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Child mortality rate

% of children · lower is better · 216 countries

Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0); underlying sources incl. V-DemCC BY 4.0updated 2023
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  1. 1San Marino0.14%
  2. 2Iceland0.16%
  3. 3Cayman Islands0.16%
  4. 4Hong Kong SAR, China0.18%
  5. 5Estonia0.2%
  6. 6Slovenia0.22%
  7. 7Singapore0.22%
  8. 8Japan0.23%
  9. 9Bermuda0.24%
  10. 10Sweden0.24%
  11. 11Norway0.24%
  12. 12Belarus0.24%
  13. 13Finland0.25%
  14. 14Italy0.27%
  15. 15Czechia0.27%
  16. 16Korea, Rep.0.28%
  17. 17Spain0.29%
  18. 18Macao SAR, China0.3%
  19. 19Portugal0.32%
  20. 20Lithuania0.32%
  21. 21Ireland0.33%
  22. 22Montenegro0.33%
  23. 23Denmark0.34%
  24. 24Austria0.35%
  25. 25Germany0.35%
  26. 26Cyprus0.36%
  27. 27Switzerland0.36%
  28. 28Latvia0.36%
  29. 29Poland0.37%
  30. 30Australia0.38%
  31. 31Greece0.38%
  32. 32Hungary0.39%
  33. 33Belgium0.39%
  34. 34Netherlands0.39%
  35. 35Israel0.39%
  36. 36Croatia0.4%
  37. 37France0.41%
  38. 38Taiwan0.42%
  39. 39United Kingdom0.42%
  40. 40Russian Federation0.44%
  41. 41Monaco0.46%
  42. 42Canada0.49%
  43. 43Serbia0.5%
  44. 44Qatar0.5%
  45. 45Chile0.5%
  46. 46Maldives0.52%
  47. 47New Zealand0.54%
  48. 48Slovak Republic0.55%
  49. 49Bulgaria0.57%
  50. 50North Macedonia0.57%
  51. 51Cuba0.57%
  52. 52Virgin Islands (U.S.)0.58%
  53. 53Turks and Caicos Islands0.58%
  54. 54Romania0.59%
  55. 55Bosnia and Herzegovina0.6%
  56. 56United Arab Emirates0.6%
  57. 57Puerto Rico (US)0.6%
  58. 58French Polynesia0.61%
  59. 59Andorra0.61%
  60. 60United States0.62%
  61. 61Saudi Arabia0.62%
  62. 62Northern Mariana Islands0.62%
  63. 63Sri Lanka0.63%
  64. 64Bahrain0.63%
  65. 65Liechtenstein0.65%
  66. 66Luxembourg0.68%
  67. 67Uruguay0.68%
  68. 68Ukraine0.7%
  69. 69China0.72%
  70. 70Costa Rica0.76%
  71. 71Faroe Islands0.77%
  72. 72Malta0.77%
  73. 73Malaysia0.78%
  74. 74Thailand0.81%
  75. 75Kuwait0.85%
  76. 76Georgia0.92%
  77. 77Antigua and Barbuda0.93%
  78. 78Albania0.95%
  79. 79Kazakhstan0.95%
  80. 80St. Martin (French part)0.96%
  81. 81Brunei Darussalam0.97%
  82. 82Armenia0.98%
  83. 83Curacao1%
  84. 84Argentina1%
  85. 85Belize1%
  86. 86Oman1%
  87. 87Barbados1%
  88. 88Gibraltar1.1%
  89. 89American Samoa1.1%
  90. 90Tonga1.1%
  91. 91Tunisia1.1%
  92. 92El Salvador1.1%
  93. 93Iran, Islamic Rep.1.2%
  94. 94Greenland1.2%
  95. 95Ecuador1.2%
  96. 96New Caledonia1.2%
  97. 97Cabo Verde1.2%
  98. 98Colombia1.2%
  99. 99Mexico1.2%
  100. 100British Virgin Islands1.3%
  101. 101Bahamas, The1.3%
  102. 102Mongolia1.3%
  103. 103Turkiye1.3%
  104. 104Guam1.3%
  105. 105Isle of Man1.4%
  106. 106Uzbekistan1.4%
