# Under-five mortality rate in Saudi Arabia

Under-five mortality rate in Saudi Arabia was 6 per 1,000 live births in 2024. Source: World Bank.

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

| Period | per 1,000 live births |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 6 |
| 2023 | 6.2 |
| 2022 | 6.4 |
| 2021 | 6.7 |
| 2020 | 6.9 |
| 2019 | 7.2 |
| 2018 | 7.6 |
| 2017 | 8 |
| 2016 | 8.5 |
| 2015 | 9 |
| 2014 | 9.6 |
| 2013 | 10.1 |
| 2012 | 10.8 |
| 2011 | 11.4 |
| 2010 | 12.1 |
| 2009 | 12.9 |
| 2008 | 13.7 |
| 2007 | 14.5 |
| 2006 | 15.4 |
| 2005 | 16.3 |
| 2004 | 17.3 |
| 2003 | 18.4 |
| 2002 | 19.4 |
| 2001 | 20.6 |
| 2000 | 21.9 |
| 1999 | 23.3 |
| 1998 | 24.8 |
| 1997 | 26.5 |
| 1996 | 28.3 |
| 1995 | 30.3 |
| 1994 | 32.6 |
| 1993 | 35.1 |
| 1992 | 37.8 |
| 1991 | 40.8 |
| 1990 | 44.1 |
| 1989 | 47.7 |
| 1988 | 51.7 |
| 1987 | 55.9 |
| 1986 | 60.3 |
| 1985 | 65 |
| 1984 | 70 |
| 1983 | 75.2 |
| 1982 | 80.9 |
| 1981 | 86.8 |
| 1980 | 93.1 |
| 1979 | 99.6 |
| 1978 | 106.6 |
| 1977 | 114 |
| 1976 | 122 |
| 1975 | 130.4 |
| 1974 | 139.2 |
| 1973 | 148.9 |
| 1972 | 159.4 |