Countries by under-five mortality rate

The Central African Republic had the highest under-five mortality rate of 195 countries in 2014, at 186.8 per 1,000 live births. San Marino had the lowest, at 2 per 1,000 live births. The median was 18.5 per 1,000 live births and the figure for the World was 43.9 per 1,000 live births. Source: the World Bank.

Highest186.8Central African Republic

Lowest2San Marino

Median18.5195 countries

World43.9History

Top 40 countries, 2014

per 1,000 live births. Source: World Bank (modelled estimate), Mortality rate, under-5, per 1,000 live births (SH.DYN.MORT). Retrieved 2026-10-11.

Full ranking

Rank	Countries	2014 per 1,000 live births	Change on 2013
1	Central African Republic	186.8	+52.6
2	South Sudan	182.6	+85.4
3	Somalia	138.6	-4.6
4	Sierra Leone	135.9	-2
5	Chad	132.3	-3.5
6	Niger	126.8	-1.5
7	Nigeria	118.7	-1.2
8	Guinea	115.4	-1.2
9	Mali	114.4	-4.7
10	Burkina Faso	104.3	-3.9
11	Benin	98.4	-2.2
12	Liberia	97	0
13	Equatorial Guinea	95.3	-3.3
14	Guinea-Bissau	95.2	-3.9
15	Democratic Republic of the Congo	92.7	-1.4
16	Cameroon	92.4	-4.1
17	Côte d’Ivoire	88.6	-3.4
18	Mozambique	79.7	-3.2
19	Togo	77.7	-2.5
20	Lesotho	77.6	-1.7
21	Pakistan	77.2	-2.4
22	Afghanistan	74.6	-3
23	Haiti	70.9	-1.9
24	Burundi	70.6	-4.3
25	Ethiopia	67.7	-3.5
26	Djibouti	67.2	-2
27	Madagascar	65.7	-0.7
28	Sudan	65.4	-1.9
29	Angola	64.5	-3.4
30	Zambia	62.6	-3.4
31	Timor-Leste	61.9	-2
32	Gambia	61.4	-2.6
33	Uganda	60.2	-2.6
34	Eswatini	60	+0.3
34	Malawi	60	-2.9
36	Zimbabwe	59.8	-2.8
37	Kiribati	58	+0.3
38	Tanzania	56.3	-2.7
39	Ghana	54.9	-2.6
40	Republic of the Congo	54.5	-1.7
41	Senegal	53.7	-1.8
42	Papua New Guinea	53.3	-1.4
43	Myanmar	52.4	-2.2
44	Mauritania	50.6	-1.5
45	Comoros	50	-1.2
45	Namibia	50	-0.8
47	Rwanda	49.2	-2.2
48	Botswana	49	-1.3
49	Yemen	48.7	-0.9
50	Kenya	48.3	-1.1
51	Eritrea	48.1	-1.6
52	Laos	46.8	-2.6
53	India	46.4	-2.7
54	Gabon	45.8	-1.5
55	Turkmenistan	42.9	+0.1
56	Bangladesh	40.5	-1.9
57	Nepal	39.7	-2
57	South Africa	39.7	-1.7
59	Marshall Islands	36.1	-0.9
60	Syria	35.5	-1.4
61	Dominican Republic	34.9	+0.1
62	Guyana	34.3	-0.9
63	Tajikistan	33	-1
64	Cambodia	32	-2.5
65	Bhutan	31.2	-2
66	Micronesia	30.7	-0.9
67	Iraq	30.3	-1
68	Azerbaijan	29.6	-1.8
69	Guatemala	29.2	-1.2
70	Bolivia	28.4	-1.9
71	Dominica	28.3	+0.9
72	Philippines	28	-0.3
73	Indonesia	27.3	-1.3
74	Egypt	27.1	-0.7
75	Tuvalu	26.9	-1.1
76	São Tomé and Príncipe	25.5	-2.4
77	Algeria	25.4	-0.5
77	Solomon Islands	25.4	-0.4
79	Morocco	24.5	-1.5
80	Kyrgyzstan	23.5	-1.2
81	Trinidad and Tobago	23.1	-0.4
82	Paraguay	22.7	-0.7
83	North Korea	22.6	-1.5
84	Vietnam	22	-0.3
85	Palestine	21.9	+2.3
86	Uzbekistan	21.3	-1.7
87	Honduras	21.1	-0.8
87	Suriname	21.1	-0.5
89	Cape Verde	20.9	-1.7
90	Fiji	20.6	-0.1
90	Palau	20.6	+0.5
92	Mongolia	20.4	-1.1
93	Saint Kitts and Nevis	19.4	+0.1
94	Nauru	19.2	-1.7
95	Jamaica	18.8	-0.1
95	Saint Lucia	18.8	0
95	Vanuatu	18.8	-0.4
98	Samoa	18.5	-0.2
99	Nicaragua	18.3	-1.1
99	Tunisia	18.3	0
99	Venezuela	18.3	+0.4
102	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	18.2	-0.9
