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Under-Five Mortality Rate, 2005

2005, as UN IGME’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Under-Five Mortality Rate, 2005 covers 200 countries on 3 measures. Sierra Leone is highest, at 193.221; Singapore is lowest, at 2.964. The middle country reads 23.957. Against 2004, 200 values changed (9 up, 191 down), the same countries are covered.

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Under-Five Mortality Rate · Data for 2005

HighestSierra Leone

193.221

LowestSingapore

2.964

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, 2005, 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, 2005: every country, as published by UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME).
derived
1Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa193.221180.041207.083
2SomaliaSOMEastern Africa173.184135.991225.990
3NigerNERWestern Africa171.383158.163185.964
4ChadTCDMiddle Africa165.395150.771181.223
5MaliMLIWestern Africa160.088149.937171.149
6Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa150.753138.715164.068
7Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa147.910132.673165.408
8NigeriaNGAWestern Africa145.840137.320154.930
9Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa145.330128.080164.750
10South SudanSSDEastern Africa138.401114.697165.475
11GuineaGINWestern Africa137.021125.981148.832
12LiberiaLBRWestern Africa134.900124.361146.343
13Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa132.348113.770155.224
14AngolaAGOMiddle Africa131.533113.319152.415
15CameroonCMRMiddle Africa127.615116.673139.642
16MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa125.747115.739136.344
17DR CongoCODMiddle Africa124.395112.600137.291
18BurundiBDIEastern Africa123.704110.224139.068
19Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa121.186111.848131.620
20BeninBENWestern Africa119.664110.945128.852
21EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa116.994104.371131.091
22LesothoLSOSouthern Africa114.635104.740125.282
23MalawiMWIEastern Africa109.687102.134117.663
24AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia109.329101.439118.104
25EthiopiaETHEastern Africa108.347100.704116.839

02In 2005

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1Sierra Leone193.221
  2. 2Somalia173.184
  3. 3Niger171.383
  4. 4Chad165.395
  5. 5Mali160.088

Lowest

  1. 200Singapore2.964
  2. 199Iceland3.059
  3. 198Luxembourg3.472
  4. 197San Marino3.564
  5. 196Sweden3.594

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 23.957. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Lower bound (90% uncertainty)

    HighestSierra Leone180.041

    LowestSan Marino2.449

    Middle country: 21.384

  • Upper bound (90% uncertainty)

    HighestSomalia225.990

    LowestSingapore3.167

    Middle country: 26.384

032004 → 2005

Since 2004

What changed between 2004 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 200values changed, of 200 in both
  • 9 · 191rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • DR Congo159.438 → 124.395−35.043
  • Sri Lanka29.009 → 14.036−14.973
  • Rwanda117.548 → 104.469−13.079
  • Angola143.726 → 131.533−12.194
  • Niger182.358 → 171.383−10.975

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 2005.

  • 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) (2005). Under-Five Mortality Rate, 2005 [data set], describing 2005. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/under-five-mortality/2005

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07Questions

Under-Five Mortality Rate, 2005: questions and answers

Which country has the highest under-five mortality rate in Under-Five Mortality Rate, 2005?

Sierra Leone, at 193.221, of the 200 countries in the file.

What year does Under-Five Mortality Rate, 2005 describe?

2005.

How many countries does Under-Five Mortality Rate, 2005 cover?

200.

Where can I download Under-Five Mortality Rate, 2005?

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, 2005 the newest?

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

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