Children's Health: Under-5 mortality rate

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Children's Health: Under-5 mortality rate

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Population, Health and Human Well-being — Children's Health: Under-5 mortality rate Units: Deaths per 1,000 live births

Reverse years

		1960	1970	1980	1990	1995	2000	2005	2007
World
World {1}		191	147	119	95	90	84	76	68

		1960	1970	1980	1990	1995	2000	2005	2007
Region/Classification
Central America & Caribbean {2}		154	123	82	54	44	36	31	26
Middle East & North Africa {3}		249	195	132	81	72	63	54	46
South America {4}		154	123	82	54	44	36	31	26
Sub-Saharan Africa {5}		280	244	202	188	186	176	169	148
Developed Countries {6}		39	27	15	10	8	7	6	6
Developing Countries {7}		223	167	133	105	98	92	83	74

	ISO	1960	1970	1980	1990	1995	2000	2005	2007
Country
Afghanistan	AFG	360	320	280	260	257	257	257	257
Albania	ALB	169	107	69	46	34	24	17	15
Algeria	DZA	261	220	134	69	53	44	39	37
Andorra	AND	..	..	..	6	..	4	3	3
Angola	AGO	..	..	265	258	230	191	158	158
Antigua and Barbuda	ATG	..	..	..	..	21	15	12	11
Argentina	ARG	68	68	42	29	25	21	18	16
Armenia	ARM	..	..	73	56	48	36	27	24
Australia	AUS	25	21	13	9	7	6	6	6
Austria	AUT	42	29	16	9	7	6	5	4
Azerbaijan	AZE	..	..	107	98	93	69	46	39
Bahamas	BHS	68	49	35	29	24	19	15	13
Bahrain	BHR	150	82	30	19	16	12	11	10
Bangladesh	BGD	..	238	205	151	122	91	68	61
Barbados	BRB	90	54	29	17	15	13	12	12
Belarus	BLR	..	..	26	24	21	18	15	13
Belgium	BEL	35	24	15	10	8	6	5	5
Belize	BLZ	..	..	69	43	32	29	26	25
Benin	BEN	..	256	212	184	162	144	129	123
Bhutan	BTN	..	288	206	148	125	106	90	84
Bolivia	BOL	255	243	175	125	105	84	65	57
Bosnia and Herzegovina	BIH	160	82	39	22	19	17	15	14
Botswana	BWA	174	144	82	57	70	87	44	40
Brazil	BRA	176	134	90	58	42	32	24	22
British Virgin Islands	VGB	..	..	..	34	29	23	18	16
Brunei Darussalam	BRN	87	78	22	11	9	9	9	9
Bulgaria	BGR	58	33	24	18	19	17	13	12
Burkina Faso	BFA	330	281	240	206	193	190	191	191
Burundi	BDI	244	219	199	189	186	184	181	180
Cambodia	KHM	..	..	164	119	119	107	95	91
Cameroon	CMR	255	215	173	139	151	151	149	148
Canada	CAN	32	22	13	8	7	6	6	6
Cape Verde	CPV	..	..	80	60	50	42	35	32
Côte d'Ivoire	CIV	..	236	168	151	143	136	129	127
Central African Rep	CAF	349	232	188	171	193	186	176	172
Chad	TCD	..	..	228	201	202	205	209	209
Chile	CHL	155	98	45	21	14	11	10	9
China	CHN	..	118	59	45	44	37	25	22
Colombia	COL	123	105	51	35	31	26	22	20
Comoros	COM	265	215	165	120	101	84	71	66
Congo	COG	193	142	104	104	110	116	123	125
Congo, Dem Rep	COD	..	235	213	200	192	179	166	161
Cook Islands	COK	..	..	37	32	29	24	20	18
Costa Rica	CRI	123	83	31	18	16	14	12	11
Croatia	HRV	97	42	26	13	10	8	7	6
Cuba	CUB	51	39	23	13	10	8	7	7
Cyprus	CYP	..	31	21	11	9	7	5	5
Czech Rep	CZE	23	24	16	12	8	6	4	4
Denmark	DNK	25	16	10	9	7	6	5	4
Djibouti	DJI	..	..	205	175	161	147	133	127
Dominica	DMA	127	60	13	18	17	16	13	11
Dominican Rep	DOM	153	131	88	66	45	37	37	38
Ecuador	ECU	178	140	98	57	43	32	25	22
Egypt	EGY	..	236	176	93	72	51	40	36
El Salvador	SLV	191	162	118	60	46	35	27	24
Equatorial Guinea	GNQ	..	..	..	170	187	200	205	206
Eritrea	ERI	..	237	192	147	122	97	78	70
Estonia	EST	38	20	23	18	16	11	7	6
