Child mortality rate: South Sudan
9.67% in 2024, the latest year published. Figures for 71 years from 1954 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 · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (deaths per 100 live births) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 9.67 |
| 2023 | 9.67 |
| 2022 | 9.67 |
| 2021 | 9.67 |
| 2020 | 9.67 |
| 2019 | 9.67 |
| 2018 | 13.37 |
| 2017 | 29.2 |
| 2016 | 27.29 |
| 2015 | 24.08 |
| 2014 | 18.26 |
| 2013 | 9.72 |
| 2012 | 9.89 |
| 2011 | 10.23 |
| 2010 | 10.72 |
| 2009 | 11.27 |
| 2008 | 11.87 |
| 2007 | 12.49 |
| 2006 | 13.15 |
| 2005 | 13.84 |
| 2004 | 14.58 |
| 2003 | 15.37 |
| 2002 | 16.22 |
| 2001 | 17.11 |
| 2000 | 18.01 |
| 1999 | 18.9 |
| 1998 | 43.08 |
| 1997 | 25.09 |
| 1996 | 25.97 |
| 1995 | 26.8 |
| 1994 | 22.76 |
| 1993 | 33.06 |
| 1992 | 33.71 |
| 1991 | 29.56 |
| 1990 | 30.13 |
| 1989 | 30.57 |
| 1988 | 78.09 |
| 1987 | 35.78 |
| 1986 | 26.5 |
| 1985 | 26.87 |
| 1984 | 27.25 |
| 1983 | 27.59 |
| 1982 | 27.92 |
| 1981 | 28.26 |
| 1980 | 28.6 |
| 1979 | 28.94 |
| 1978 | 29.31 |
| 1977 | 29.71 |
| 1976 | 30.06 |
| 1975 | 30.39 |
| 1974 | 30.72 |
| 1973 | 31.1 |
| 1972 | 31.43 |
| 1971 | 31.77 |
| 1970 | 40.52 |
| 1969 | 40.94 |
| 1968 | 40.35 |
| 1967 | 40.7 |
| 1966 | 41.09 |
| 1965 | 33.83 |
| 1964 | 34.12 |
| 1963 | 38.83 |
| 1962 | 34.72 |
| 1961 | 35 |
| 1960 | 35.26 |
| 1959 | 35.51 |
| 1958 | 35.74 |
| 1957 | 36.03 |
| 1956 | 36.29 |
| 1955 | 36.56 |
| 1954 | 36.84 |