Under 5 Mortality Rate

This key economic indicator for the Child Health sector has been recently updated.

  1. Nigeria decreased by 2.3% of Under 5 Mortality Rate in 2019, compared to a year earlier.
  2. Since 2014 Nigeria Under 5 Mortality Rate was down by 1.8% year on year reaching 117.2 Units (Deaths) Per Thousand Live Births.
  3. In 2019 Chad was number 3 in Under 5 Mortality Rate.
  4. In 2019 Mauritius was ranked number 99 in Under 5 Mortality Rate totalising 16 Units (Deaths) Per Thousand Live Births, from 104 in 2018.

Top Countries in Under 5 Mortality Rate

Units (Deaths) Per Thousand Live Births - 1960 to 2019

#193 CountriesUnits (Deaths) Per Thousand Live BirthsLastYoY5‑years CAGR
1 #1
Nigeria
117 2019 -2.3 % -1.8 % View data
2 #2
Somalia
117 2019 -2.7 % -3.1 % View data
3 #3
Chad
114 2019 -3.3 % -3.1 % View data
4 #4
Central African Republic
110 2019 -3.6 % -3.5 % View data
5 #5
Sierra Leone
109 2019 -3.8 % -4.5 % View data
6 #6
Guinea
99 2019 -2.3 % -2.1 % View data
7 #7
South Sudan
96 2019 +0.0 % -0.0 % View data
8 #8
Mali
94 2019 -3.5 % -3.5 % View data
9 #9
Benin
90 2019 -2.7 % -2.4 % View data
10 #10
Burkina Faso
88 2019 -3.5 % -3.5 % View data
11 #11
Lesotho
86 2019 -0.2 % -1.7 % View data
12 #12
Democratic Republic of the Congo
85 2019 -3.2 % -3.3 % View data
13 #13
Liberia
85 2019 -2.1 % -2.1 % View data
14 #14
Equatorial Guinea
82 2019 -3.4 % -3.4 % View data
15 #15
Niger
80 2019 -3.6 % -4.0 % View data
16 #16
Ivory Coast
79 2019 -3.8 % -3.3 % View data
17 #17
Guinea-Bissau
79 2019 -3.6 % -3.6 % View data
18 #18
Cameroon
75 2019 -3.5 % -4.2 % View data
19 #19
Angola
75 2019 -3.9 % -4.3 % View data
20 #20
Mozambique
74 2019 -3.6 % -3.6 % View data
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    • Source: World Bank

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