103	Panama	17.3	-0.2
104	Grenada	17.2	+0.4
104	Peru	17.2	-0.6
106	Jordan	17	-0.4
106	Mexico	17	-0.5
108	Belize	16.3	-0.7
108	Brazil	16.3	-0.4
110	Iran	16.1	-0.7
111	Colombia	16	-0.5
112	Ecuador	15.9	-0.7
113	Moldova	15.8	-0.2
114	British Virgin Islands	15.6	0
115	Armenia	15.4	-0.7
116	El Salvador	15.3	-0.7
117	Mauritius	14.7	-0.2
118	Seychelles	14.5	+0.1
119	Bahamas	14.2	-0.2
120	Türkiye	14	-0.7
121	Libya	13.8	-0.6
122	Barbados	13.1	-0.2
123	Kazakhstan	13	-1.5
124	Lebanon	12.8	+0.1
125	Thailand	12.3	-0.4
126	Argentina	12.2	-0.5
127	Tonga	12.1	-0.2
128	China	11.6	-0.9
129	Antigua and Barbuda	11.2	-0.2
129	Oman	11.2	-0.1
131	North Macedonia	11.1	+0.4
132	Georgia	11	-0.5
133	Brunei	10.6	+0.2
133	Maldives	10.6	-0.7
135	Albania	9.9	-0.6
135	Romania	9.9	-0.7
137	Ukraine	9.8	-0.4
138	Saudi Arabia	9.6	-0.5
139	Kuwait	9.3	-0.3
139	Uruguay	9.3	-0.4
141	Costa Rica	9.2	-0.3
141	Sri Lanka	9.2	-0.6
143	Russia	8.9	-0.6
144	Bulgaria	8.7	-0.6
145	Chile	8.1	-0.2
145	Malaysia	8.1	+0.1
145	Qatar	8.1	-0.3
148	United Arab Emirates	7.9	-0.3
149	Bahrain	7.8	-0.1
150	United States	6.8	-0.1
151	Bosnia and Herzegovina	6.7	0
151	Malta	6.7	0
153	Serbia	6.6	-0.2
154	Turks and Caicos Islands	6.4	-0.2
155	Slovakia	6.3	-0.1
156	Cuba	6.1	+0.1
157	New Zealand	5.8	-0.1
158	Latvia	5.6	-0.5
159	Canada	5.4	-0.1
160	Hungary	5.3	-0.3
161	Lithuania	5.1	0
162	Croatia	5	-0.1
162	Poland	5	-0.2
164	Montenegro	4.6	-0.4
165	United Kingdom	4.5	-0.1
166	Belarus	4.3	-0.3
166	Switzerland	4.3	-0.1
168	Greece	4.2	+0.1
169	Belgium	4.1	-0.1
169	Denmark	4.1	0
169	France	4.1	0
169	Netherlands	4.1	-0.1
173	Australia	4	-0.1
173	Germany	4	0
173	Israel	4	-0.1
176	Austria	3.8	-0.1
176	Ireland	3.8	-0.1
178	Andorra	3.7	-0.2
179	Italy	3.6	-0.1
179	Monaco	3.6	-0.1
179	Portugal	3.6	0
179	South Korea	3.6	-0.1
183	Estonia	3.4	-0.2
183	Spain	3.4	-0.1
185	Czechia	3.1	0
186	Japan	2.9	-0.1
186	Sweden	2.9	0
188	Norway	2.8	-0.1
189	Singapore	2.7	-0.1
189	Slovenia	2.7	-0.1
191	Cyprus	2.6	-0.1
191	Finland	2.6	0
191	Iceland	2.6	0
191	Luxembourg	2.6	0
195	San Marino	2	-0.1

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About this ranking

Probability that a newborn dies before reaching age five, per 1,000 live births, if subject to the age-specific mortality of the year.

Includes infant deaths, so it is always higher than the infant mortality rate.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the countries are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

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.

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Which country has the highest under-five mortality rate?

The Central African Republic, with 186.8 per 1,000 live births in 2014, according to the World Bank.

Which country has the lowest under-five mortality rate?

San Marino, with 2 per 1,000 live births in 2014.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: World Bank, Mortality rate, under-5, per 1,000 live births (SH.DYN.MORT). Retrieved 2026-10-11.

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