# Under-five mortality rate in Vietnam

Under-five mortality rate in Vietnam was 17.3 per 1,000 live births in 2024. Source: World Bank.

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

| Period | per 1,000 live births |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 17.3 |
| 2023 | 17.8 |
| 2022 | 18.4 |
| 2021 | 18.9 |
| 2020 | 19.5 |
| 2019 | 20 |
| 2018 | 20.5 |
| 2017 | 20.9 |
| 2016 | 21.3 |
| 2015 | 21.6 |
| 2014 | 22 |
| 2013 | 22.3 |
| 2012 | 22.5 |
| 2011 | 22.8 |
| 2010 | 23.1 |
| 2009 | 23.4 |
| 2008 | 23.8 |
| 2007 | 24.3 |
| 2006 | 24.8 |
| 2005 | 25.4 |
| 2004 | 26.1 |
| 2003 | 26.9 |
| 2002 | 27.9 |
| 2001 | 29 |
| 2000 | 30.3 |
| 1999 | 31.8 |
| 1998 | 33.4 |
| 1997 | 35.2 |
| 1996 | 37.2 |
| 1995 | 39.4 |
| 1994 | 41.7 |
| 1993 | 44.1 |
| 1992 | 46.6 |
| 1991 | 49.1 |
| 1990 | 51.6 |
| 1989 | 54 |
| 1988 | 56.3 |
| 1987 | 58.5 |
| 1986 | 60.4 |
| 1985 | 62.2 |
| 1984 | 63.8 |
| 1983 | 65.2 |
| 1982 | 66.7 |
| 1981 | 68.2 |
| 1980 | 69.9 |
| 1979 | 71.6 |
| 1978 | 73.4 |
| 1977 | 75.2 |
| 1976 | 76.9 |
| 1975 | 78.5 |
| 1974 | 109.9 |
| 1973 | 106.6 |
| 1972 | 122.4 |
| 1971 | 107.6 |
| 1970 | 110.4 |
| 1969 | 111.3 |
| 1968 | 120.1 |
| 1967 | 103.9 |
| 1966 | 103.3 |
| 1965 | 102.9 |
| 1964 | 99.4 |