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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

		2005	2000	1995	1990	1980	1970	1960
World
World		76	84	90	95	119	147	191
		2005	2000	1995	1990	1980	1970	1960
Region/Classification
Central America & Caribbean {1}		31	36	44	54	82	123	154
Middle East & North Africa {2}		54	63	72	81	132	195	249
South America {3}		31	36	44	54	82	123	154
Sub-Saharan Africa {4}		169	176	186	188	202	244	280
Developed Countries {5}		6	7	8	10	15	27	39
Developing Countries {6}		83	92	98	105	133	167	223
	ISO	2005	2000	1995	1990	1980	1970	1960
Country
Afghanistan	AFG	257	257	257	260	280	320	360
Albania	ALB	18	25	34	45	72	109	151
Algeria	DZA	39	44	53	69	134	220	261
Andorra	AND	3	7	..	..	..	..	..
Angola	AGO	260	260	260	260	265	300	345
Antigua and Barbuda	ATG	12	15	21	..	..	..	..
Argentina	ARG	18	19	24	29	41	71	73
Armenia	ARM	29	37	49	54	80	..	..
Australia	AUS	6	6	7	10	13	20	24
Austria	AUT	5	6	7	10	17	33	43
Azerbaijan	AZE	89	93	98	105	123	..	..
Bahamas	BHS	15	17	23	29	35	49	68
Bahrain	BHR	11	12	16	19	30	82	150
Bangladesh	BGD	73	92	120	149	205	239	248
Barbados	BRB	12	14	16	17	29	54	90
Belarus	BLR	12	14	18	19	26	27	47
Belgium	BEL	5	6	7	10	15	29	35
Belize	BLZ	17	41	44	42	70	..	..
Benin	BEN	150	160	170	185	214	252	296
Bhutan	BTN	75	100	133	166	227	267	300
Bolivia	BOL	65	84	105	125	175	243	255
Bosnia and Herzegovina	BIH	15	17	19	22	39	82	160
Botswana	BWA	120	101	66	58	84	142	173
Brazil	BRA	33	39	48	60	86	135	177
Brunei Darussalam	BRN	9	9	9	11	22	78	87
Bulgaria	BGR	15	16	18	18	24	32	70
Burkina Faso	BFA	191	196	204	210	246	295	320
Burundi	BDI	190	190	190	190	195	233	250
Cambodia	KHM	143	135	120	115	190	..	..
Cameroon	CMR	149	151	151	139	173	215	255
Canada	CAN	6	6	7	8	13	23	33
Cape Verde	CPV	35	42	50	60	80	..	..
Côte d'Ivoire	CIV	195	188	175	157	172	239	290
Central African Rep	CAF	193	193	180	168	180	238	343
Chad	TCD	208	200	200	201	225	..	..
Chile	CHL	10	10	14	21	45	98	155
China	CHN	27	41	46	49	64	120	225
Colombia	COL	21	24	29	35	56	108	125
Comoros	COM	71	82	100	120	165	215	265
Congo	COG	108	108	108	110	125	160	220
Congo, Dem Rep	COD	205	205	205	205	210	245	302
Cook Islands	COK	20	24	29	32	37	..	..
Costa Rica	CRI	12	14	16	18	31	83	123
Croatia	HRV	7	8	10	12	23	42	98
Cuba	CUB	7	9	12	13	22	43	54
Cyprus	CYP	5	6	9	12	20	33	36
Czech Rep	CZE	4	5	9	13	19	24	25
Denmark	DNK	5	6	6	9	10	19	25
Djibouti	DJI	133	136	149	175	189	..	..
Dominica	DMA	15	14	15	17	..	..	..
Dominican Rep	DOM	31	40	53	65	92	127	149
Ecuador	ECU	25	32	43	57	98	140	178
Egypt	EGY	33	49	71	104	173	235	278
El Salvador	SLV	27	35	46	60	118	162	191
Equatorial Guinea	GNQ	205	200	187	170	..	..	..
Eritrea	ERI	78	97	122	147	192	237	..
Estonia	EST	7	11	19	16	24	26	52
Ethiopia	ETH	164	176	192	204	220	239	269
Fiji	FJI	18	22	25	22	42	61	97
Finland	FIN	4	4	5	7	9	16	28
France	FRA	5	6	6	9	13	24	34
Gabon	GAB	91	91	91	92	115	..	..
Gambia	GMB	137	128	137	151	231	319	364
Georgia	GEO	45	45	45	47	..	..	..
