Countries by Under-5 mortality rate (2024)

Under-5 mortality rate in 2024: highest in Nigeria (115.6 per 1000), lowest in San Marino (1.3 per 1000), median 14.95 per 1000 across the 196 countries in this dataset, according to World Bank.

Browse Under-5 mortality rate (measured in per 1000) across 246 countries and regions. Select a country to view an interactive chart with historical data, cross-country comparison, and trend analysis. All data sourced from World Bank.

Unit: per 1000246 countries and regionsSource: World Bank

Data updated:8 Nov 2026Last checked:12 Nov 2026Frequency:AnnualCoverage:1960–2024

Highest Under-5 mortality rate, 2024

1.Nigeria115.6 per 1000
2.Niger110.7 per 1000
3.Somalia101.1 per 1000
4.Chad97.3 per 1000
5.South Sudan96.7 per 1000
6.Guinea92.1 per 1000
7.Sierra Leone90.5 per 1000
8.Central African Republic89.7 per 1000
9.DR Congo89.7 per 1000
10.Liberia86.4 per 1000

Lowest Under-5 mortality rate, 2024

187.Norway2.5 per 1000
188.Finland2.4 per 1000
189.Japan2.4 per 1000
190.Montenegro2.4 per 1000
191.Sweden2.4 per 1000
192.Belarus2.3 per 1000
193.Slovenia2.3 per 1000
194.Luxembourg2.2 per 1000
195.Estonia2 per 1000
196.San Marino1.3 per 1000

All 196 ranked countries, 2024— select a country to view interactive chart

Click any country to open an interactive chart with historical Under-5 mortality rate trends. You can compare multiple countries, switch time ranges, and download chart images for reports and presentations.

