List of countries by child mortality rate

The following list sorts countries according to their child mortality rate . The child mortality rate is the number of children per 1,000 births who do not survive the first five years of life. Despite a decline in mortality for decades, seven million children under the age of five died worldwide in 2007, almost 20,000 per day. In 1990 it was over twelve million

Child mortality in 2016 (deaths per 1000 births)

Child mortality is particularly common in poor countries. Reasons for a high child mortality rate can be:

• Inadequate medical care and inadequate health systems
• Bad hygienic conditions
• Lack of education for women and girls
• Malnutrition caused by poverty
• The resulting diseases such as diarrhea , malaria or AIDS
• Armed conflict and political instability

The level of child mortality is a direct indicator of a country's development and the quality of its health care.

list

The list sorts countries according to the proportion of live births who die within the first five years of their life. The UN data relate to the period between 2010 and 2015 and those of the World Bank to the year 2016. The sources are the data from the “World Population Prospects” of the United Nations from 2015 and the World Bank . Due to different time periods and sources, the information can vary slightly. The states with the lowest death rate are at the top. Luxembourg was the country with the lowest child mortality rate from 2010 to 2015.

country	Child mortality per 1000 births 2010–2015 (UN)	proportion of	Child mortality per 1000 births in 2016 (World Bank)	proportion of
Luxembourg	1.58	0.2%	2.40	0.2%
Singapore	1.77	0.2%	2.80	0.3%
Iceland	2.03	0.2%	2.10	0.2%
Japan	2.20	0.2%	2.70	0.3%
Finland	2.26	0.2%	2.30	0.2%
Italy	2.30	0.2%	3.30	0.3%
Czech Republic	2.46	0.2%	3.20	0.3%
Norway	2.50	0.3%	2.60	0.3%
Sweden	2.80	0.3%	2.90	0.3%
Greece	2.84	0.3%	3.80	0.4%
Slovenia	2.87	0.3%	2.30	0.2%
South Korea	2.91	0.3%	3.40	0.3%
Ireland	2.93	0.3%	3.60	0.4%
Spain	3.00	0.3%	3.30	0.3%
Austria	3.09	0.3%	3.50	0.4%
Germany	3.10	0.3%	3.80	0.4%
Estonia	3.20	0.3%	2.90	0.3%
Portugal	3.29	0.3%	3.50	0.4%
Belgium	3.33	0.3%	3.90	0.4%
France	3.34	0.3%	3.90	0.4%
Netherlands	3.46	0.3%	3.80	0.4%
Denmark	3.47	0.3%	4.40	0.4%
Israel	3.48	0.3%	3.50	0.4%
Switzerland	3.68	0.4%	4.10	0.4%
Lithuania	3.76	0.4%	5.30	0.5%
Croatia	3.95	0.4%	4.70	0.5%
Australia	3.96	0.4%	3.70	0.4%
Belarus	3.99	0.4%	3.90	0.4%
Brunei	4.19	0.4%	9.90	1.0%
United Kingdom	4.19	0.4%	4.30	0.4%
Cyprus	4.20	0.4%	2.60	0.3%
New Zealand	4.31	0.4%	5.40	0.5%
Montenegro	4.41	0.4%	3.80	0.4%
Poland	4.58	0.5%	4.70	0.5%
Hungary	4.62	0.5%	5.20	0.5%
Canada	4.73	0.5%	4.90	0.5%
Malta	4.83	0.5%	6.80	0.7%
Slovakia	4.91	0.5%	5.90	0.6%
Taiwan	5.21	0.5%	...	...
Cuba	5.50	0.5%	5.50	0.6%
United States	5.97	0.6%	6.50	0.7%
United Arab Emirates	6.23	0.6%	7.70	0.8%
Puerto Rico	6.25	0.6%	...	...
Qatar	6.45	0.6%	8.50	0.9%
Latvia	6.49	0.6%	4.60	0.5%
Malaysia	6.76	0.7%	8.30	0.8%
Bahrain	6.91	0.7%	7.60	0.8%
Chile	7.17	0.7%	8.30	0.8%
Oman	7.31	0.7%	10.70	1.1%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	7.60	0.8%	6.00	0.6%
Sri Lanka	8.23	0.8%	9.40	0.9%
Russia	8.25	0.8%	7.70	0.8%
Kuwait	8.63	0.9%	8.40	0.8%
Bulgaria	9.02	0.9%	7.60	0.8%
Bahamas	9.06	0.9%	10.60	1.1%
Ukraine	9.16	0.9%	9.10	0.9%
Lebanon	9.29	0.9%	8.10	0.8%
Costa Rica	9.33	0.9%	8.80	0.9%
Grenada	9.58	1.0%	16.00	1.6%
Romania	9.64	1.0%	9.00	0.9%
Serbia	9.77	1.0%	5.80	0.6%
North Macedonia	10.14	1.0%	12.20	1.2%
Moldova	10.89	1.1%	15.90	1.6%
Thailand	11.25	1.1%	12.20	1.2%
