Global Rankings: Mortality Rate Under5 ‰ (2023)

Rank Country Value
1 Niger 114.80
2 Nigeria 104.90
3 Somalia 104
4 Chad 101.10
5 South Sudan 98.70
6 Guinea 95
7 Sierra Leone 94.30
8 Central African Republic 92.20
9 Mali 91.30
10 Benin 77.90
11 Burkina Faso 77.30
12 Congo, The Democratic Republic of the 73.20
13 Liberia 72.90
14 Equatorial Guinea 70.60
15 Guinea-Bissau 69.30
16 Cameroon 67.20
17 Côte d'Ivoire 67.10
18 Madagascar 64.80
19 Angola 64
20 Mozambique 61.70
21 Lesotho 58.90
22 Pakistan 58.50
23 Togo 58.30
24 Afghanistan 55.50
25 Haiti 55.10
26 Kiribati 55.10
27 Djibouti 50.40
28 Sudan 50.10
29 Timor-Leste 50
30 Burundi 49.20
31 Ethiopia 46.50
32 Eswatini 45
33 Zambia 44.70
34 Zimbabwe 44.20
35 Gambia 44.10
36 Namibia 40.70
37 Congo 40.50
38 Papua New Guinea 40.30
39 Rwanda 40
40 Turkmenistan 40
41 Kenya 39.90
42 Comoros 39.80
43 Botswana 39.60
44 Yemen 39.30
45 Lao People's Democratic Republic 39
46 Tanzania, United Republic of 38.90
47 Uganda 38.80
48 Myanmar 38.70
49 Senegal 38.50
50 Malawi 38.30
51 Mauritania 37.80
52 Ghana 37.10
53 Dominica 35.50
54 Eritrea 35.40
55 South Africa 34.70
56 Gabon 33.20
57 Dominican Republic 31.40
58 Libya 30.80
59 Bangladesh 30.60
60 Fiji 29.10
61 Marshall Islands 28.20
62 India 27.70
63 Tajikistan 27.30
64 Philippines 26.90
65 Nepal 26.50
66 Palestine, State of 26.30
67 Guyana 25.70
68 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 24.30
69 Bhutan 23.10
70 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 23.10
71 Micronesia, Federated States of 23.10
72 Cambodia 22.90
73 Iraq 22.60
74 Palau 22.30
75 Algeria 22
76 Guatemala 21.40
77 Indonesia 20.60
78 Solomon Islands 20.60
79 Syrian Arab Republic 20.60
80 Viet Nam 20
81 Tuvalu 19.90
82 Jamaica 19.30
83 Trinidad and Tobago 19.10
84 Azerbaijan 18.60
85 Grenada 18.30
86 Lebanon 18.30
87 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 18
88 Egypt 17.50
89 Kyrgyzstan 17
90 Paraguay 17
91 Vanuatu 16.80
92 Morocco 16.60
93 Saint Kitts and Nevis 16.30
94 Suriname 16.20
95 Peru 15.80
96 Samoa 15.70
97 Honduras 15.50
98 Saint Lucia 15.50
99 Mauritius 15.20
100 Moldova, Republic of 14.70
101 Brazil 14.40
102 Seychelles 14.30
103 Sao Tome and Principe 13.90
104 Mongolia 13.60
105 Nicaragua 13.40
106 Panama 13.30
107 Uzbekistan 13.30
108 Jordan 13.20
109 Ecuador 13.10
110 Tunisia 12.90
111 Türkiye 12.80
112 Bahamas 12.70
113 Belize 12.70
114 Virgin Islands, British 12.70
115 Mexico 12.50
116 Colombia 12
117 Iran, Islamic Republic of 11.80
118 Cabo Verde 11.60
119 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 10.60
120 Costa Rica 10.50
121 El Salvador 10.40
122 Oman 10.40
123 Armenia 10
124 Barbados 10
125 Tonga 9.90
126 Argentina 9.60
127 Kazakhstan 9.60
128 Albania 9.40
129 Brunei Darussalam 9.40
130 Antigua and Barbuda 9.30
131 Georgia 9.20
132 Thailand 9.20
133 Nauru 8.90
134 Kuwait 8.80
135 Bahrain 8.60
136 Cuba 8.30
137 Malaysia 8.10
138 Ukraine 8.10
139 Chile 7.20
140 Uruguay 6.70
141 Romania 6.60
142 United States 6.50
143 China 6.20
144 Saudi Arabia 6.20
145 Bulgaria 6.10
146 Slovakia 6.10
147 Sri Lanka 6.10
148 Bosnia and Herzegovina 6
149 Qatar 6
150 Maldives 5.70
151 Turks and Caicos Islands 5.60
152 Malta 5.50
153 Serbia 5.20
154 Canada 5.10
155 United Arab Emirates 5
156 New Zealand 4.70
157 Croatia 4.60
158 Russian Federation 4.50
159 United Kingdom 4.50
160 Poland 4.40
161 France 4.30
162 Netherlands 4
163 Switzerland 3.90
164 Hungary 3.80
165 Ireland 3.80
166 Australia 3.70
167 Germany 3.70
168 Greece 3.70
169 Belgium 3.60
170 Cyprus 3.50
171 Denmark 3.40
172 Israel 3.40
173 Lithuania 3.40
174 North Macedonia 3.30
175 Portugal 3.20
176 Austria 3.10
177 Spain 3.10
178 Latvia 3
179 Italy 2.80
180 Korea, Republic of 2.80
181 Monaco 2.70
182 Andorra 2.60
183 Czechia 2.60
184 Iceland 2.60
185 Montenegro 2.60
186 Sweden 2.50
187 Belarus 2.40
188 Japan 2.40
189 Norway 2.40
190 Finland 2.30
191 Luxembourg 2.30
192 Slovenia 2.20
193 Estonia 2.10
194 Singapore 2.10
195 San Marino 1.40

About This Indicator

Under-five mortality rate is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.

Data source: World Bank Development Indicators