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Population, Health and Human Well-being — Children's Health: Average annual reduction in under-5 mortality Units: Percent (%)

Reverse years

		1970-1990	1990-2007
World
World {1}		2.2	1.8
		1970-1990	1990-2007
Region/Classification
Middle East & North Africa {2}		4.5	3.2
Sub-Saharan Africa {3}		1.1	1.3
Developing Countries {4}		2.3	1.9
Industrialized Countries {5}		4.4	3.0
Least Developed Countries {6}		1.5	1.9
	ISO	1970-1990	1990-2007
Country
Afghanistan	AFG	1.0	0.1
Albania	ALB	4.2	6.6
Algeria	DZA	5.8	3.7
Andorra	AND	..	4.1
Angola	AGO	..	2.9
Argentina	ARG	4.3	3.5
Armenia	ARM	..	5.0
Australia	AUS	4.2	2.4
Austria	AUT	5.9	4.8
Azerbaijan	AZE	..	5.4
Bahamas	BHS	2.6	4.7
Bahrain	BHR	7.3	3.8
Bangladesh	BGD	2.3	5.3
Barbados	BRB	5.8	2.0
Belarus	BLR	..	3.6
Belgium	BEL	4.4	4.1
Belize	BLZ	..	3.2
Benin	BEN	1.7	2.4
Bhutan	BTN	3.3	3.3
Bolivia	BOL	3.3	4.6
Bosnia and Herzegovina	BIH	6.6	2.7
Botswana	BWA	4.6	2.1
Brazil	BRA	4.2	5.7
Brunei Darussalam	BRN	9.8	1.2
Bulgaria	BGR	3.0	2.4
Burkina Faso	BFA	1.6	0.4
Burundi	BDI	0.7	0.3
Cambodia	KHM	..	1.6
Cameroon	CMR	2.2	-0.4
Canada	CAN	5.1	1.7
Cape Verde	CPV	..	3.7
Côte d'Ivoire	CIV	2.2	1.0
Central African Rep	CAF	1.5	0.0
Chad	TCD	..	-0.2
Chile	CHL	7.7	5.0
China	CHN	4.8	4.2
Colombia	COL	5.5	3.3
Comoros	COM	2.9	3.5
Congo	COG	1.6	-1.1
Congo, Dem Rep	COD	0.8	1.3
Cook Islands	COK	..	3.4
Costa Rica	CRI	7.6	2.9
Croatia	HRV	5.9	4.5
Cuba	CUB	5.5	3.6
Cyprus	CYP	5.2	4.6
Czech Rep	CZE	3.5	6.5
Denmark	DNK	2.9	4.8
Djibouti	DJI	..	1.9
Dominica	DMA	6.0	2.9
Dominican Rep	DOM	3.4	3.2
Ecuador	ECU	4.5	5.6
Egypt	EGY	4.7	5.6
El Salvador	SLV	5.0	5.4
Equatorial Guinea	GNQ	..	-1.1
Eritrea	ERI	2.4	4.4
Estonia	EST	0.5	6.5
Ethiopia	ETH	0.8	3.2
Fiji	FJI	..	1.2
Finland	FIN	4.1	3.3
France	FRA	3.5	4.8
Gabon	GAB	..	0.1
Gambia	GMB	3.5	2.0
Georgia	GEO	..	2.6
Germany	DEU	5.3	4.8
Ghana	GHA	2.1	0.3
Greece	GRC	5.3	6.0
Grenada	GRD	..	3.9
Guatemala	GTM	3.6	4.4
Guinea	GIN	1.7	2.5
Guinea-Bissau	GNB	..	1.1
Guyana	GUY	..	2.3
Haiti	HTI	1.9	4.1
Honduras	HND	5.3	5.2
Hungary	HUN	4.3	5.2
Iceland	ISL	4.1	5.0
India	IND	2.4	2.9
Indonesia	IDN	3.2	6.3
Iran, Islamic Rep	IRN	4.9	4.6
Iraq	IRQ	4.3	1.1
Ireland	IRL	4.7	4.8
Israel	ISR	4.4	5.1
Italy	ITA	6.0	5.4
Jamaica	JAM	3.2	0.4
Japan	JPN	5.2	2.4
Jordan	JOR	4.9	3.0
Kazakhstan	KAZ	1.9	3.7
Kenya	KEN	2.4	-1.3
Kiribati	KIR	..	2.0
Korea, Dem People's Rep	PRK	1.2	0.0
Korea, Rep	KOR	9.0	3.5
Kuwait	KWT	6.8	1.8
Kyrgyzstan	KGZ	..	3.9
Lao People's Dem Rep	LAO	1.5	5.0
Latvia	LVA	0.8	3.7
Lebanon	LBN	1.9	1.4
Lesotho	LSO	2.6	1.1
Liberia	LBR	1.6	2.5