  107. 107Sao Tome and Principe1.4%
  108. 108Jordan1.4%
  109. 109Brazil1.4%
  110. 110Moldova1.4%
  111. 111Mauritius1.4%
  112. 112Aruba1.4%
  113. 113Seychelles1.4%
  114. 114Nicaragua1.5%
  115. 115St. Vincent and the Grenadines1.5%
  116. 116Peru1.5%
  117. 117Sint Maarten (Dutch part)1.5%
  118. 118St. Kitts and Nevis1.5%
  119. 119Honduras1.5%
  120. 120Samoa1.6%
  121. 121Trinidad and Tobago1.6%
  122. 122Grenada1.6%
  123. 123Suriname1.6%
  124. 124Panama1.6%
  125. 125Paraguay1.7%
  126. 126Morocco1.7%
  127. 127Kyrgyz Republic1.7%
  128. 128St. Lucia1.7%
  129. 129Azerbaijan1.7%
  130. 130Vanuatu1.8%
  131. 131Egypt, Arab Rep.1.8%
  132. 132Solomon Islands1.8%
  133. 133Korea, Dem. People's Rep.1.8%
  134. 134Lebanon1.9%
  135. 135Venezuela, RB1.9%
  136. 136Jamaica1.9%
  137. 137Tuvalu2%
  138. 138Viet Nam2%
  139. 139Indonesia2.1%
  140. 140Algeria2.1%
  141. 141Guatemala2.1%
  142. 142Palau2.2%
  143. 143Bhutan2.3%
  144. 144Micronesia, Fed. Sts.2.3%
  145. 145Iraq2.3%
  146. 146Cambodia2.3%
  147. 147Syrian Arab Republic2.3%
  148. 148Guyana2.6%
  149. 149Naoero2.6%
  150. 150West Bank and Gaza2.6%
  151. 151Nepal2.6%
  152. 152Bangladesh2.8%
  153. 153India2.8%
  154. 154Philippines2.8%
  155. 155Marshall Islands2.8%
  156. 156Fiji2.9%
  157. 157Tajikistan3%
  158. 158Dominican Republic3.2%
  159. 159Libya3.3%
  160. 160Dominica3.3%
  161. 161Eritrea3.5%
  162. 162Senegal3.6%
  163. 163Rwanda3.7%
  164. 164Namibia3.7%
  165. 165South Africa3.7%
  166. 166Gabon3.7%
  167. 167Botswana3.8%
  168. 168Mauritania3.8%
  169. 169Lao PDR3.9%
  170. 170Uganda3.9%
  171. 171Tanzania3.9%
  172. 172Malawi3.9%
  173. 173Myanmar3.9%
  174. 174Turkmenistan4%
  175. 175Papua New Guinea4%
  176. 176Yemen, Rep.4%
  177. 177Congo, Rep.4%
  178. 178Ghana4.1%
  179. 179Kenya4.1%
  180. 180Bolivia4.1%
  181. 181Gambia, The4.4%
  182. 182Ethiopia4.5%
  183. 183Zimbabwe4.6%
  184. 184Comoros4.7%
  185. 185Timor-Leste4.7%
  186. 186Burundi4.9%
  187. 187Eswatini5%
  188. 188Djibouti5%
  189. 189Sudan5%
  190. 190Zambia5.2%
  191. 191Kiribati5.5%
  192. 192Haiti5.6%
  193. 193Afghanistan5.6%
  194. 194Togo5.8%
  195. 195Pakistan5.9%
  196. 196Mozambique6.4%
  197. 197Angola6.4%
  198. 198Madagascar6.6%
  199. 199Cote d'Ivoire6.7%
  200. 200Cameroon6.8%
  201. 201Guinea-Bissau6.9%
  202. 202Equatorial Guinea7.1%
  203. 203Liberia7.1%
  204. 204Lesotho7.2%
  205. 205Congo, Dem. Rep.7.3%
  206. 206Burkina Faso7.7%
  207. 207Benin7.9%
  208. 208Mali9.2%
  209. 209Guinea9.3%
  210. 210Central African Republic9.5%
  211. 211Sierra Leone9.7%
  212. 212South Sudan9.9%
  213. 213Chad10%
  214. 214Somalia, Fed. Rep.10.3%
  215. 215Nigeria10.4%
  216. 216Niger11.6%

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