Health

Under-5 mortality rate

Probability of dying before age five, per 1,000 live births.

Year

Lowest · 2024

San Marino

1.30

Coverage · 2024

194

countries

Method

Lower is better

Score: 0 = worst, 100 = best in 2024

Ranking 2024

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#	Country	Value	Score
1	San Marino	1.30	100.0
2	Estonia	2.00	99.4
3	Luxembourg	2.20	99.2
4	Belarus	2.30	99.1
4	Slovenia	2.30	99.1
6	Finland	2.40	99.0
6	Japan	2.40	99.0
6	Montenegro	2.40	99.0
6	Sweden	2.40	99.0
10	Andorra	2.50	99.0
10	Latvia	2.50	99.0
10	Norway	2.50	99.0
13	Czechia	2.60	98.9
14	Italy	2.70	98.8
14	Monaco	2.70	98.8
14	Singapore	2.70	98.8
17	Iceland	2.80	98.7
17	North Macedonia	2.80	98.7
17	South Korea	2.80	98.7
20	Portugal	3.20	98.3
20	Spain	3.20	98.3
22	Austria	3.30	98.3
22	Israel	3.30	98.3
24	Lithuania	3.40	98.2
25	Australia	3.60	98.0
26	Belgium	3.70	97.9
26	Germany	3.70	97.9
26	Hungary	3.70	97.9
29	Greece	3.80	97.8
30	Ireland	3.90	97.7
30	Netherlands	3.90	97.7
30	Switzerland	3.90	97.7
33	Denmark	4.00	97.6
34	Poland	4.20	97.5
35	France	4.30	97.4
36	New Zealand	4.70	97.0
36	United Kingdom	4.70	97.0
38	United Arab Emirates	4.80	96.9
39	Cyprus	5.00	96.8
40	Russia	5.20	96.6
41	Malta	5.30	96.5
42	Canada	5.40	96.4
42	Maldives	5.40	96.4
42	Serbia	5.40	96.4
45	Croatia	5.60	96.2
46	Bulgaria	5.70	96.2
46	China	5.70	96.2
48	Qatar	5.90	96.0
48	Sri Lanka	5.90	96.0
50	Saudi Arabia	6.00	95.9
51	Slovakia	6.30	95.6
52	United States	6.50	95.5
53	Chile	6.80	95.2
54	Bosnia and Herzegovina	6.90	95.1
55	Romania	7.30	94.8
56	Uruguay	7.40	94.7
57	Ukraine	7.90	94.2
58	Kuwait	8.10	94.1
59	Malaysia	8.30	93.9
59	Nauru	8.30	93.9
61	Cuba	8.60	93.6
61	Georgia	8.60	93.6
63	Kosovo	8.70	93.5
64	Bahrain	8.80	93.4
65	Thailand	9.00	93.3
66	Antigua and Barbuda	9.10	93.2
67	Albania	9.20	93.1
68	Kazakhstan	9.40	92.9
69	Argentina	9.50	92.8
69	Tonga	9.50	92.8
71	Armenia	9.60	92.7
71	Turkey	9.60	92.7
73	Barbados	9.80	92.6
73	Libya	9.80	92.6
75	Brunei	9.90	92.5
76	El Salvador	10.0	92.4
77	Oman	10.3	92.1
78	Costa Rica	10.4	92.0
79	Cabo Verde	11.1	91.4
80	Nicaragua	11.2	91.3
81	Iran	11.3	91.3
81	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	11.3	91.3
83	Colombia	11.5	91.1
84	Tunisia	12.1	90.6
85	Bahamas	12.4	90.3
86	Belize	12.7	90.0
87	Ecuador	12.9	89.9
87	Jordan	12.9	89.9
87	Peru	12.9	89.9
90	Mexico	13.1	89.7
91	Mongolia	13.4	89.4
91	Uzbekistan	13.4	89.4
93	São Tomé and Príncipe	13.6	89.2
94	Seychelles	14.0	88.9