People's Republic of China	11.65	1.2%	9.90	1.0%
Turkey	12.61	1.3%	12.70	1.3%
Uruguay	12.67	1.3%	9.20	0.9%
Armenia	13.22	1.3%	13.40	1.3%
Georgia	13.66	1.4%	10.70	1.1%
Argentina	13.69	1.4%	11.10	1.1%
Venezuela	13.78	1.4%	16.30	1.6%
Kazakhstan	14.12	1.4%	11.40	1.1%
Belize	14.33	1.4%	14.90	1.5%
Albania	14.42	1.4%	13.50	1.4%
Iran	14.78	1.5%	15.10	1.5%
Jamaica	15.04	1.5%	15.30	1.5%
Panama	15.16	1.5%	16.40	1.6%
Saudi Arabia	15.34	1.5%	12.90	1.3%
El Salvador	17.03	1.7%	15.00	1.5%
Jordan	17.07	1.7%	17.60	1.8%
Suriname	17.37	1.7%	20.00	2.0%
Syria	17.87	1.8%	17.50	1.8%
Colombia	17.92	1.8%	15.30	1.5%
Peru	18.63	1.9%	15.30	1.5%
Tunisia	18.70	1.9%	13.60	1.4%
Mexico	18.79	1.9%	14.60	1.5%
Egypt	18.92	1.9%	22.80	2.3%
Vietnam	19.32	1.9%	21.60	2.2%
Paraguay	19.56	2.0%	19.90	2.0%
Samoa	19.67	2.0%	17.30	1.7%
Nicaragua	19.96	2.0%	19.70	2.0%
Brazil	20.33	2.0%	15.10	1.5%
Tonga	20.44	2.0%	16.40	1.6%
Palestine	20.63	2.1%	19.40	1.9%
Ecuador	21.06	2.1%	20.90	2.1%
Kyrgyzstan	21.22	2.1%	21.10	2.1%
North Korea	21.99	2.2%	20.00	2.0%
Guatemala	22.64	2.3%	28.50	2.9%
Philippines	23.17	2.3%	27.10	2.7%
Libya	24.29	2.4%	12.90	1.3%
Trinidad and Tobago	24.76	2.5%	18.50	1.9%
Indonesia	24.97	2.5%	26.40	2.6%
Dominican Republic	25.09	2.5%	30.70	3.1%
Mongolia	25.79	2.6%	17.90	1.8%
Morocco	26.30	2.6%	27.10	2.7%
Honduras	27.79	2.8%	18.70	1.9%
Cambodia	29.92	3.0%	30.60	3.1%
Algeria	30.28	3.0%	25.20	2.5%
Bhutan	30.49	3.0%	32.40	3.2%
Iraq	32.13	3.2%	31.20	3.1%
Nepal	32.36	3.2%	34.50	3.5%
Botswana	32.49	3.2%	40.60	4.1%
Micronesia	32.66	3.3%	33.30	3.3%
Bangladesh	33.10	3.3%	34.20	3.4%
Guyana	33.23	3.3%	32.40	3.2%
Namibia	33.53	3.4%	45.20	4.5%
Madagascar	36.78	3.7%	46.40	4.6%
Tanzania	36.96	3.7%	56.70	5.7%
Western Sahara	37.24	3.7%	...	...
Solomon Islands	38.04	3.8%	25.80	2.6%
South Africa	38.32	3.8%	43.30	4.3%
Azerbaijan	39.60	4.0%	30.90	3.1%
Tajikistan	39.88	4.0%	43.10	4.3%
India	41.36	4.1%	43.00	4.3%
Bolivia	42.95	4.3%	36.90	3.7%
Gabon	43.18	4.3%	47.40	4.7%
Sao Tome and Principe	43.51	4.4%	33.80	3.4%
East Timor	43.91	4.4%	49.70	5.0%
Uzbekistan	44.02	4.4%	24.10	2.4%
Senegal	44.34	4.4%	47.10	4.7%
Myanmar	46.47	4.6%	50.80	5.1%
Eritrea	46.49	4.6%	44.50	4.5%
Turkmenistan	46.70	4.7%	51.00	5.1%
Laos	46.78	4.7%	63.90	6.4%
Haiti	46.69	4.7%	67.00	6.7%
Gambia	47.07	4.7%	65.30	6.5%
Papua New Guinea	47.58	4.8%	54.30	5.4%
Zimbabwe	48.21	4.8%	56.40	5.6%
Rwanda	49.21	4.9%	38.50	3.9%
Ethiopia	49.99	5.0%	58.40	5.8%
Togo	50.18	5.0%	75.70	7.6%
Republic of the Congo	50.61	5.1%	54.10	5.4%
Ghana	51.08	5.1%	58.80	5.9%
Kenya	52.48	5.2%	49.20	4.9%
Sudan	53.32	5.3%	65.10	6.5%
Yemen	53.55	5.4%	55.50	5.6%
Djibouti	55.31	5.5%	64.20	6.4%
Zambia	55.36	5.5%	63.40	6.3%
Guinea	59.20	5.9%	89.00	8.9%
Niger	59.84	6.0%	91.30	9.1%
Malawi	60.09	6.0%	55.10	5.5%
Lesotho	60.14	6.0%	93.50	9.4%
Liberia	61.18	6.1%	67.40	6.7%
Uganda	61.20	6.1%	53.00	5.3%
Mozambique	64.42	6.4%	71.30	7.1%
Swaziland	64.64	6.5%	70.40	7.0%
Burkina Faso	66.54	6.7%	84.60	8.5%
Mauritania	67.27	6.7%	81.40	8.1%
Benin	68.70	6.9%	97.60	9.8%
Pakistan	69.84	7.0%	78.80	7.9%
Equatorial Guinea	70.10	7.0%	90.90	9.1%
Afghanistan	71.12	7.1%	70.40	7.0%
Democratic Republic of Congo	73.18	7.3%	94.30	9.4%
Ivory Coast	73.43	7.3%	91.80	9.2%
Cameroon	73.51	7.4%	79.70	8.0%
Nigeria	76.31	7.6%	104.30	10.4%
South Sudan	77.67	7.8%	90.70	9.1%
Burundi	77.87	7.8%	71.70	7.2%
Somalia	79.47	7.9%	132.50	13.3%
Mali	84.00	8.4%	110.60	11.1%
Guinea-Bissau	91.87	9.2%	88.10	8.8%
Central African Republic	93.37	9.3%	123.60	12.4%
Sierra Leone	94.43	9.4%	113.50	11.4%
Chad	95.85	9.6%	127.30	12.7%
Angola	96.23	9.6%	82.50	8.3%

