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Under-Five Mortality Rate, 2002

2002, as UN IGME’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Under-Five Mortality Rate, 2002 covers 200 countries on 3 measures. Sierra Leone is highest, at 211.648; Singapore is lowest, at 3.392. The middle country reads 28.012. Against 2001, 199 values changed (10 up, 189 down), the same countries are covered.

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Under-Five Mortality Rate · Data for 2002

HighestSierra Leone

211.648

LowestSingapore

3.392

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, 2002, 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, 2002: every country, as published by UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME).
derived
1Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa211.648197.354226.644
2NigerNERWestern Africa205.914190.070223.851
3MaliMLIWestern Africa177.746166.673189.505
4ChadTCDMiddle Africa175.614161.429191.468
5SomaliaSOMEastern Africa173.230136.028226.058
6DR CongoCODMiddle Africa172.189156.220189.974
7LiberiaLBRWestern Africa168.554155.907182.660
8Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa167.332155.071181.080
9AngolaAGOMiddle Africa166.399145.747191.135
10NigeriaNGAWestern Africa163.865154.381173.872
11Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa163.567146.016183.082
12South SudanSSDEastern Africa162.240137.302190.820
13Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa159.047143.769177.807
14GuineaGINWestern Africa152.659141.081165.118
15RwandaRWAEastern Africa149.091138.537160.381
16MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa147.459136.074159.645
17Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa145.857128.431169.097
18MalawiMWIEastern Africa143.243134.165152.662
19BurundiBDIEastern Africa142.348128.126158.545
20CameroonCMRMiddle Africa137.604126.694149.501
21Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa133.139123.303144.253
22ZambiaZMBEastern Africa132.855123.791142.885
23UgandaUGAEastern Africa129.878121.462138.792
24BeninBENWestern Africa128.529119.772137.814
25EthiopiaETHEastern Africa127.433118.758137.153

02In 2002

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1Sierra Leone211.648
  2. 2Niger205.914
  3. 3Mali177.746
  4. 4Chad175.614
  5. 5Somalia173.230

Lowest

  1. 200Singapore3.392
  2. 199Iceland3.518
  3. 198Sweden3.977
  4. 197Finland4.063
  5. 196Japan4.127

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 28.012. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

032001 → 2002

Since 2001

What changed between 2001 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 199values changed, of 200 in both
  • 10 · 189rose · fell
  • 1unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Malawi238.993 → 143.243−95.751
  • Rwanda166.514 → 149.091−17.423
  • Liberia181.662 → 168.554−13.108
  • Niger217.415 → 205.914−11.501
  • Zambia143.188 → 132.855−10.333

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 2002.

  • 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) (2002). Under-Five Mortality Rate, 2002 [data set], describing 2002. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/under-five-mortality/2002

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07Questions

Under-Five Mortality Rate, 2002: questions and answers

Which country has the highest under-five mortality rate in Under-Five Mortality Rate, 2002?

Sierra Leone, at 211.648, of the 200 countries in the file.

What year does Under-Five Mortality Rate, 2002 describe?

2002.

How many countries does Under-Five Mortality Rate, 2002 cover?

200.

Where can I download Under-Five Mortality Rate, 2002?

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, 2002 the newest?

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

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