# Under-five mortality rate in Botswana

Under-five mortality rate in Botswana was 33.3 per 1,000 live births in 2024. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `under5_mortality_rate`
- Place id: `bw`
- Unit: per 1,000 live births
- Definition: Probability that a newborn dies before reaching age five, per 1,000 live births, if subject to the age-specific mortality of the year.
- Note: Includes infant deaths, so it is always higher than the infant mortality rate.
- Source: World Bank, Mortality rate, under-5, per 1,000 live births (SH.DYN.MORT) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.DYN.MORT)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/world-bank
- Retrieved: 2026-10-11
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators, modelled estimate. Mortality rate, under-5, per 1,000 live births (SH.DYN.MORT). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.DYN.MORT. Retrieved 2026-10-11.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/under-five-mortality-rate/botswana
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=under5_mortality_rate&place=bw

| Period | per 1,000 live births |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 33.3 |
| 2023 | 34.6 |
| 2022 | 35.7 |
| 2021 | 37.1 |
| 2020 | 38.9 |
| 2019 | 40 |
| 2018 | 41.2 |
| 2017 | 42.1 |
| 2016 | 45.1 |
| 2015 | 46.7 |
| 2014 | 49 |
| 2013 | 50.3 |
| 2012 | 53.9 |
| 2011 | 58.8 |
| 2010 | 58.4 |
| 2009 | 60.6 |
| 2008 | 63.7 |
| 2007 | 64.3 |
| 2006 | 66 |
| 2005 | 70.8 |
| 2004 | 75.7 |
| 2003 | 76.7 |
| 2002 | 77.9 |
| 2001 | 79.3 |
| 2000 | 79.8 |
| 1999 | 78.5 |
| 1998 | 75.4 |
| 1997 | 73.4 |
| 1996 | 70.4 |
| 1995 | 66.4 |
| 1994 | 66.2 |
| 1993 | 61.5 |
| 1992 | 57.1 |
| 1991 | 53.6 |
| 1990 | 51.5 |
| 1989 | 50.5 |
| 1988 | 50.7 |
| 1987 | 52.1 |
| 1986 | 54.2 |
| 1985 | 56.6 |
| 1984 | 59.1 |
| 1983 | 61.9 |
| 1982 | 65.2 |
| 1981 | 69 |
| 1980 | 73.3 |
| 1979 | 78.1 |
| 1978 | 83.3 |
| 1977 | 88.9 |
| 1976 | 94.8 |
| 1975 | 100.4 |
| 1974 | 105.8 |
| 1973 | 111.1 |
| 1972 | 115.9 |
| 1971 | 120.7 |
| 1970 | 125.3 |
| 1969 | 129.7 |
| 1968 | 133.9 |
| 1967 | 138.1 |
| 1966 | 141.9 |
| 1965 | 145.5 |
| 1964 | 149.5 |
| 1963 | 153.9 |
| 1962 | 158.2 |
| 1961 | 162.7 |
| 1960 | 167.8 |