Data for 2010

Under-Five Mortality Rate, 2010

Name: Under-Five Mortality Rate, 2010
Creator: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME)
License: https://data.unicef.org/

2010, as UN IGME’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Under-Five Mortality Rate, 2010 covers 200 countries on 3 measures. Somalia is highest, at 186.715; San Marino is lowest, at 2.562. The middle country reads 19.198. Against 2009, 200 values changed (10 up, 190 down), the same countries are covered.

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Under-Five Mortality Rate · Data for 2010

HighestSomalia

186.715

LowestSan Marino

2.562

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

200countries
3measures per country
2010the year it describes
200distinct values14 decimals, as published
Sep 9, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 3.0 IGOlicence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Under-Five Mortality Rate, 2010, 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, 2010: every country, as published by UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME).
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1	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	186.715	131.456	272.424
2	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	157.880	146.390	170.228
3	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	150.741	132.582	171.123
4	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	146.705	130.510	164.405
5	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	137.697	122.607	155.000
6	Niger`NER`Western Africa	136.007	123.501	149.577
7	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	133.778	124.469	143.885
8	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	126.340	117.997	134.869
9	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	122.195	111.795	133.561
10	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	121.301	108.692	134.817
11	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	114.303	94.521	138.530
12	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	109.453	99.489	120.652
13	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	109.410	85.774	138.212
14	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	107.352	98.415	116.842
15	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	107.158	74.999	147.118
16	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	105.711	96.439	115.819
17	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	101.574	92.821	110.918
18	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	101.387	89.328	114.549
19	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	95.620	87.380	104.278
20	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	90.874	82.070	100.979
21	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	90.215	77.783	104.776
22	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	88.259	80.131	97.298
23	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	87.957	80.529	95.709
24	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	86.453	81.390	92.114
25	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	85.249	77.847	93.590
26	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	83.372	67.181	101.551
27	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	82.677	75.958	90.002
28	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	82.133	71.276	94.399
29	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	80.131	74.162	87.189
30	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	76.020	70.386	82.134
31	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	75.530	58.663	98.386
32	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	74.334	68.415	80.809
33	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	73.376	64.501	82.847
34	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	72.747	64.387	81.725
35	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	70.991	61.211	80.237
36	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	70.348	63.594	77.550
37	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	68.159	62.682	73.977
38	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	66.522	61.893	71.312
39	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	63.261	56.739	70.481
40	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	62.761	58.614	67.357
41	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	62.395	53.977	72.290
42	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	62.377	53.034	72.604
43	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	58.896	49.794	69.962
44	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	58.424	41.773	89.513
45	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	58.374	51.985	65.628
46	India`IND`Southern Asia	58.067	55.475	60.888
47	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	57.722	48.663	68.494
48	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	56.780	50.579	63.394
49	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	55.559	44.348	66.129
50	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	55.226	45.854	66.373
51	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	55.011	49.423	61.461
52	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	53.373	46.458	61.117
53	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	53.143	48.690	57.947
54	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	50.282	42.422	60.219
55	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	50.254	47.061	53.946
56	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	48.713	46.937	50.568
57	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	47.886	44.145	51.999
58	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	44.031	34.237	55.940
59	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	43.489	36.908	51.321
60	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	40.517	34.548	47.498
61	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	38.957	32.248	47.008
62	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	37.751	30.992	45.521
63	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	37.635	33.178	42.687
64	Guyana`GUY`South America	37.585	29.652	47.339
65	Bolivia`BOL`South America	36.686	33.014	40.731
66	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	36.237	29.139	44.670
67	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	35.894	21.009	61.219
68	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	34.853	31.347	38.914
69	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	34.531	30.668	38.929
70	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	34.507	30.528	39.016
71	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	34.132	20.907	53.941
72	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	32.608	30.389	35.080
73	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	31.448	25.609	38.691
74	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	30.912	26.932	34.824
75	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	30.468	27.728	33.408
76	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	29.835	25.517	34.838
77	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	29.523	26.892	32.465
78	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	29.476	28.558	30.317
79	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	28.662	22.446	36.698
80	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	28.090	26.509	29.742
81	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	27.151	23.472	31.459
82	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	26.738	25.734	27.790
83	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	26.414	21.843	31.858
84	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	26.255	25.524	27.013
85	Paraguay`PRY`South America	25.718	16.948	39.220
86	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	24.931	23.244	26.694
87	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	24.815	19.969	31.206
88	Honduras`HND`Central America	24.427	21.720	27.540
89	Suriname`SUR`South America	23.245	18.326	29.294
90	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	23.169	19.689	27.554
91	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	23.113	21.047	25.190
92	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	22.177	21.470	22.893
93	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	21.883	19.364	24.819
94	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	21.405	19.667	23.231
95	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	21.100	18.027	24.743
96	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	20.370	19.958	20.814
97	Peru`PER`South America	20.186	18.861	21.577
98	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	20.100	16.696	24.086
99	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	19.523	14.891	24.509
100	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	19.279	16.283	22.699
101	Ecuador`ECU`South America	19.116	17.307	21.139
