# Under-five mortality rate in South Sudan

Under-five mortality rate in South Sudan was 96.7 per 1,000 live births in 2024. Source: World Bank.

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

| Period | per 1,000 live births |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 96.7 |
| 2023 | 96.7 |
| 2022 | 96.7 |
| 2021 | 96.7 |
| 2020 | 96.7 |
| 2019 | 96.7 |
| 2018 | 133.7 |
| 2017 | 292 |
| 2016 | 272.9 |
| 2015 | 240.8 |
| 2014 | 182.6 |
| 2013 | 97.2 |
| 2012 | 98.9 |
| 2011 | 102.3 |
| 2010 | 107.2 |
| 2009 | 112.7 |
| 2008 | 118.7 |
| 2007 | 124.9 |
| 2006 | 131.5 |
| 2005 | 138.4 |
| 2004 | 145.8 |
| 2003 | 153.7 |
| 2002 | 162.2 |
| 2001 | 171.1 |
| 2000 | 180.1 |
| 1999 | 189 |
| 1998 | 430.8 |
| 1997 | 250.9 |
| 1996 | 259.7 |
| 1995 | 268 |
| 1994 | 227.6 |
| 1993 | 330.6 |
| 1992 | 337.1 |
| 1991 | 295.6 |
| 1990 | 301.3 |
| 1989 | 305.7 |
| 1988 | 780.9 |
| 1987 | 357.8 |
| 1986 | 265 |
| 1985 | 268.7 |
| 1984 | 272.5 |
| 1983 | 275.9 |
| 1982 | 279.2 |
| 1981 | 282.6 |
| 1980 | 286 |
| 1979 | 289.4 |
| 1978 | 293.1 |
| 1977 | 297.1 |
| 1976 | 300.6 |
| 1975 | 303.9 |
| 1974 | 307.2 |
| 1973 | 311 |
| 1972 | 314.3 |
| 1971 | 317.7 |
| 1970 | 405.2 |
| 1969 | 409.4 |
| 1968 | 403.5 |
| 1967 | 407 |
| 1966 | 410.9 |
| 1965 | 338.3 |
| 1964 | 341.2 |
| 1963 | 388.3 |
| 1962 | 347.2 |
| 1961 | 350 |
| 1960 | 352.6 |