NigeriaRank 1 of 196 NigerRank 2 of 196 SomaliaRank 3 of 196 ChadRank 4 of 196 South SudanRank 5 of 196 GuineaRank 6 of 196 Sierra LeoneRank 7 of 196 Central African RepublicRank 8 of 196 DR CongoRank 9 of 196 LiberiaRank 10 of 196 Burkina FasoRank 11 of 196 BeninRank 12 of 196 MaliRank 13 of 196 Equatorial GuineaRank 14 of 196 Guinea-BissauRank 15 of 196 CameroonRank 16 of 196 ZimbabweRank 17 of 196 Cote d'IvoireRank 18 of 196 MadagascarRank 19 of 196 SudanRank 20 of 196 LesothoRank 21 of 196 MozambiqueRank 22 of 196 TogoRank 23 of 196 PakistanRank 24 of 196 KiribatiRank 25 of 196 AfghanistanRank 26 of 196 HaitiRank 27 of 196 AngolaRank 28 of 196 DjiboutiRank 29 of 196 MalawiRank 30 of 196 UgandaRank 31 of 196 ZambiaRank 32 of 196 Timor-LesteRank 33 of 196 BurundiRank 34 of 196 EswatiniRank 35 of 196 EthiopiaRank 36 of 196 The GambiaRank 37 of 196 NamibiaRank 38 of 196 Papua New GuineaRank 39 of 196 Republic of the CongoRank 40 of 196 ComorosRank 41 of 196 TurkmenistanRank 42 of 196 KenyaRank 43 of 196 YemenRank 44 of 196 West Bank and GazaRank 45 of 196 RwandaRank 46 of 196 TanzaniaRank 47 of 196 MyanmarRank 48 of 196 MauritaniaRank 49 of 196 SenegalRank 50 of 196 GhanaRank 51 of 196 DominicaRank 52 of 196 South AfricaRank 53 of 196 EritreaRank 54 of 196 BotswanaRank 55 of 196 GabonRank 56 of 196 Dominican RepublicRank 57 of 196 BangladeshRank 58 of 196 Lao PDRRank 59 of 196 FijiRank 60 of 196 TajikistanRank 61 of 196 Marshall IslandsRank 62 of 196 IndiaRank 63 of 196 PhilippinesRank 64 of 196 GuyanaRank 65 of 196 NepalRank 66 of 196 VenezuelaRank 67 of 196 EgyptRank 68 of 196 MicronesiaRank 69 of 196 IraqRank 70 of 196 AlgeriaRank 71 of 196 PalauRank 72 of 196 GuatemalaRank 73 of 196 Solomon IslandsRank 74 of 196 TuvaluRank 75 of 196 Trinidad and TobagoRank 76 of 196 CambodiaRank 77 of 196 Syrian Arab RepublicRank 78 of 196 GrenadaRank 79 of 196 AzerbaijanRank 80 of 196 JamaicaRank 81 of 196 IndonesiaRank 82 of 196 LebanonRank 83 of 196 VietnamRank 84 of 196 BhutanRank 85 of 196 St. LuciaRank 86 of 196 VanuatuRank 87 of 196 Kyrgyz RepublicRank 88 of 196 North KoreaRank 89 of 196 MoldovaRank 90 of 196 ParaguayRank 91 of 196 St. Kitts and NevisRank 92 of 196 SurinameRank 93 of 196 BoliviaRank 94 of 196 MoroccoRank 95 of 196 MauritiusRank 96 of 196 PanamaRank 97 of 196 HondurasRank 98 of 196 SamoaRank 99 of 196 BrazilRank 100 of 196 SeychellesRank 101 of 196 Sao Tome and PrincipeRank 102 of 196 MongoliaRank 103 of 196 UzbekistanRank 104 of 196 MexicoRank 105 of 196 EcuadorRank 106 of 196 JordanRank 107 of 196 PeruRank 108 of 196 BelizeRank 109 of 196 The BahamasRank 110 of 196 British Virgin IslandsRank 111 of 196 TunisiaRank 112 of 196 ColombiaRank 113 of 196 IranRank 114 of 196 St. Vincent and the GrenadinesRank 115 of 196 NicaraguaRank 116 of 196 Cabo VerdeRank 117 of 196 Costa RicaRank 118 of 196 OmanRank 119 of 196 El SalvadorRank 120 of 196 Brunei DarussalamRank 121 of 196 BarbadosRank 122 of 196 LibyaRank 123 of 196 ArmeniaRank 124 of 196 TurkeyRank 125 of 196 ArgentinaRank 126 of 196 TongaRank 127 of 196 KazakhstanRank 128 of 196 AlbaniaRank 129 of 196 Antigua and BarbudaRank 130 of 196 ThailandRank 131 of 196 BahrainRank 132 of 196 KosovoRank 133 of 196 CubaRank 134 of 196 GeorgiaRank 135 of 196 MalaysiaRank 136 of 196 NauruRank 137 of 196 KuwaitRank 138 of 196 UkraineRank 139 of 196 UruguayRank 140 of 196 RomaniaRank 141 of 196 Bosnia and HerzegovinaRank 142 of 196 ChileRank 143 of 196 United StatesRank 144 of 196 SlovakiaRank 145 of 196 Saudi ArabiaRank 146 of 196 Sri LankaRank 147 of 196 QatarRank 148 of 196 BulgariaRank 149 of 196 ChinaRank 150 of 196 CroatiaRank 151 of 196 CanadaRank 152 of 196 MaldivesRank 153 of 196 SerbiaRank 154 of 196 MaltaRank 155 of 196 RussiaRank 156 of 196 CyprusRank 157 of 196 United Arab EmiratesRank 158 of 196 United KingdomRank 159 of 196 New ZealandRank 160 of 196 Turks and Caicos IslandsRank 161 of 196 FranceRank 162 of 196 PolandRank 163 of 196 DenmarkRank 164 of 196 SwitzerlandRank 165 of 196 IrelandRank 166 of 196 NetherlandsRank 167 of 196 GreeceRank 168 of 196 BelgiumRank 169 of 196 GermanyRank 170 of 196 HungaryRank 171 of 196 AustraliaRank 172 of 196 LithuaniaRank 173 of 196 AustriaRank 174 of 196 IsraelRank 175 of 196 SpainRank 176 of 196 PortugalRank 177 of 196 IcelandRank 178 of 196 South KoreaRank 179 of 196 North MacedoniaRank 180 of 196 ItalyRank 181 of 196 MonacoRank 182 of 196 SingaporeRank 183 of 196 Czech RepublicRank 184 of 196 AndorraRank 185 of 196 LatviaRank 186 of 196 NorwayRank 187 of 196 FinlandRank 188 of 196 JapanRank 189 of 196 MontenegroRank 190 of 196 SwedenRank 191 of 196 BelarusRank 192 of 196 SloveniaRank 193 of 196 LuxembourgRank 194 of 196 EstoniaRank 195 of 196 San MarinoRank 196 of 196

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All 196 ranked countries, 2024— select a country to view interactive chart

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