Under-five mortality rate
Probability that a newborn dies before reaching age five, per 1,000 live births, if subject to the age-specific mortality of the year.
Includes infant deaths, so it is always higher than the infant mortality rate.
Key facts
- Under-five mortality rate in the World was 37.4 per 1,000 live births in 2024, according to the World Bank.
- Under-five mortality rate in the United States was 6.5 per 1,000 live births in 2024, according to the World Bank.
- Nigeria had the highest under-five mortality rate of 195 countries in 2024, at 115.6 per 1,000 live births, and San Marino the lowest, at 1.3 per 1,000 live births. Source: the World Bank.
- Published for 196 places, with figures from 1960 to 2024.
Rankings
Countries by under-five mortality rate, 2024
Places with data
World, EU and euro area
Countries
- India
- China
- United States
- Indonesia
- Pakistan
- Nigeria
- Brazil
- Bangladesh
- Russia
- Ethiopia
- Turks and Caicos Islands
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Madagascar
- Republic of the Congo
Use this data in your AI agent
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Which places have the highest under-five mortality rate? Use official data and cite it.
rank_places {"indicator":"under5_mortality_rate","level":"country"}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/rank?indicator=under5_mortality_rate&level=country