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Under-Five Mortality Rate, 2009

2009, as UN IGME’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Under-Five Mortality Rate, 2009 covers 200 countries on 3 measures. Central African Republic is highest, at 489.291; Iceland is lowest, at 2.700. The middle country reads 20.792. Against 2008, 200 values changed (8 up, 192 down), the same countries are covered.

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Under-Five Mortality Rate · Data for 2009

HighestCentral African Republic

489.291

LowestIceland

2.700

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, 2009, 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, 2009: every country, as published by UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME).
derived
1Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa489.291432.6027552.5564
2Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa165.153153.4000177.8381
3SomaliaSOMEastern Africa162.389118.9767227.8579
4ChadTCDMiddle Africa150.519134.8289167.6958
5NigerNERWestern Africa140.333127.8569153.8633
6MaliMLIWestern Africa138.864129.4526149.0849
7NigeriaNGAWestern Africa129.224120.9488137.7352
8Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa126.485114.3176139.4848
9GuineaGINWestern Africa124.370113.8985135.6919
10Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa120.173101.4826142.8491
11CameroonCMRMiddle Africa113.708103.5163125.2194
12Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa113.47891.4930140.7245
13South SudanSSDEastern Africa112.67282.8722148.7082
14BeninBENWestern Africa109.670100.8327119.0924
15LiberiaLBRWestern Africa109.480100.1730119.7358
16Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa105.21096.4337114.6878
17DR CongoCODMiddle Africa104.95393.1903118.0603
18LesothoLSOSouthern Africa99.06889.7338109.6967
19MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa98.26990.0709107.0493
20BurundiBDIEastern Africa96.08483.7335110.5234
21EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa92.43781.0216105.4056
22AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia91.88184.683199.5525
23TogoTGOWestern Africa90.93482.936899.8287
24AngolaAGOMiddle Africa90.74773.7121109.3396
25ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa89.81982.103998.3610

02In 2009

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1Central African Republic489.291
  2. 2Sierra Leone165.153
  3. 3Somalia162.389
  4. 4Chad150.519
  5. 5Niger140.333

Lowest

  1. 200Iceland2.700
  2. 199San Marino2.729
  3. 198Singapore2.830
  4. 197Luxembourg2.896
  5. 196Sweden3.128

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 20.792. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

032008 → 2009

Since 2008

What changed between 2008 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 200values changed, of 200 in both
  • 8 · 192rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

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 2009.

  • 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) (2009). Under-Five Mortality Rate, 2009 [data set], describing 2009. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/under-five-mortality/2009

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07Questions

Under-Five Mortality Rate, 2009: questions and answers

Which country has the highest under-five mortality rate in Under-Five Mortality Rate, 2009?

Central African Republic, at 489.291, of the 200 countries in the file.

What year does Under-Five Mortality Rate, 2009 describe?

2009.

How many countries does Under-Five Mortality Rate, 2009 cover?

200.

Where can I download Under-Five Mortality Rate, 2009?

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, 2009 the newest?

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

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