# Child mortality rate: World

3.74% in 2024, the latest year published. Figures for 225 years from 1800 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 | 3.74 |
| 2023 | 3.83 |
| 2022 | 4 |
| 2021 | 3.96 |
| 2020 | 3.92 |
| 2019 | 3.96 |
| 2018 | 4 |
| 2017 | 4.09 |
| 2016 | 4.17 |
| 2015 | 4.29 |
| 2014 | 4.39 |
| 2013 | 4.51 |
| 2012 | 4.67 |
| 2011 | 4.95 |
| 2010 | 5.06 |
| 2009 | 5.29 |
| 2008 | 5.47 |
| 2007 | 5.7 |
| 2006 | 5.96 |
| 2005 | 6.23 |
| 2004 | 6.58 |
| 2003 | 6.83 |
| 2002 | 7.13 |
| 2001 | 7.43 |
| 2000 | 7.67 |
| 1999 | 7.94 |
| 1998 | 8.28 |
| 1997 | 8.43 |
| 1996 | 8.64 |
| 1995 | 8.75 |
| 1994 | 8.94 |
| 1993 | 9.11 |
| 1992 | 9.23 |
| 1991 | 9.29 |
| 1990 | 9.35 |
| 1989 | 9.54 |
| 1988 | 9.98 |
| 1987 | 9.94 |
| 1986 | 10.31 |
| 1985 | 10.63 |
| 1984 | 10.9 |
| 1983 | 11.13 |
| 1982 | 11.24 |
| 1981 | 11.58 |
| 1980 | 11.9 |
| 1979 | 11.9 |
| 1978 | 12.3 |
| 1977 | 12.6 |
| 1976 | 12.8 |
| 1975 | 13.1 |
| 1974 | 13.3 |
| 1973 | 13.5 |
| 1972 | 13.7 |
| 1971 | 13.9 |
| 1970 | 14.2 |
| 1969 | 14.6 |
| 1968 | 15 |
| 1967 | 15.3 |
| 1966 | 15.1 |
| 1965 | 15.1 |
| 1964 | 15.7 |
| 1963 | 16.2 |
| 1962 | 17 |
| 1961 | 18.8 |
| 1960 | 20.2 |
| 1959 | 19.9 |
| 1958 | 19.7 |
| 1957 | 20.5 |
| 1956 | 21.3 |
| 1955 | 22.3 |
| 1954 | 22.8 |
| 1953 | 23.3 |
| 1952 | 23.9 |
| 1951 | 24.3 |
| 1950 | 24.7 |
| 1949 | 24.9 |
| 1948 | 24.9 |
| 1947 | 25.5 |
| 1946 | 25.8 |
| 1945 | 26.7 |
| 1944 | 27.4 |
| 1943 | 27.7 |
| 1942 | 27.9 |
| 1941 | 27.8 |
| 1940 | 27.9 |
| 1939 | 28 |
| 1938 | 28.7 |
| 1937 | 28.8 |
| 1936 | 29.1 |
| 1935 | 29.5 |
| 1934 | 30.7 |
| 1933 | 30.5 |
| 1932 | 30.7 |
| 1931 | 31.4 |
| 1930 | 31.6 |
| 1929 | 32 |
| 1928 | 31.9 |
| 1927 | 31.9 |
| 1926 | 32.7 |
| 1925 | 32.4 |
| 1924 | 33.1 |
| 1923 | 33.1 |
| 1922 | 33.2 |
| 1921 | 34.2 |
| 1920 | 34.4 |
| 1919 | 35.7 |
| 1918 | 37.6 |
| 1917 | 35.3 |
| 1916 | 35.1 |
| 1915 | 35.3 |
| 1914 | 35.4 |
| 1913 | 35.1 |
| 1912 | 35.5 |
| 1911 | 36 |
| 1910 | 36.4 |
| 1909 | 36.6 |
| 1908 | 37.2 |
| 1907 | 37.4 |
| 1906 | 38.1 |
| 1905 | 38.8 |
| 1904 | 38.9 |
| 1903 | 39.5 |
| 1902 | 40.1 |
| 1901 | 40.8 |
| 1900 | 40.9 |
| 1899 | 40.8 |
| 1898 | 41.2 |
| 1897 | 41 |
| 1896 | 41.1 |
| 1895 | 41.3 |
| 1894 | 41.2 |
| 1893 | 41.2 |
| 1892 | 41.7 |
| 1891 | 41.3 |
| 1890 | 41.5 |
| 1889 | 41.2 |
| 1888 | 41 |
| 1887 | 41.1 |
| 1886 | 41.1 |
| 1885 | 41.2 |
| 1884 | 41.1 |
| 1883 | 41.4 |
| 1882 | 41.5 |
| 1881 | 41.1 |
| 1880 | 41.6 |
| 1879 | 41.1 |
| 1878 | 41.6 |
| 1877 | 41.2 |
| 1876 | 41.4 |
| 1875 | 41.5 |
| 1874 | 41.7 |
| 1873 | 41.8 |
| 1872 | 42.1 |
| 1871 | 42.2 |
| 1870 | 41.9 |
| 1869 | 42.1 |
| 1868 | 42.4 |
| 1867 | 42 |
| 1866 | 42.1 |
| 1865 | 42.3 |
| 1864 | 42.2 |
| 1863 | 42.5 |
| 1862 | 42.6 |
| 1861 | 42.9 |
| 1860 | 42.9 |
| 1859 | 43.7 |
| 1858 | 43.8 |
| 1857 | 44.2 |
| 1856 | 44.2 |
| 1855 | 44 |
| 1854 | 43.7 |
| 1853 | 43.2 |
| 1852 | 42.9 |
| 1851 | 42.4 |
| 1850 | 42 |
| 1849 | 42.3 |
| 1848 | 42.3 |
| 1847 | 42.2 |
| 1846 | 42.4 |
| 1845 | 42 |
| 1844 | 42.1 |
| 1843 | 42.1 |
| 1842 | 42.2 |
| 1841 | 42.1 |
| 1840 | 42.1 |
| 1839 | 42.1 |
| 1838 | 42.2 |
| 1837 | 42.2 |
| 1836 | 42.2 |
| 1835 | 42.2 |
| 1834 | 42.3 |
| 1833 | 42.2 |
| 1832 | 42.2 |
| 1831 | 42.2 |
| 1830 | 42.2 |
| 1829 | 42.1 |
| 1828 | 42.1 |
| 1827 | 42.1 |
| 1826 | 42.1 |
| 1825 | 42.1 |
| 1824 | 42.1 |
| 1823 | 42.1 |
| 1822 | 42.1 |
| 1821 | 42.1 |
| 1820 | 42.1 |
| 1819 | 42.2 |
| 1818 | 42.2 |
| 1817 | 42.2 |
| 1816 | 42.2 |
| 1815 | 42.2 |
| 1814 | 42.3 |
| 1813 | 42.3 |
| 1812 | 42.4 |
| 1811 | 42.4 |
| 1810 | 42.5 |
| 1809 | 42.5 |
| 1808 | 42.5 |
| 1807 | 42.5 |
| 1806 | 42.6 |
| 1805 | 42.6 |
| 1804 | 42.6 |
| 1803 | 42.6 |
| 1802 | 42.7 |
| 1801 | 42.7 |
| 1800 | 42.8 |

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