Data for 2018

Under-Five Mortality Rate, 2018

Name: Under-Five Mortality Rate, 2018
Creator: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME)
License: https://data.unicef.org/

2018, as UN IGME’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Under-Five Mortality Rate, 2018 covers 200 countries on 3 measures. Somalia is highest, at 136.366; San Marino is lowest, at 1.615. The middle country reads 16.280. Against 2017, 200 values changed (22 up, 178 down), the same countries are covered.

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Under-Five Mortality Rate · Data for 2018

HighestSomalia

136.366

LowestSan Marino

1.615

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

200countries
3measures per country
2018the 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, 2018, 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, 2018: every country, as published by UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME).
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1	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	136.366	73.613	261.605
2	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	133.715	56.066	266.153
3	Niger`NER`Western Africa	121.934	105.684	140.056
4	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	120.233	99.631	145.021
5	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	117.603	92.069	147.828
6	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	117.187	107.655	127.901
7	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	112.444	97.973	129.087
8	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	107.519	93.418	124.332
9	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	96.207	87.274	106.106
10	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	91.712	79.522	105.839
11	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	91.033	69.750	119.674
12	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	89.432	77.568	102.596
13	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	89.380	78.765	101.554
14	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	83.157	50.911	130.265
15	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	82.218	53.542	121.135
16	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	78.925	67.805	92.360
17	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	77.896	68.523	88.598
18	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	70.152	61.741	79.876
19	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	68.818	59.139	80.089
20	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	68.131	56.553	82.357
21	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	67.949	60.662	76.009
22	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	64.942	57.238	73.978
23	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	64.823	54.788	75.842
24	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	63.427	49.566	82.569
25	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	59.563	42.970	81.483
26	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	59.374	36.645	94.125
27	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	58.485	40.043	84.390
28	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	57.810	44.605	75.150
29	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	56.490	45.301	70.420
30	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	56.338	48.525	65.727
31	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	56.028	43.247	70.719
32	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	55.848	47.019	66.395
33	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	54.675	48.619	61.351
34	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	52.736	46.578	59.571
35	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	52.320	43.465	62.338
36	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	52.027	44.886	59.929
37	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	50.357	37.800	69.309
38	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	48.477	38.760	60.109
39	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	47.920	43.333	53.221
40	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	47.593	41.980	53.944
41	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	47.588	29.573	76.673
42	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	47.547	34.673	63.861
43	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	47.252	40.604	55.197
44	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	46.119	41.095	51.777
45	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	45.850	37.017	54.323
46	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	45.198	32.200	61.269
47	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	44.748	37.535	53.858
48	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	43.821	31.624	58.788
49	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	43.682	35.905	52.962
50	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	43.677	39.530	48.594
51	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	41.896	26.547	66.754
52	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	41.171	16.599	108.916
53	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	39.939	32.238	51.215
54	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	38.268	31.550	45.842
55	India`IND`Southern Asia	36.870	34.998	38.730
56	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	34.889	32.392	37.267
57	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	34.743	27.748	43.170
58	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	33.478	31.791	35.030
59	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	32.585	28.607	37.143
60	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	32.456	18.410	41.729
61	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	32.229	21.162	49.156
62	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	32.064	28.869	35.665
63	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	30.684	25.591	36.729
64	Guyana`GUY`South America	30.471	19.430	47.568
65	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	28.780	13.647	59.746
66	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	27.948	23.887	32.819
67	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	27.253	13.725	53.318
68	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	26.536	20.925	33.388
69	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	25.169	21.326	29.706
70	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	25.127	20.081	31.513
71	Venezuela`VEN`South America	24.200	20.690	28.363
72	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	24.196	19.224	30.465
73	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	24.150	23.218	25.086
74	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	24.077	15.408	37.475
75	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	23.829	18.127	31.196
76	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	23.653	22.268	25.109
77	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	23.626	18.118	30.912
78	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	23.530	14.383	37.628
79	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	22.878	11.489	33.699
80	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	22.794	20.474	25.789
81	Bolivia`BOL`South America	21.984	18.246	26.450
82	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	21.574	15.381	30.680
83	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	20.468	19.247	21.857
84	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	19.921	14.760	25.926
85	Paraguay`PRY`South America	19.852	10.750	37.587
86	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	19.021	18.428	19.618
87	Suriname`SUR`South America	18.940	12.766	28.875
88	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	18.741	18.219	19.288
89	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	18.611	13.838	24.861
90	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	18.416	14.422	23.580
91	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	18.391	16.978	19.955
92	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	18.324	16.401	20.514
93	Honduras`HND`Central America	18.249	14.925	22.737
94	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	18.226	14.467	22.680
95	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	18.206	11.353	29.378
96	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	17.523	17.169	17.875
97	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	17.489	13.358	22.892
98	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	16.437	16.090	16.792
99	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	16.413	15.215	17.429
100	Panama`PAN`Central America	16.305	15.954	16.654
101	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	16.255	12.776	21.008
102	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	15.426	12.250	18.600