Ethiopia	ETH	273	241	212	204	179	151	127	119
Fiji	FJI	..	..	40	22	19	18	18	18
Finland	FIN	27	16	9	7	5	4	4	4
France	FRA	29	18	12	9	7	5	5	4
Gabon	GAB	..	..	115	92	91	91	91	91
Gambia	GMB	360	311	214	153	149	131	115	109
Georgia	GEO	..	..	65	47	40	35	32	30
Germany	DEU	43	26	15	9	7	5	5	4
Ghana	GHA	212	183	150	120	111	112	114	115
Greece	GRC	46	32	20	11	8	7	5	4
Grenada	GRD	..	..	..	37	33	26	21	19
Guatemala	GTM	202	168	139	82	64	53	43	39
Guinea	GIN	..	326	277	231	210	185	160	150
Guinea-Bissau	GNB	..	..	..	240	233	218	204	198
Guyana	GUY	..	..	106	88	79	70	63	60
Haiti	HTI	..	222	209	152	141	109	84	76
Honduras	HND	204	169	101	58	49	39	28	24
Hungary	HUN	55	40	25	17	13	10	8	7
Iceland	ISL	22	16	9	7	5	4	3	3
India	IND	234	190	156	117	104	91	77	72
Indonesia	IDN	216	172	125	91	66	48	36	31
Iran, Islamic Rep	IRN	281	191	130	72	55	44	36	33
Iraq	IRQ	158	125	81	53	48	48	45	44
Ireland	IRL	35	23	15	9	7	7	5	4
Israel	ISR	..	29	19	12	9	7	6	5
Italy	ITA	51	33	16	10	8	6	4	4
Jamaica	JAM	75	62	45	33	33	32	31	31
Japan	JPN	39	17	10	6	6	5	4	4
Jordan	JOR	139	107	65	40	35	30	26	24
Kazakhstan	KAZ	..	88	73	60	56	44	35	32
Kenya	KEN	205	156	115	97	111	117	120	121
Kiribati	KIR	..	..	..	88	77	70	65	63
Korea, Dem People's Rep	PRK	120	70	43	55	55	55	55	55
Korea, Rep	KOR	127	54	18	9	6	5	5	5
Kuwait	KWT	111	59	31	15	13	13	12	11
Kyrgyzstan	KGZ	..	..	110	74	61	50	42	38
Lao People's Dem Rep	LAO	235	218	200	163	131	101	79	70
Latvia	LVA	32	20	22	17	19	15	10	9
Lebanon	LBN	85	54	44	37	34	32	30	29
Lesotho	LSO	185	171	132	102	102	107	96	84
Liberia	LBR	..	284	240	205	187	164	140	133
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	LBY	270	160	70	41	28	22	19	18
Liechtenstein	LIE	..	..	..	10	8	6	4	3
Lithuania	LTU	48	22	22	16	15	11	9	8
Luxembourg	LUX	39	23	13	9	6	5	4	3
Macedonia, FYR	MKD	177	119	70	38	26	16	17	17
Madagascar	MDG	186	180	175	168	156	137	119	112
Malawi	MWI	368	334	255	209	202	170	127	111
Malaysia	MYS	113	70	42	22	17	14	12	11
Maldives	MDV	..	..	168	111	83	55	36	30
Mali	MLI	460	372	300	250	234	217	202	196
Malta	MLT	41	28	17	11	10	7	6	5
Marshall Islands	MHL	..	..	..	92	81	68	58	54
Mauritania	MRT	..	233	155	130	126	122	120	119
Mauritius	MUS	102	86	40	24	21	19	15	15
Mexico	MEX	133	111	78	52	45	38	36	35
Micronesia, Fed States	FSM	..	..	67	58	52	47	42	40
Moldova, Rep	MDA	..	65	52	37	30	24	20	18
Monaco	MCO	..	..	..	9	6	6	5	4
Mongolia	MNG	..	..	127	98	82	63	48	43
Montenegro	MNE	..	..	..	16	15	14	11	10
Morocco	MAR	211	184	144	89	69	54	40	34
Mozambique	MOZ	..	277	235	201	190	184	174	168
Myanmar	MMR	252	179	134	130	117	110	105	103
Namibia	NAM	..	126	98	87	91	99	78	68
Nauru	NRU	..	..	..	..	30	30	30	30
Nepal	NPL	294	237	192	142	117	85	62	55
Netherlands	NLD	21	16	11	8	7	6	6	5
New Zealand	NZL	28	21	16	11	9	7	6	6
Nicaragua	NIC	193	165	113	68	53	43	37	35
Niger	NER	325	318	310	304	277	230	190	176
Nigeria	NGA	290	265	228	230	230	207	194	189
Norway	NOR	23	16	10	9	6	5	4	4
Oman	OMN	..	200	95	32	19	15	13	12
Pakistan	PAK	212	184	159	132	119	106	95	90
Palau	PLW	..	..	31	21	18	14	11	10
Palestinian Territories		..	..	63	38	32	29	28	27
Panama	PAN	88	68	46	34	30	26	24	23
Papua New Guinea	PNG	213	156	115	94	84	76	68	65
Paraguay	PRY	92	75	59	41	37	33	30	29
Peru	PER	235	170	120	78	65	40	24	20
