Under-five mortality rate by country

• Europe

  3.711

  the middle country, of 43 measured · 49 members

  ↑San Marino1.260

  ↓Moldova16.460

  Lowest and highest reading in Europe.

• Americas

  12.884

  the middle country, of 39 measured · 48 members

  ↑Turks and Caicos Islands4.653

  ↓Haiti52.753

  Lowest and highest reading in Americas.

• Asia

  13.385

  the middle country, of 48 measured · 52 members

  ↑Japan2.434

  ↓Pakistan55.959

  Lowest and highest reading in Asia.

• Oceania

  19.594

  the middle country, of 16 measured · 21 members

  ↑Australia3.607

  ↓Kiribati53.094

  Lowest and highest reading in Oceania.

• Africa

  48.538

  the middle country, of 54 measured · 55 members

  ↑Libya9.765

  ↓Nigeria115.649

  Lowest and highest reading in Africa.

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Showing 25 of 200 countries

1. 1 of 200NigeriaWestern Africa115.649range 98.848–136.189=−1.167
2. 2 of 200NigerWestern Africa110.720range 82.856–147.564=−2.747
3. 3 of 200SomaliaEastern Africa101.066range 46.406–222.820=−3.225
4. 4 of 200ChadMiddle Africa97.258range 63.276–147.578=−3.324
5. 5 of 200South SudanEastern Africa96.711range 24.936–283.181=−0.000
6. 6 of 200GuineaWestern Africa92.145range 68.837–124.437=−2.805
7. 7 of 200Sierra LeoneWestern Africa90.500range 68.025–120.184=−3.273
8. 8 of 200Central African RepublicMiddle Africa89.728range 64.844–123.053=−2.878
9. 9 of 200DR CongoMiddle Africa89.678range 70.374–116.736=−1.636
10. 10 of 200LiberiaWestern Africa86.388range 66.115–108.381=−0.906
11. 11 of 200Burkina FasoWestern Africa74.890range 46.801–119.069=−2.469
12. 12 of 200BeninWestern Africa74.750range 55.140–102.056=−2.433
13. 13 of 200MaliWestern Africa72.981range 61.321–85.829=−3.227
14. 14 of 200Equatorial GuineaMiddle Africa67.969range 35.008–128.097=−2.474
15. 15 of 200Guinea-BissauWestern Africa67.336range 36.782–117.541=−2.360
16. 16 of 200CameroonMiddle Africa64.838range 46.077–89.795=−2.138
17. 17 of 200ZimbabweEastern Africa64.661range 43.972–93.234▲ 1+0.463
18. 18 of 200Côte d’IvoireWestern Africa64.471range 50.553–81.754▼ 1−2.072
19. 19 of 200MadagascarEastern Africa62.402range 47.947–81.969=−1.228
20. 20 of 200SudanNorthern Africa61.602range 39.024–96.326=−1.486
21. 21 of 200LesothoSouthern Africa59.957range 42.306–82.942▲ 1−1.355
22. 22 of 200MozambiqueEastern Africa59.418range 46.311–76.256▼ 1−2.233
23. 23 of 200TogoWestern Africa56.128range 38.684–81.004=−1.941
24. 24 of 200PakistanSouthern Asia55.959range 44.018–70.360=−1.841
25. 25 of 200KiribatiMicronesia53.094range 33.038–85.262▲ 1−1.431

Values for 2024. The change column compares 2024 with 2023 only; the sparkline covers the recent editions.

• the middle country
• the middle half of countries
• the middle of the 81 countries measured every time
• each continent’s middle country

200 countries were measured in both 2023 and 2024.