Germany	DEU	5	5	7	9	16	26	40
Ghana	GHA	112	112	110	122	157	186	215
Greece	GRC	5	7	9	11	23	54	64
Grenada	GRD	21	26	33	37	..	..	..
Guatemala	GTM	43	53	64	82	139	168	202
Guinea	GIN	150	175	208	240	300	345	380
Guinea-Bissau	GNB	200	215	235	253	290	..	..
Guyana	GUY	63	70	79	88	106	..	..
Haiti	HTI	120	125	137	150	195	221	253
Honduras	HND	40	43	49	59	103	170	204
Hungary	HUN	8	11	12	17	26	39	57
Iceland	ISL	3	3	6	7	8	14	22
India	IND	74	94	104	123	173	202	242
Indonesia	IDN	36	48	66	91	125	172	216
Iran, Islamic Rep	IRN	36	44	55	72	130	191	281
Iraq	IRQ	125	125	122	50	83	127	171
Ireland	IRL	6	7	8	10	14	27	36
Israel	ISR	6	7	9	12	19	27	39
Italy	ITA	4	5	7	9	17	33	50
Jamaica	JAM	20	20	20	20	34	64	74
Japan	JPN	4	5	6	6	11	21	40
Jordan	JOR	26	30	35	40	65	107	139
Kazakhstan	KAZ	73	73	67	63	85	..	..
Kenya	KEN	120	117	111	97	115	156	205
Kiribati	KIR	65	70	77	88	..	..	..
Korea, Dem People's Rep	PRK	55	55	55	55	43	70	120
Korea, Rep	KOR	5	5	6	9	18	54	127
Kuwait	KWT	11	11	14	16	35	59	128
Kyrgyzstan	KGZ	67	70	74	80	109	130	..
Lao People's Dem Rep	LAO	79	101	131	163	200	218	235
Latvia	LVA	11	13	21	18	26	26	44
Lebanon	LBN	30	32	34	37	44	54	85
Lesotho	LSO	132	91	103	101	155	190	203
Liberia	LBR	235	235	235	235	235	263	288
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	LBY	19	22	28	41	70	160	270
Liechtenstein	LIE	4	6	8	10	..	..	..
Lithuania	LTU	9	11	15	13	22	28	70
Luxembourg	LUX	5	5	5	10	16	26	41
Macedonia, FYR	MKD	17	18	26	38	70	119	177
Madagascar	MDG	119	137	156	168	175	180	186
Malawi	MWI	125	188	216	221	265	330	361
Malaysia	MYS	12	14	17	22	42	70	113
Maldives	MDV	42	60	86	111	175	255	300
Mali	MLI	218	224	233	250	300	400	500
Malta	MLT	6	7	11	11	17	32	42
Marshall Islands	MHL	58	68	81	92	..	..	..
Mauritania	MRT	125	125	127	133	170	250	310
Mauritius	MUS	15	18	21	23	42	86	92
Mexico	MEX	27	30	36	46	74	110	134
Micronesia, Fed States	FSM	42	24	26	58	..	..	..
Moldova, Rep	MDA	16	37	44	35	53	61	88
Monaco	MCO	5	6	6	9	..	..	..
Mongolia	MNG	49	65	87	108	147	..	..
Morocco	MAR	40	54	69	89	144	184	211
Mozambique	MOZ	145	178	212	235	230	278	313
Myanmar	MMR	105	110	117	130	134	179	252
Namibia	NAM	62	69	77	86	108	135	168
Nauru	NRU	30	30	30	..	..	..	..
Nepal	NPL	74	95	120	145	195	250	315
Netherlands	NLD	5	6	7	9	11	15	22
New Zealand	NZL	6	8	9	11	16	20	26
Nicaragua	NIC	37	43	53	68	113	165	193
Niger	NER	256	270	295	320	320	330	354
Nigeria	NGA	194	207	230	230	228	265	290
Niue	NIU	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Norway	NOR	4	5	5	9	11	15	23
Oman	OMN	12	15	19	32	95	200	280
Pakistan	PAK	99	108	118	130	153	181	227
Palau	PLW	11	29	31	21	39	..	..
Palestinian Territories		23	27	33	40	65	..	..
Panama	PAN	24	26	30	34	46	68	88
Papua New Guinea	PNG	74	95	98	94	108	147	214
Paraguay	PRY	23	27	33	41	61	78	94
Peru	PER	27	42	60	78	126	178	234
Philippines	PHL	33	40	49	62	81	90	110
Poland	POL	7	9	15	18	24	36	70
Portugal	PRT	5	8	10	14	31	62	112
Qatar	QAT	21	23	24	26	32	65	140
Romania	ROU	19	22	26	31	36	57	82
Russian Federation	RUS	18	25	30	27	35	36	64