Development of the child mortality rate from 1800 to 2015

The following table provides an overview of the development of the percentage child mortality from 1950–1955 (average value) to 2010–2015 in various regions of the world. Overall, the proportion of children who do not survive in the first five years after their birth fell from 21.5% in the middle of the 20th century to 4.8% in the present. According to historical estimates and statistics, the world child mortality rate in 1800 was 43.3% and decreased to 36.2% by 1900.

region	1800	1900	1950-1955	1960-1965	1970-1975	1980-1985	1990-1995	2000-2005	2010-2015
Europe			09.3%	04.4%	02.9%	02.2%	01.5%	01.0%	0.6%
North America			03.6%	02.9%	02.1%	01.3%	01.0%	00.8%	0.7%
East asia			19.4%	19.4%	09.1%	05.3%	04.6%	02.8%	1.3%
Latin America and the Caribbean			18.9%	14.7%	11.2%	07.6%	04.9%	03.3%	2.4%
Australasia and Oceania			08.7%	07.0%	05.6%	04.5%	03.7%	03.3%	2.6%
West asia			26.9%	21.2%	15.1%	09.4%	06.2%	04.0%	2.9%
South East Asia			23.7%	17.0%	12.2%	09.3%	06.3%	04.4%	3.0%
Central Asia			16.3%	13.7%	11.5%	09.7%	07.8%	05.9%	3.4%
North africa			31.8%	24.2%	19.7%	12.8%	08.2%	05.5%	3.7%
South asia			29.0%	23.8%	20.6%	15.4%	11.6%	08.2%	5.5%
Sub-Saharan Africa			31.0%	26.5%	22.0%	19.6%	16.7%	14.1%	9.5%
world	43.3%	36.2%	21.5%	18.4%	13.9%	10.9%	09.6%	07.0%	4.8%

See also

• Child mortality rate
• List of countries by maternal mortality rate

Individual evidence

1. ^ Deutscher Ärzteverlag GmbH, editorial office of Deutsches Ärzteblatt: Unicef: Worldwide child mortality continues to fall . ( aerzteblatt.de [accessed on June 22, 2017]). UNICEF: Worldwide child mortality continues to fall ( memento of the original from February 3, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ World Bank. Retrieved October 31, 2017 . 
3. ↑ World Population Prospects - Population Division - United Nations. Retrieved June 22, 2017 . 
4. ^ Child Mortality. Retrieved June 28, 2018 .