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Child mortality rate

Name: Child mortality rate by country, 2024
Creator: Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0); underlying sources incl. V-Dem
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% · lower is better · 195 countries

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Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0); underlying sources incl. V-DemCC BY 4.0updated 2024

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195 countries · 2024

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Child mortality rate league table
#	Country	%	Region	Income
1	San Marino	0.13%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
2	Estonia	0.2%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
3	Luxembourg	0.22%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
4	Slovenia	0.23%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
5	Belarus	0.23%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
6	Finland	0.24%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
7	Montenegro	0.24%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
8	Sweden	0.24%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
9	Japan	0.24%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
10	Norway	0.25%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
11	Latvia	0.25%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
12	Andorra	0.25%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
13	Czechia	0.26%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
14	Monaco	0.27%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
15	Singapore	0.27%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
16	Italy	0.27%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
17	Korea, Rep.	0.28%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
18	North Macedonia	0.28%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
19	Iceland	0.28%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
20	Spain	0.32%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
21	Portugal	0.32%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
22	Austria	0.33%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
23	Israel	0.33%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
24	Lithuania	0.34%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
25	Australia	0.36%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
26	Hungary	0.37%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
27	Germany	0.37%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
28	Belgium	0.37%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
29	Greece	0.38%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
30	Ireland	0.39%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
31	Switzerland	0.39%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
32	Netherlands	0.39%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
33	Denmark	0.4%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
34	Poland	0.42%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
35	France	0.43%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
36	Turks and Caicos Islands	0.47%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
37	United Kingdom	0.47%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
38	New Zealand	0.47%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
39	United Arab Emirates	0.48%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
40	Cyprus	0.5%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
41	Russian Federation	0.52%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
42	Malta	0.53%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
43	Serbia	0.54%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
44	Canada	0.54%	North America	High income
45	Maldives	0.54%	South Asia	Upper middle income
46	Croatia	0.56%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
47	China	0.57%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
48	Bulgaria	0.57%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
49	Sri Lanka	0.59%	South Asia	Upper middle income
50	Qatar	0.59%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
51	Saudi Arabia	0.6%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
52	Slovak Republic	0.63%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
53	United States	0.65%	North America	High income
54	Chile	0.68%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
55	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.69%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
56	Romania	0.73%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
57	Uruguay	0.74%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
58	Ukraine	0.79%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
59	Kuwait	0.81%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
60	Naoero	0.83%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
61	Malaysia	0.83%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
62	Cuba	0.86%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
63	Georgia	0.86%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
64	Bahrain	0.88%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
65	Thailand	0.9%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
66	Antigua and Barbuda	0.91%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
67	Albania	0.92%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
68	Kazakhstan	0.94%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
69	Tonga	0.95%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
70	Argentina	0.95%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
71	Armenia	0.96%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
72	Turkiye	0.96%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
73	Barbados	0.98%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
74	Libya	0.98%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
75	Brunei Darussalam	0.99%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
76	El Salvador	1%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
77	Oman	1%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
78	Costa Rica	1%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
79	Cabo Verde	1.1%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
80	Nicaragua	1.1%	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
81	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	1.1%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
82	Iran, Islamic Rep.	1.1%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
83	Colombia	1.2%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
84	Tunisia	1.2%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
85	Bahamas, The	1.2%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
86	British Virgin Islands	1.2%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
87	Belize	1.3%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
88	Ecuador	1.3%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
89	Peru	1.3%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
90	Jordan	1.3%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
91	Mexico	1.3%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
92	Uzbekistan	1.3%	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
93	Mongolia	1.3%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
94	Sao Tome and Principe	1.4%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
95	Seychelles	1.4%	Sub-Saharan Africa	High income
96	Brazil	1.4%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
97	Samoa	1.5%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
98	Honduras	1.5%	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
99	Panama	1.5%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
100	Mauritius	1.5%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
101	Bolivia	1.6%	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
102	Morocco	1.6%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
103	Suriname	1.6%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
104	St. Kitts and Nevis	1.6%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
105	Paraguay	1.6%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
106	Moldova	1.6%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
107	Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	1.7%	East Asia & Pacific	Low income
108	Kyrgyz Republic	1.7%	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
109	Vanuatu	1.7%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
110	Bhutan	1.7%	South Asia	Lower middle income
111	St. Lucia	1.7%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
112	Viet Nam	1.7%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
113	Lebanon	1.8%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
114	Indonesia	1.8%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
115	Jamaica	1.8%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
116	Azerbaijan	1.8%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
117	Grenada	1.8%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
118	Cambodia	1.8%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
119	Syrian Arab Republic	1.8%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
120	Trinidad and Tobago	1.9%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
121	Tuvalu	1.9%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
122	Solomon Islands	2%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
123	Guatemala	2.1%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
124	Palau	2.1%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
125	Algeria	2.2%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
126	Iraq	2.2%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
127	Egypt, Arab Rep.	2.2%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
128	Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	2.2%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
129	Venezuela, RB	2.4%	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
130	Nepal	2.5%	South Asia	Lower middle income
131	Guyana	2.5%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
132	Philippines	2.6%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
133	India	2.7%	South Asia	Lower middle income
134	Marshall Islands	2.7%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
135	Tajikistan	2.8%	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
136	Fiji	2.9%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
137	Lao PDR	2.9%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
138	Bangladesh	3%	South Asia	Lower middle income
139	Dominican Republic	3.1%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
140	Gabon	3.3%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
141	Botswana	3.3%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
142	Eritrea	3.4%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
143	South Africa	3.5%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
144	Dominica	3.6%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
145	Ghana	3.6%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
146	Senegal	3.7%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
147	Mauritania	3.7%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
148	Myanmar	3.7%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
149	Tanzania	3.7%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
150	Rwanda	3.8%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
151	West Bank and Gaza	3.8%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
152	Yemen, Rep.	3.8%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
153	Kenya	3.9%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
154	Comoros	3.9%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
155	Turkmenistan	3.9%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
156	Congo, Rep.	3.9%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
157	Papua New Guinea	3.9%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
158	Namibia	3.9%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
159	Gambia, The	4.2%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
160	Ethiopia	4.5%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
161	Eswatini	4.5%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
162	Burundi	4.7%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
163	Timor-Leste	4.8%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
164	Zambia	4.8%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
165	Uganda	4.9%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
166	Malawi	4.9%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
167	Djibouti	4.9%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
168	Angola	4.9%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
169	Haiti	5.3%	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
170	Afghanistan	5.3%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
171	Kiribati	5.3%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
172	Pakistan	5.6%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
173	Togo	5.6%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
174	Mozambique	5.9%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
175	Lesotho	6%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
176	Sudan	6.2%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
177	Madagascar	6.2%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
178	Cote d'Ivoire	6.4%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
179	Zimbabwe	6.5%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
180	Cameroon	6.5%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
181	Guinea-Bissau	6.7%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
182	Equatorial Guinea	6.8%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
183	Mali	7.3%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
184	Benin	7.5%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
185	Burkina Faso	7.5%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
186	Liberia	8.6%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
187	Congo, Dem. Rep.	9%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
188	Central African Republic	9%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
189	Sierra Leone	9%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
190	Guinea	9.2%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
191	South Sudan	9.7%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
192	Chad	9.7%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
193	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	10.1%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
194	Niger	11.1%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
195	Nigeria	11.6%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income

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