Rwanda	RWA	203	203	209	173	219	209	206
Saint Kitts and Nevis	KNA	20	25	30	36	..	..	..
Samoa	WSM	29	34	41	50	74	101	131
San Marino	SMR	3	6	8	14	..	..	..
Sao Tome & Principe	STP	118	118	118	118	..	..	..
Saudi Arabia	SAU	26	29	34	44	85	185	250
Senegal	SEN	136	139	143	148	218	279	300
Serbia and Montenegro {7}	YUG	15	16	20	28	45	71	121
Seychelles	SYC	13	15	16	19	32	59	83
Sierra Leone	SLE	282	286	293	302	336	363	390
Singapore	SGP	3	4	5	9	13	27	40
Slovakia	SVK	8	10	12	14	23	29	40
Slovenia	SVN	4	6	7	10	18	29	45
Solomon Islands	SLB	29	60	63	38	64	99	185
Somalia	SOM	225	225	225	225	225	..	..
South Africa	ZAF	68	63	59	60	91	..	..
Spain	ESP	5	6	7	9	16	34	57
Sri Lanka	LKA	14	19	25	32	48	100	133
St. Lucia	LCA	14	16	21	21	..	..	..
St. Vincent & Grenadines	VCT	20	22	22	25	..	..	..
Sudan	SDN	90	97	106	120	142	172	208
Suriname	SUR	39	41	44	48	56	..	..
Swaziland	SWZ	160	142	110	110	143	196	225
Sweden	SWE	4	4	5	7	9	15	20
Switzerland	CHE	5	6	6	9	11	18	27
Syrian Arab Rep	SYR	15	22	31	39	74	128	200
Tajikistan	TJK	71	120	123	115	147	..	..
Tanzania	TZA	122	141	159	161	175	218	241
Thailand	THA	21	22	26	37	58	102	148
Timor-Leste	TMP	61	102	145	177	..	..	..
Togo	TGO	139	142	146	152	175	216	267
Tonga	TON	24	26	29	32	39	50	65
Trinidad and Tobago	TTO	19	23	28	33	43	57	67
Tunisia	TUN	24	31	40	52	100	201	254
Turkey	TUR	29	44	63	82	133	201	219
Turkmenistan	TKM	104	99	89	97	133	..	..
Uganda	UGA	136	145	156	160	185	170	224
Ukraine	UKR	17	24	30	26	27	27	53
United Arab Emirates	ARE	9	9	11	15	27	83	223
United Kingdom	GBR	6	6	7	10	14	23	27
United States	USA	7	9	9	12	15	26	30
Uruguay	URY	15	16	22	23	42	57	56
Uzbekistan	UZB	68	71	75	79	89	101	..
Vanuatu	VUT	38	48	50	62	107	155	209
Venezuela	VEN	21	20	26	33	42	61	75
Viet Nam	VNM	19	30	44	53	66	87	112
Yemen	YEM	102	117	126	139	205	303	340
Zambia	ZMB	182	182	182	180	155	181	213
Zimbabwe	ZWE	132	117	90	80	108	138	159

Footnotes

1 - Central America & Caribbean

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

2 - Middle East & North Africa

Regional total calculated by UNICEF.

3 - South America

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

4 - Sub-Saharan Africa

Regional total calculated by UNICEF.

5 - Developed Countries

Regional total calculated by UNICEF.

6 - Developing Countries

Regional total calculated by UNICEF.

7 - Serbia and Montenegro

Due to the cession in June 2006 of Montenegro from the State Union of Serbia and Montenego, and its subsequent admission to the UN on 28 June 2006, disaggregated data for Montenego and Serbia as separate States are not yet available. Aggregated data presented are for Serbia and Montenego pre-cession

Source

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). 2006. The State of the World's Children 2007: The Double Dividend of Gender Equality. Tables 1 and 10. New York: UNICEF. Available online at: http://www.unicef.org/sowc07/. 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.