# Under-five mortality rate in Syria

Under-five mortality rate in Syria was 18.4 per 1,000 live births in 2024. Source: World Bank.

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

| Period | per 1,000 live births |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 18.4 |
| 2023 | 20.1 |
| 2022 | 20.7 |
| 2021 | 20.5 |
| 2020 | 21.9 |
| 2019 | 24.6 |
| 2018 | 32.5 |
| 2017 | 32.9 |
| 2016 | 32.2 |
| 2015 | 37.1 |
| 2014 | 35.5 |
| 2013 | 36.9 |
| 2012 | 34.2 |
| 2011 | 21.6 |
| 2010 | 18.8 |
| 2009 | 18.8 |
| 2008 | 18.9 |
| 2007 | 19.1 |
| 2006 | 19.4 |
| 2005 | 19.8 |
| 2004 | 20.2 |
| 2003 | 20.8 |
| 2002 | 21.4 |
| 2001 | 22.2 |
| 2000 | 23.1 |
| 1999 | 24.1 |
| 1998 | 25.2 |
| 1997 | 26.5 |
| 1996 | 27.8 |
| 1995 | 29.2 |
| 1994 | 30.7 |
| 1993 | 32.2 |
| 1992 | 33.8 |
| 1991 | 35.3 |
| 1990 | 36.9 |
| 1989 | 38.5 |
| 1988 | 40.2 |
| 1987 | 41.9 |
| 1986 | 43.9 |
| 1985 | 46 |
| 1984 | 48.4 |
| 1983 | 50.9 |
| 1982 | 71 |
| 1981 | 63.4 |
| 1980 | 60.1 |
| 1979 | 63.7 |
| 1978 | 67.5 |
| 1977 | 71.5 |
| 1976 | 75.7 |
| 1975 | 79.9 |
| 1974 | 84.3 |
| 1973 | 88.9 |
| 1972 | 93.9 |
| 1971 | 99.1 |
| 1970 | 104.8 |
| 1969 | 110.8 |
| 1968 | 116.9 |
| 1967 | 123.2 |
| 1966 | 129.5 |
| 1965 | 135.7 |
| 1964 | 142.1 |
| 1963 | 148.8 |
| 1962 | 155.9 |
| 1961 | 163.9 |
| 1960 | 172.8 |