# Child mortality rate: Africa

6.63% in 2024, the latest year published. Figures for 54 years from 1971 to 2024 are below.

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](/sources/child-mortality) · [All countries and regions](/child-mortality).

## Every year

| Year | Value (deaths per 100 live births) |
| ---: | ---: |
| 2024 | 6.63 |
| 2023 | 6.81 |
| 2022 | 7.26 |
| 2021 | 7.15 |
| 2020 | 7.04 |
| 2019 | 7.21 |
| 2018 | 7.29 |
| 2017 | 7.59 |
| 2016 | 7.66 |
| 2015 | 7.79 |
| 2014 | 7.94 |
| 2013 | 8.03 |
| 2012 | 8.32 |
| 2011 | 8.9 |
| 2010 | 8.93 |
| 2009 | 9.43 |
| 2008 | 9.62 |
| 2007 | 10.05 |
| 2006 | 10.51 |
| 2005 | 11.04 |
| 2004 | 11.75 |
| 2003 | 12.23 |
| 2002 | 12.77 |
| 2001 | 13.43 |
| 2000 | 13.8 |
| 1999 | 14.27 |
| 1998 | 15.06 |
| 1997 | 15.15 |
| 1996 | 15.48 |
| 1995 | 15.4 |
| 1994 | 15.81 |
| 1993 | 16.1 |
| 1992 | 16.25 |
| 1991 | 16.36 |
| 1990 | 16.24 |
| 1989 | 16.38 |
| 1988 | 17.86 |
| 1987 | 16.81 |
| 1986 | 17.63 |
| 1985 | 18.1 |
| 1984 | 18.43 |
| 1983 | 18.95 |
| 1982 | 18.52 |
| 1981 | 18.98 |
| 1980 | 19.82 |
| 1979 | 20.11 |
| 1978 | 20.58 |
| 1977 | 21.05 |
| 1976 | 21.64 |
| 1975 | 22.47 |
| 1974 | 22.97 |
| 1973 | 23.25 |
| 1972 | 23.78 |
| 1971 | 23.75 |

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