102	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	19.053	16.693	21.697
103	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	19.044	16.962	21.374
104	Mexico`MEX`Central America	18.947	18.066	20.101
105	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	18.909	16.904	21.232
106	Belize`BLZ`Central America	18.845	17.912	19.812
107	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	18.818	15.385	22.230
108	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	18.801	17.640	20.069
109	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	18.772	16.493	21.409
110	Panama`PAN`Central America	18.713	16.806	20.905
111	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	18.710	17.921	19.556
112	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	18.667	16.020	21.059
113	Brazil`BRA`South America	18.608	18.117	19.112
114	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	18.434	15.418	21.985
115	Colombia`COL`South America	18.215	15.880	20.873
116	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	17.643	16.165	19.202
117	Venezuela`VEN`South America	17.185	16.854	17.534
118	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	16.826	14.797	20.247
119	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	16.594	14.850	18.632
120	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	15.749	14.831	16.701
121	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	15.674	14.238	17.207
122	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	15.635	12.092	20.334
123	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	15.429	14.451	16.480
124	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	14.827	13.900	15.794
125	Argentina`ARG`South America	14.440	14.166	14.713
126	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	14.203	13.327	15.161
127	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	14.117	11.917	15.568
128	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	14.089	12.724	15.656
129	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	13.868	12.719	15.117
130	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	13.828	13.013	14.653
131	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	13.280	12.867	13.710
132	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	13.064	11.111	15.347
133	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	12.952	10.695	15.556
134	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	12.816	10.747	15.360
135	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	12.376	12.055	12.700
136	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	12.144	10.615	14.138
137	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	11.988	10.566	13.576
138	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	11.722	11.375	12.070
139	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	11.712	11.367	12.081
140	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	11.178	10.948	11.409
141	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	10.863	10.541	11.219
142	Uruguay`URY`South America	10.784	10.436	11.159
143	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	10.708	10.412	11.011
144	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	10.483	10.210	10.757
145	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	10.408	10.215	10.608
146	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	10.394	9.813	10.983
147	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	9.940	4.896	19.892
148	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	9.883	9.221	10.580
149	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	9.104	8.686	9.545
150	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	8.805	8.315	9.330
151	Chile`CHL`South America	8.732	8.528	8.945
152	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	8.620	5.667	13.129
153	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	8.604	8.198	9.036
154	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	8.137	7.980	8.298
155	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	7.746	7.315	8.202
156	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	7.591	7.312	7.890
157	United States`USA`Northern America	7.306	7.205	7.406
158	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	7.257	4.700	10.902
159	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	6.882	6.644	7.121
160	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	6.861	6.240	7.548
161	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	6.834	6.541	7.142
162	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	6.680	6.189	7.201
163	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	6.211	6.020	6.423
164	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	6.195	5.467	6.981
165	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	6.080	5.721	6.456
166	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	6.035	5.822	6.244
167	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	5.968	5.839	6.092
168	Canada`CAN`Northern America	5.726	5.627	5.823
169	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	5.593	5.413	5.764
170	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	5.454	5.220	5.683
171	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	5.168	5.074	5.267
172	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	4.766	4.674	4.864
173	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	4.562	4.449	4.673
174	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	4.561	4.404	4.719
175	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	4.554	4.256	4.874
176	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	4.548	2.187	9.684
177	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	4.460	4.341	4.587
178	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	4.444	4.339	4.550
179	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	4.328	4.162	4.501
180	France`FRA`Western Europe	4.217	4.138	4.297
181	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	4.176	4.101	4.250
182	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	4.166	3.999	4.344
183	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	4.124	4.048	4.204
184	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	4.110	3.923	4.295
185	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	3.992	3.681	4.333
186	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	3.964	3.891	4.041
187	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	3.947	3.810	4.084
188	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	3.845	3.772	3.920
189	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	3.800	3.661	3.945
190	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	3.381	3.251	3.514
191	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	3.269	3.206	3.331
192	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	3.264	3.111	3.425
193	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	3.233	2.889	3.623
194	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	3.208	2.998	3.416
195	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	3.062	2.943	3.182
196	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	3.018	2.881	3.159
197	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	2.819	2.643	3.016
198	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	2.809	2.495	3.156
199	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	2.653	2.324	3.019
200	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	2.562	1.670	3.924

02In 2010

At either end

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

Highest

1Somalia186.715
2Sierra Leone157.880
3Central African Republic150.741
4Chad146.705
5Haiti137.697

Lowest

200San Marino2.562
199Iceland2.653
198Luxembourg2.809
197Singapore2.819
196Finland3.018

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 19.198. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Lower bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestSierra Leone146.390
LowestSan Marino1.670
Middle country: 17.776
Upper bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestSomalia272.424
LowestSingapore3.016
Middle country: 21.841

032009 → 2010

Since 2009

What changed between 2009 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
200values changed, of 200 in both
10 · 190rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Haiti80.245 → 137.697+57.452
Somalia162.389 → 186.715+24.327
Dominica24.172 → 24.931+0.758
Grenada15.368 → 15.674+0.306
Brunei9.741 → 9.883+0.142

Fell most

Central African Republic489.291 → 150.741−338.550
Eswatini92.437 → 82.133−10.304
Sri Lanka21.457 → 11.178−10.279
Lesotho99.068 → 90.874−8.194
Angola90.747 → 83.372−7.374

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 2010.
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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) (2010). Under-Five Mortality Rate, 2010 [data set], describing 2010. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/under-five-mortality/2010

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