Philippines	PHL	97	89	81	62	44	37	30	28
Poland	POL	65	35	24	17	14	10	7	7
Portugal	PRT	110	66	28	15	10	7	5	4
Qatar	QAT	..	51	36	26	22	19	16	15
Romania	ROU	74	52	35	32	27	23	17	15
Russian Federation	RUS	..	40	33	27	27	24	17	15
Rwanda	RWA	227	223	209	195	193	189	183	181
Samoa	WSM	131	101	74	50	41	34	29	27
San Marino	SMR	..	..	13	13	10	7	4	4
Sao Tome & Principe	STP	..	104	103	101	101	100	99	99
Saudi Arabia	SAU	250	185	85	44	34	29	26	25
Senegal	SEN	311	276	213	149	148	133	119	114
Serbia	SRB	..	..	..	..	16	13	9	8
Seychelles	SYC	83	59	32	19	16	15	13	13
Sierra Leone	SLE	390	371	318	290	283	274	265	262
Singapore	SGP	48	27	14	8	5	4	3	3
Slovakia	SVK	35	31	23	15	12	10	8	8
Slovenia	SVN	44	29	19	11	7	5	4	4
Solomon Islands	SLB	..	..	..	121	103	88	75	70
Somalia	SOM	..	..	..	203	182	164	148	142
South Africa	ZAF	..	113	90	64	64	74	65	59
Spain	ESP	46	25	15	9	7	5	5	4
Sri Lanka	LKA	133	100	48	32	26	23	21	21
St. Lucia	LCA	..	66	35	21	22	16	18	18
Sudan	SDN	211	168	136	125	120	115	110	109
Suriname	SUR	..	..	60	51	47	38	31	29
Swaziland	SWZ	220	199	138	96	109	133	98	91
Sweden	SWE	19	13	8	7	5	4	4	3
Switzerland	CHE	27	18	10	8	7	6	5	5
Syrian Arab Rep	SYR	200	128	74	37	28	22	18	17
Tajikistan	TJK	..	138	127	117	114	94	74	67
Tanzania	TZA	240	217	172	157	154	143	124	116
Thailand	THA	149	103	59	31	20	13	8	7
Timor-Leste	TMP	..	..	..	184	153	129	105	97
Togo	TGO	264	219	176	150	140	122	106	100
Tonga	TON	65	50	39	32	29	26	24	23
Trinidad and Tobago	TTO	73	54	41	34	34	34	35	35
Tunisia	TUN	254	201	100	52	40	31	24	21
Turkey	TUR	219	201	133	82	63	44	29	23
Turkmenistan	TKM	..	..	126	99	87	71	55	50
Turks and Caicos Islands	TCA	..	..	..	31	31	28	25	24
Uganda	UGA	222	195	172	175	164	149	136	130
Ukraine	UKR	..	36	30	25	23	23	24	24
United Arab Emirates	ARE	224	84	32	15	13	10	9	8
United Kingdom	GBR	26	21	14	9	7	7	6	6
United States	USA	30	23	15	11	10	8	8	8
Uruguay	URY	67	60	46	25	20	17	15	14
Uzbekistan	UZB	..	..	108	74	68	62	46	41
Vanuatu	VUT	209	155	107	62	50	48	38	34
Venezuela	VEN	..	62	46	32	28	24	21	19
Viet Nam	VNM	..	85	64	56	45	30	18	15
Yemen	YEM	..	309	189	127	120	98	79	73
Zambia	ZMB	212	179	155	163	178	178	174	170
Zimbabwe	ZWE	158	131	116	95	122	122	101	90

Footnotes

1 - World

World total calculated by UNICEF.

2 - Central America & Caribbean

Figure is for combined South America and Central America. Regional total calculated by UNICEF.

3 - Middle East & North Africa

Regional total calculated by UNICEF.

4 - South America

Figure is for combined South America and Central America. Regional total calculated by UNICEF.

5 - Sub-Saharan Africa

Regional total calculated by UNICEF.

6 - Developed Countries

Regional total calculated by UNICEF.

7 - Developing Countries

Regional total calculated by UNICEF.

Source

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). 2008. The State of the World's Children 2009: Maternal and Newborn Health. Tables 1 and 10. New York: UNICEF. Available online at: http://www.unicef.org/sowc09/index.php. United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). 2006. Childinfo.org: Monitoring the Situation of Children and Women. Child Mortality statistical database. New York: UNICEF. Available online at: http://www.childinfo.org.