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	LBY	6.8	4.8
Liechtenstein	LIE	..	7.1
Lithuania	LTU	1.6	4.1
Luxembourg	LUX	4.7	6.5
Macedonia, FYR	MKD	5.7	4.7
Madagascar	MDG	0.3	2.4
Malawi	MWI	2.3	3.7
Malaysia	MYS	5.8	4.1
Maldives	MDV	..	7.7
Mali	MLI	2.0	1.4
Malta	MLT	4.7	4.6
Marshall Islands	MHL	..	3.1
Mauritania	MRT	2.9	0.5
Mauritius	MUS	6.4	2.8
Mexico	MEX	3.8	2.3
Micronesia, Fed States	FSM	..	2.2
Moldova, Rep	MDA	2.8	4.2
Monaco	MCO	..	4.8
Mongolia	MNG	..	4.8
Montenegro	MNE	..	2.8
Morocco	MAR	3.6	5.7
Mozambique	MOZ	1.6	1.1
Myanmar	MMR	1.6	1.4
Namibia	NAM	1.9	1.4
Nepal	NPL	2.6	5.6
Netherlands	NLD	3.5	2.8
New Zealand	NZL	3.2	3.6
Nicaragua	NIC	4.4	3.9
Niger	NER	0.2	3.2
Nigeria	NGA	0.7	1.2
Norway	NOR	2.9	4.8
Oman	OMN	9.2	5.8
Pakistan	PAK	1.7	2.3
Palau	PLW	..	4.4
Palestinian Territories		..	2.0
Panama	PAN	3.5	2.3
Papua New Guinea	PNG	2.5	2.2
Paraguay	PRY	3.0	2.0
Peru	PER	3.9	8.0
Philippines	PHL	1.8	4.7
Poland	POL	3.6	5.2
Portugal	PRT	7.4	7.8
Qatar	QAT	3.4	3.2
Romania	ROU	2.4	4.5
Russian Federation	RUS	2.0	3.5
Rwanda	RWA	0.7	0.4
Saint Kitts and Nevis	KNA	..	4.1
Samoa	WSM	3.5	3.6
San Marino	SMR	..	6.9
Sao Tome & Principe	STP	0.1	0.1
Saudi Arabia	SAU	7.2	3.3
Senegal	SEN	3.1	1.6
Seychelles	SYC	5.7	2.2
Sierra Leone	SLE	1.2	0.6
Singapore	SGP	6.1	5.8
Slovakia	SVK	3.6	3.7
Slovenia	SVN	4.8	6.0
Solomon Islands	SLB	..	3.2
Somalia	SOM	..	2.1
South Africa	ZAF	2.8	0.5
Spain	ESP	5.1	4.8
Sri Lanka	LKA	5.7	2.5
St. Lucia	LCA	5.7	0.9
St. Vincent & Grenadines	VCT	5.9	0.9
Sudan	SDN	1.5	0.8
Suriname	SUR	..	3.3
Swaziland	SWZ	3.6	0.3
Sweden	SWE	3.1	5.0
Switzerland	CHE	4.1	2.8
Syrian Arab Rep	SYR	6.2	4.6
Tajikistan	TJK	0.8	3.3
Tanzania	TZA	1.6	1.8
Thailand	THA	6.0	8.8
Timor-Leste	TMP	..	3.8
Togo	TGO	1.9	2.4
Tonga	TON	2.2	1.9
Trinidad and Tobago	TTO	2.3	-0.2
Tunisia	TUN	6.8	5.3
Turkey	TUR	4.5	7.5
Turkmenistan	TKM	..	4.0
Uganda	UGA	0.5	1.7
Ukraine	UKR	1.8	0.2
United Arab Emirates	ARE	8.6	3.7
United Kingdom	GBR	4.2	2.4
United States	USA	3.7	1.9
Uruguay	URY	4.4	3.4
Uzbekistan	UZB	..	3.5
Vanuatu	VUT	4.6	3.5
Venezuela	VEN	3.3	3.1
Viet Nam	VNM	2.1	7.7
Yemen	YEM	4.4	3.3
Zambia	ZMB	0.5	-0.2
Zimbabwe	ZWE	1.6	0.3

Footnotes

1 - World

World total calculated by UNICEF.

2 - Middle East & North Africa

Regional total calculated by UNICEF.

3 - Sub-Saharan Africa

Regional total calculated by UNICEF.

4 - Developing Countries

Regional total calculated by UNICEF.

5 - Industrialized Countries

Regional total calculated by UNICEF.

6 - Least Developed 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. Table 10. New York: UNICEF. Available online at: http://www.unicef.org/sowc09/index.php.