# Under-five mortality rate in Sri Lanka

Under-five mortality rate in Sri Lanka was 5.9 per 1,000 live births in 2024. Source: World Bank.

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

| Period | per 1,000 live births |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 5.9 |
| 2023 | 6.1 |
| 2022 | 6.3 |
| 2021 | 6.6 |
| 2020 | 6.9 |
| 2019 | 7.2 |
| 2018 | 7.6 |
| 2017 | 7.9 |
| 2016 | 8.3 |
| 2015 | 8.7 |
| 2014 | 9.2 |
| 2013 | 9.8 |
| 2012 | 10.3 |
| 2011 | 10.8 |
| 2010 | 11.2 |
| 2009 | 21.5 |
| 2008 | 12 |
| 2007 | 12.6 |
| 2006 | 13.3 |
| 2005 | 14 |
| 2004 | 29 |
| 2003 | 15.2 |
| 2002 | 15.5 |
| 2001 | 15.8 |
| 2000 | 16.3 |
| 1999 | 16.9 |
| 1998 | 17.6 |
| 1997 | 18.6 |
| 1996 | 19.5 |
| 1995 | 20.5 |
| 1994 | 21.4 |
| 1993 | 22.2 |
| 1992 | 22.9 |
| 1991 | 23.2 |
| 1990 | 23.3 |
| 1989 | 27.9 |
| 1988 | 24.1 |
| 1987 | 25.3 |
| 1986 | 27.4 |
| 1985 | 30.2 |
| 1984 | 33.5 |
| 1983 | 36.7 |
| 1982 | 39.8 |
| 1981 | 42.9 |
| 1980 | 46.3 |
| 1979 | 49.9 |
| 1978 | 53.7 |
| 1977 | 57.6 |
| 1976 | 61.1 |
| 1975 | 63.8 |
| 1974 | 65.9 |
| 1973 | 67.3 |
| 1972 | 68.3 |
| 1971 | 69.1 |
| 1970 | 70.1 |
| 1969 | 71.3 |
| 1968 | 73.1 |
| 1967 | 75.5 |
| 1966 | 78.1 |
| 1965 | 80.7 |
| 1964 | 83 |
| 1963 | 84.8 |
| 1962 | 86.7 |
| 1961 | 89.6 |
| 1960 | 94.1 |