.720	10.32
165	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	10.006	9.776	10.22
166	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	8.935	7.948	10.06
167	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	8.641	8.369	8.94
168	United States`USA`Northern America	8.585	8.440	8.73
169	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	7.999	7.691	8.32
170	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	7.982	3.797	16.91
171	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	7.905	7.242	8.63
172	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	7.671	7.473	7.89
173	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	7.599	7.369	7.83
174	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	7.300	7.034	7.60
175	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	7.169	7.004	7.33
176	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	7.001	6.462	7.55
177	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	6.851	6.655	7.05
178	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	6.656	6.528	6.79
179	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	6.317	6.192	6.44
180	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	6.304	6.188	6.42
181	Canada`CAN`Northern America	6.278	6.162	6.39
182	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	6.108	5.944	6.26
183	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	5.871	5.756	5.98
184	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	5.834	5.639	6.03
185	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	5.753	5.439	6.05
186	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	5.748	5.538	5.96
187	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	5.727	5.555	5.91
188	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	5.714	4.112	7.91
189	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	5.616	5.421	5.81
190	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	5.610	5.502	5.72
191	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	5.515	5.413	5.61
192	France`FRA`Western Europe	5.509	5.402	5.62
193	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	5.340	5.045	5.65
194	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	4.987	4.793	5.20
195	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	4.984	4.525	5.47
196	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	4.726	4.638	4.81
197	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	4.407	4.232	4.59
198	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	4.151	4.002	4.30
199	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	4.144	3.706	4.63
200	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	4.100	3.887	4.34

02In 1999

At either end

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

Highest

1Niger237.516
2Sierra Leone228.198
3Liberia208.013
4Timor-Leste200.594
5Rwanda200.586

Lowest

200Singapore4.100
199Iceland4.144
198Sweden4.151
197Finland4.407
196Japan4.726

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 31.566. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Lower bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestNiger220.024
LowestIceland3.706
Middle country: 27.522
Upper bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestNiger256.58
LowestSweden4.30
Middle country: 35.58

031998 → 1999

Since 1998

What changed between 1998 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
199values changed, of 200 in both
14 · 185rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Timor-Leste178.015 → 200.594+22.579
Eritrea95.008 → 110.216+15.208
Eswatini101.884 → 107.614+5.730
Botswana75.416 → 78.513+3.097
South Africa65.802 → 68.725+2.923

Fell most

South Sudan430.799 → 189.029−241.770
Sudan148.349 → 105.327−43.022
Honduras65.547 → 38.998−26.549
Rwanda213.873 → 200.586−13.287
Liberia220.688 → 208.013−12.675

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 1999.
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UN IGME publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 200 countries has every column.

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UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME) (1999). Under-Five Mortality Rate, 1999 [data set], describing 1999. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/under-five-mortality/1999

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