103	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	15.404	14.463	16.408
104	Mexico`MEX`Central America	15.357	14.200	16.329
105	Peru`PER`South America	15.300	13.359	17.610
106	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	15.297	12.431	19.237
107	Brazil`BRA`South America	15.217	14.432	16.026
108	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	15.058	14.317	15.858
109	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	15.001	13.431	16.697
110	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	14.787	12.979	16.833
111	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	14.632	14.059	15.237
112	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	14.595	8.994	23.855
113	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	14.198	10.519	19.026
114	Ecuador`ECU`South America	14.085	13.643	14.551
115	Colombia`COL`South America	14.006	10.356	19.033
116	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	13.967	12.899	15.115
117	Belize`BLZ`Central America	13.896	13.117	14.760
118	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	13.884	8.912	21.585
119	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	13.533	12.391	14.774
120	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	13.141	9.237	19.140
121	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	12.735	8.832	18.644
122	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	12.718	10.694	14.943
123	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	11.940	7.849	18.153
124	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	11.858	11.051	12.730
125	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	11.779	8.786	15.872
126	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	11.699	10.837	12.609
127	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	11.137	8.270	14.827
128	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	10.881	10.394	11.378
129	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	10.761	9.556	12.182
130	Argentina`ARG`South America	10.745	10.202	11.322
131	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	10.641	9.936	11.388
132	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	10.506	8.827	12.561
133	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	10.319	10.107	10.530
134	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	9.785	9.190	10.400
135	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	9.344	8.959	9.754
136	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	8.960	8.700	9.224
137	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	8.892	8.585	9.201
138	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	8.684	8.409	8.959
139	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	8.613	8.124	9.148
140	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	8.385	7.842	8.931
141	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	8.202	7.885	8.543
142	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	7.962	7.333	8.672
143	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	7.723	7.347	8.123
144	Uruguay`URY`South America	7.708	7.417	8.009
145	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	7.703	3.229	17.898
146	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	7.614	6.158	9.506
147	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	7.561	7.314	7.818
148	Chile`CHL`South America	7.323	7.148	7.509
149	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	7.322	7.128	7.520
150	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	7.000	6.737	7.274
151	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	6.821	6.507	7.139
152	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	6.787	3.706	12.641
153	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	6.767	6.474	7.079
154	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	6.654	6.266	7.054
155	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	6.627	5.887	7.400
156	United States`USA`Northern America	6.540	6.429	6.649
157	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	6.369	6.248	6.490
158	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	6.251	5.642	6.947
159	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	5.949	5.727	6.176
160	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	5.761	5.514	6.021
161	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	5.641	2.119	14.054
162	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	5.304	5.091	5.521
163	Canada`CAN`Northern America	5.191	5.097	5.284
164	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	4.767	4.545	5.018
165	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	4.548	4.455	4.646
166	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	4.367	4.285	4.450
167	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	4.276	4.102	4.451
168	France`FRA`Western Europe	4.236	4.158	4.317
169	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	4.221	4.065	4.384
170	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	4.214	3.905	4.538
171	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	4.187	3.878	4.518
172	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	4.086	3.943	4.236
173	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	4.032	3.936	4.133
174	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	3.972	3.851	4.096
175	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	3.851	3.684	4.034
176	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	3.794	3.727	3.862
177	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	3.792	3.710	3.874
178	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	3.652	3.558	3.747
179	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	3.527	3.384	3.675
180	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	3.520	3.381	3.665
181	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	3.428	3.249	3.612
182	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	3.371	3.210	3.545
183	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	3.329	3.007	3.684
184	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	3.225	3.153	3.298
185	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	3.204	2.325	4.483
186	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	3.202	3.134	3.271
187	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	3.197	3.133	3.262
188	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	3.115	2.988	3.249
189	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	3.098	0.886	10.840
190	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	2.748	2.401	3.129
191	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	2.723	2.374	3.135
192	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	2.701	2.593	2.811
193	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	2.671	2.442	2.918
194	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	2.526	2.346	2.714
195	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	2.521	2.474	2.570
196	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	2.463	2.326	2.603
197	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	2.440	2.259	2.626
198	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	2.436	2.149	2.754
199	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	2.384	2.255	2.517
200	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	1.615	0.868	2.985

02In 2018

At either end

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

Highest

1Somalia136.366
2South Sudan133.715
3Niger121.934
4Central African Republic120.233
5Chad117.603

Lowest

200San Marino1.615
199Finland2.384
198Luxembourg2.436
197Slovenia2.440
196Norway2.463

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 16.280. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Lower bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestNigeria107.655
LowestSan Marino0.868
Middle country: 13.645
Upper bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestSouth Sudan266.153
LowestFinland2.517
Middle country: 19.189

032017 → 2018

Since 2017

What changed between 2017 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
200values changed, of 200 in both
22 · 178rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Fiji22.739 → 24.150+1.412
Dominica31.135 → 32.064+0.929
Lebanon13.533 → 13.967+0.434
Mauritius15.006 → 15.404+0.398
Palau22.548 → 22.878+0.330

Fell most

South Sudan292.048 → 133.715−158.333
Central African Republic155.208 → 120.233−34.975
Somalia156.439 → 136.366−20.072
Sierra Leone116.975 → 112.444−4.531
Mali100.647 → 96.207−4.441

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 2018.
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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) (2018). Under-Five Mortality Rate, 2018 [data set], describing 2018. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/under-five-mortality/2018

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