Child mortality rate: all countries and regions

Long-run estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.

Source: Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Source and method.

Countries

CountryLatest yearValue (deaths per 100 live births)
Afghanistan20245.3
Albania20240.92
Algeria20242.16
Andorra20240.25
Angola20244.9
Anguilla20240.56
Antigua and Barbuda20240.91
Argentina20240.95
Armenia20240.96
Australia20240.36
Austria20240.33
Azerbaijan20241.79
Bahamas20241.24
Bahrain20240.88
Bangladesh20243.05
Barbados20240.98
Belarus20240.23
Belgium20240.37
Belize20241.27
Benin20247.47
Bhutan20241.72
Bolivia20241.57
Bosnia and Herzegovina20240.69
Botswana20243.33
Brazil20241.42
British Virgin Islands20241.24
Brunei20240.99
Bulgaria20240.57
Burkina Faso20247.49
Burundi20244.71
Cambodia20241.84
Cameroon20246.48
Canada20240.54
Cape Verde20241.11
Central African Republic20248.97
Chad20249.73
Chile20240.68
China20240.57
Colombia20241.15
Comoros20243.9
Congo20243.91
Cook Islands20241.33
Costa Rica20241.04
Cote d'Ivoire20246.45
Croatia20240.56
Cuba20240.86
Cyprus20240.5
Czechia20240.26
Democratic Republic of Congo20248.97
Denmark20240.4
Djibouti20244.89
Dominica20243.57
Dominican Republic20243.06
East Timor20244.76
Ecuador20241.29
Egypt20242.24
El Salvador20241
Equatorial Guinea20246.8
Eritrea20243.43
Estonia20240.2
Eswatini20244.51
Ethiopia20244.45
Fiji20242.91
Finland20240.24
France20240.43
Gabon20243.26
Gambia20244.24
Georgia20240.86
Germany20240.37
Ghana20243.59
Greece20240.38
Grenada20241.8
Guatemala20242.05
Guinea20249.21
Guinea-Bissau20246.73
Guyana20242.52
Haiti20245.28
Honduras20241.5
Hungary20240.37
Iceland20240.28
India20242.66
Indonesia20241.77
Iran20241.13
Iraq20242.18
Ireland20240.39
Israel20240.33
Italy20240.27
Jamaica20241.78
Japan20240.24
Jordan20241.29
Kazakhstan20240.94
Kenya20243.88
Kiribati20245.31
Kuwait20240.81
Kyrgyzstan20241.68
Laos20242.94
Latvia20240.25
Lebanon20241.76
Lesotho20246
Liberia20248.64
Libya20240.98
Lithuania20240.34
Luxembourg20240.22
Madagascar20246.24
Malawi20244.88
Malaysia20240.83
Maldives20240.54
Mali20247.3
Malta20240.53
Marshall Islands20242.67
Mauritania20243.69
Mauritius20241.54
Mexico20241.31
Micronesia (country)20242.24
Moldova20241.65
Monaco20240.27
Mongolia20241.34
Montenegro20240.24
Montserrat20240.64
Morocco20241.57
Mozambique20245.94
Myanmar20243.69
Namibia20243.95
Nauru20240.83
Nepal20242.51
Netherlands20240.39
New Zealand20240.47
Nicaragua20241.12
Niger202411.07
Nigeria202411.56
Niue20242.38
North Korea20241.67
North Macedonia20240.28
Norway20240.25
Oman20241.03
Pakistan20245.6
Palau20242.14
Palestine20243.79
Panama20241.53
Papua New Guinea20243.94
Paraguay20241.63
Peru20241.29
Philippines20242.65
Poland20240.42
Portugal20240.32
Qatar20240.59
Romania20240.73
Russia20240.52
Rwanda20243.77
Saint Kitts and Nevis20241.59
Saint Lucia20241.72
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines20241.13
Samoa20241.49
San Marino20240.13
Sao Tome and Principe20241.36
Saudi Arabia20240.6
Senegal20243.65
Serbia20240.54
Seychelles20241.4
Sierra Leone20249.05
Singapore20240.27
Slovakia20240.63
Slovenia20240.23
Solomon Islands20242
Somalia202410.11
South Africa20243.51
South Korea20240.28
South Sudan20249.67
Spain20240.32
Sri Lanka20240.59
Sudan20246.16
Suriname20241.58
Sweden20240.24
Switzerland20240.39
Syria20241.84
Taiwan20100.54
Tajikistan20242.81
Tanzania20243.7
Thailand20240.9
Togo20245.61
Tonga20240.95
Trinidad and Tobago20241.88
Tunisia20241.21
Turkey20240.96
Turkmenistan20243.9
Turks and Caicos Islands20240.47
Tuvalu20241.92
Uganda20244.87
Ukraine20240.79
United Arab Emirates20240.48
United Kingdom20240.47
United States20240.65
Uruguay20240.74
Uzbekistan20241.34
Vanuatu20241.71
Venezuela20242.42
Vietnam20241.73
Yemen20243.81
Zambia20244.84
Zimbabwe20246.47

Regions and groups

Aggregates as Our World in Data defines them.

Region or groupLatest yearValue (deaths per 100 live births)
Africa20246.63
Asia20242.48
Europe20240.45
European Union (27)20240.39
High-income countries20240.51
Kosovo20240.87
Low-income countries20246.47
Lower-middle-income countries20244.49
North America20241.17
Oceania20241.89
South America20241.39
Upper-middle-income countries20241.38
World20243.74