95	Brazil	14.2	88.7
96	Samoa	14.9	88.1
97	Honduras	15.0	88.0
98	Panama	15.3	87.8
99	Mauritius	15.4	87.7
100	Bolivia	15.7	87.4
100	Morocco	15.7	87.4
102	Suriname	15.8	87.3
103	Saint Kitts and Nevis	15.9	87.2
104	Paraguay	16.3	86.9
105	Moldova	16.5	86.7
106	North Korea	16.7	86.5
107	Kyrgyzstan	16.8	86.4
108	Vanuatu	17.1	86.2
109	Bhutan	17.2	86.1
109	Saint Lucia	17.2	86.1
111	Vietnam	17.3	86.0
112	Lebanon	17.6	85.7
113	Indonesia	17.7	85.7
114	Jamaica	17.8	85.6
115	Azerbaijan	17.9	85.5
116	Grenada	18.0	85.4
117	Cambodia	18.4	85.0
117	Syria	18.4	85.0
119	Trinidad and Tobago	18.8	84.7
120	Tuvalu	19.2	84.3
121	Solomon Islands	20.0	83.6
122	Guatemala	20.5	83.2
123	Palau	21.4	82.4
124	Algeria	21.6	82.2
125	Iraq	21.8	82.1
126	Egypt	22.4	81.5
126	Micronesia	22.4	81.5
128	Venezuela	24.2	80.0
129	Nepal	25.1	79.2
130	Guyana	25.2	79.1
131	Philippines	26.5	78.0
132	India	26.6	77.9
133	Marshall Islands	26.7	77.8
134	Tajikistan	28.1	76.6
135	Fiji	29.1	75.7
136	Laos	29.4	75.4
137	Bangladesh	30.5	74.5
138	Dominican Republic	30.6	74.4
139	Gabon	32.6	72.6
140	Botswana	33.3	72.0
141	Eritrea	34.3	71.1
142	South Africa	35.1	70.4
143	Dominica	35.7	69.9
144	Ghana	35.9	69.7
145	Senegal	36.5	69.2
146	Mauritania	36.9	68.9
146	Myanmar	36.9	68.9
148	Tanzania	37.0	68.8
149	Rwanda	37.7	68.2
150	West Bank and Gaza	37.9	68.0
151	Yemen	38.1	67.8
152	Kenya	38.8	67.2
153	Comoros	39.0	67.0
153	Turkmenistan	39.0	67.0
155	Congo	39.1	66.9
156	Papua New Guinea	39.4	66.7
157	Namibia	39.5	66.6
158	Gambia	42.4	64.0
159	Ethiopia	44.5	62.2
160	Eswatini	45.1	61.7
161	Burundi	47.1	59.9
162	Timor-Leste	47.6	59.5
163	Zambia	48.4	58.8
164	Uganda	48.7	58.5
165	Malawi	48.8	58.4
166	Djibouti	48.9	58.4
167	Angola	49.0	58.3
168	Haiti	52.8	54.9
169	Afghanistan	53.0	54.8
170	Kiribati	53.1	54.7
171	Pakistan	56.0	52.1
172	Togo	56.1	52.1
173	Mozambique	59.4	49.2
174	Lesotho	60.0	48.6
175	Sudan	61.6	47.2
176	Madagascar	62.4	46.5
177	Côte d'Ivoire	64.5	44.7
178	Zimbabwe	64.7	44.5
179	Cameroon	64.8	44.4
180	Guinea-Bissau	67.3	42.3
181	Equatorial Guinea	68.0	41.6
182	Mali	73.0	37.3
183	Benin	74.7	35.8
184	Burkina Faso	74.9	35.6
185	Liberia	86.4	25.5
186	Central African Republic	89.7	22.7
186	DR Congo	89.7	22.7
188	Sierra Leone	90.5	22.0
189	Guinea	92.1	20.6
190	South Sudan	96.7	16.5
191	Chad	97.3	16.0
192	Somalia	101.1	12.7
193	Niger	110.7	4.3
194	Nigeria	115.6	0.0

Source: World Bank — Under-5 mortality rate · Unit: Per 1,000 live births · Year: 2024 · 194 entries