# Under-five mortality rate in China

Under-five mortality rate in China was 5.7 per 1,000 live births in 2024. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `under5_mortality_rate`
- Place id: `cn`
- 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/china
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=under5_mortality_rate&place=cn

| Period | per 1,000 live births |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 5.7 |
| 2023 | 6.1 |
| 2022 | 6.6 |
| 2021 | 7 |
| 2020 | 7.5 |
| 2019 | 8 |
| 2018 | 8.6 |
| 2017 | 9.3 |
| 2016 | 10 |
| 2015 | 10.7 |
| 2014 | 11.6 |
| 2013 | 12.5 |
| 2012 | 13.5 |
| 2011 | 14.6 |
| 2010 | 15.7 |
| 2009 | 17.1 |
| 2008 | 18.5 |
| 2007 | 20.1 |
| 2006 | 21.9 |
| 2005 | 24 |
| 2004 | 26.3 |
| 2003 | 28.8 |
| 2002 | 31.4 |
| 2001 | 34.1 |
| 2000 | 36.6 |
| 1999 | 39.1 |
| 1998 | 41.4 |
| 1997 | 43.5 |
| 1996 | 45.5 |
| 1995 | 47.4 |
| 1994 | 49.2 |
| 1993 | 50.8 |
| 1992 | 52.1 |
| 1991 | 53 |
| 1990 | 53.6 |
| 1989 | 53.8 |
| 1988 | 53.9 |
| 1987 | 53.8 |
| 1986 | 53.9 |
| 1985 | 54.2 |
| 1984 | 54.9 |
| 1983 | 56.1 |
| 1982 | 57.7 |
| 1981 | 59.9 |
| 1980 | 62.6 |
| 1979 | 65.9 |
| 1978 | 69.8 |
| 1977 | 74.2 |
| 1976 | 79.1 |
| 1975 | 84.3 |
| 1974 | 89.7 |
| 1973 | 95.2 |
| 1972 | 100.8 |
| 1971 | 106.3 |
| 1970 | 112.1 |
| 1969 | 118 |