Child mortality rate: revisions
This site's figures come from the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation's series as Our World in Data combines it in Our World in Data's edition of 9 June 2026. Its catalogue keeps 3 earlier editions.
The editions
| Edition | Unit | Figures that differ from this site |
|---|---|---|
| 25 April 2025 | deaths per 100 live births | 9164 |
| 16 September 2024 | deaths per 100 live births | 9900 |
| 29 August 2023 | deaths per 100 live births | 10230 |
The largest revisions to countries' figures
| Country | Year | Earlier (deaths per 100 live births) | Edition | This site (deaths per 100 live births) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Sudan | 1988 | 26.034 | 29 August 2023 | 78.09 |
| Central African Republic | 2009 | 13.2484 | 16 September 2024 | 48.93 |
| Central African Republic | 2022 | 9.67819 | 16 September 2024 | 42.46 |
| Cambodia | 1978 | 23.4158 | 29 August 2023 | 51.87 |
| Cambodia | 1977 | 26.141 | 29 August 2023 | 54.3 |
| Cambodia | 1976 | 28.631 | 29 August 2023 | 55.13 |
| South Sudan | 1998 | 19.8837 | 16 September 2024 | 43.08 |
| Cambodia | 1975 | 30.9 | 16 September 2024 | 53.5 |
| Somalia | 2011 | 15.1223 | 16 September 2024 | 36.31 |
| Somalia | 1992 | 17.3201 | 16 September 2024 | 37.66 |
For each figure, the earlier edition in the same unit that differs from this site's figure the most.
Every country and region
| Country or region | Years that differ | Largest change |
|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 67 | 1984: 21.7706 to 30.38 |
| Africa | 53 | 1988: 15.8928 to 17.86 |
| Albania | 26 | 1978: 9.61701 to 9.66 |
| Algeria | 68 | 1979: 16.2506 to 16.88 |
| Andorra | 24 | 1985: 1.68735 to 1.72 |
| Angola | 44 | 2008: 13.7536 to 9.92 |
| Anguilla | 38 | 2011: 0.578675 to 0.84 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 74 | 1958: 9.58621 to 9.12 |
| Argentina | 40 | 2021: 0.69182 to 1.01 |
| Armenia | 47 | 1988: 9.26839 to 10.16 |
| Asia | 50 | 1979: 10.9301 to 12.4 |
| Australia | 7 | 2021: 0.377161 to 0.37 |
| Austria | 40 | 1949: 9.50805 to 7.66 |
| Azerbaijan | 42 | 2019: 2.04208 to 2.27 |
| Bahamas | 41 | 2019: 2.34198 to 2.43 |
| Bahrain | 56 | 1955: 30.2349 to 29.84 |
| Bangladesh | 73 | 1974: 22.5617 to 27.57 |
| Barbados | 56 | 1949: 16.4315 to 19.03 |
| Belarus | 28 | 1959: 6.332 to 4.99 |
| Belgium | 37 | 1949: 5.45771 to 6.35 |
| Belize | 56 | 1967: 11.0487 to 11.49 |
| Benin | 79 | 1946: 36.9261 to 36.3 |
| Bhutan | 56 | 1968: 29.0518 to 27.57 |
| Bolivia | 64 | 2023: 2.31037 to 1.64 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 33 | 1993: 3.50323 to 6.34 |
| Botswana | 70 | 1991: 4.72868 to 5.36 |
| Brazil | 84 | 1934: 26.6595 to 22.87 |
| British Virgin Islands | 67 | 1955: 10.1269 to 12.21 |
| Brunei | 74 | 1958: 14.4482 to 10.44 |
| Bulgaria | 60 | 1949: 12.9704 to 14.92 |
| Burkina Faso | 80 | 1972: 30.7548 to 30.3 |
| Burundi | 60 | 1996: 16.9454 to 18.96 |
| Cambodia | 49 | 1978: 23.4158 to 51.87 |
| Cameroon | 71 | 1953: 35.1701 to 35.87 |
| Canada | 23 | 2022: 0.494097 to 0.53 |
| Cape Verde | 78 | 1970: 14.5194 to 12.67 |
| Central African Republic | 65 | 2009: 13.2484 to 48.93 |
| Chad | 78 | 1969: 27.58 to 25.64 |
| Chile | 54 | 1959: 16.739 to 15.46 |
| China | 43 | 1969: 11.9117 to 11.8 |
| Colombia | 66 | 1985: 4.35503 to 4.93 |
| Comoros | 54 | 2005: 8.47672 to 6.58 |
| Congo | 79 | 1951: 27.2377 to 27.01 |
| Cook Islands | 72 | 2021: 0.716438 to 1.42 |
| Costa Rica | 46 | 1949: 12.2455 to 13.22 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 69 | 2008: 11.4382 to 10.9 |
| Croatia | 15 | 1981: 2.36028 to 2.19 |
| Cuba | 64 | 1958: 5.82994 to 4.36 |
| Cyprus | 52 | 1976: 2.47983 to 3.22 |
| Czechia | 45 | 1951: 7.922 to 6.04 |
| Democratic Republic of Congo | 55 | 1996: 17.2282 to 21.04 |
| Denmark | 17 | 2023: 0.342335 to 0.39 |
| Djibouti | 48 | 1977: 16.7868 to 16.45 |
| Dominica | 64 | 1979: 2.65534 to 3.34 |
| Dominican Republic | 73 | 1950: 14.3879 to 14.5 |
| East Timor | 39 | 1999: 11.6727 to 20.06 |
| Ecuador | 67 | 1955: 20.3879 to 20.8 |
| Egypt | 69 | 1955: 36.4679 to 37.4 |
| El Salvador | 68 | 1955: 20.6232 to 22.43 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 42 | 1984: 19.2992 to 19.04 |
| Eritrea | 48 | 1983: 18.4687 to 28.4 |
| Estonia | 43 | 1960: 4.506 to 3.5 |
| Eswatini | 75 | 2017: 6.32268 to 5.36 |
| Ethiopia | 58 | 1983: 22.9813 to 32.33 |
| Europe | 49 | 1983: 1.82889 to 1.93 |
| European Union (27) | 35 | 1977: 2.036 to 2.13 |
| Fiji | 82 | 2015: 2.44834 to 2.09 |
| Finland | 19 | 1949: 4.50214 to 4.76 |
| France | 20 | 2022: 0.406853 to 0.43 |
| Gabon | 80 | 2001: 8.27645 to 7.15 |
| Gambia | 68 | 1956: 39.1791 to 38.98 |
| Georgia | 45 | 1998: 4.10811 to 4 |
| Germany | 10 | 2021: 0.356512 to 0.37 |
| Ghana | 92 | 2022: 4.23444 to 3.86 |
| Greece | 55 | 1950: 5.73345 to 4.41 |
| Grenada | 74 | 1955: 13.46 to 12.32 |
| Guatemala | 67 | 1976: 16.1774 to 16.54 |
| Guinea | 86 | 1949: 35.9257 to 35.51 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 39 | 1985: 24.4055 to 24.59 |
| Guyana | 75 | 1949: 15.9874 to 16.27 |
| Haiti | 68 | 2010: 13.0123 to 13.77 |
| High-income countries | 41 | 1995: 1.00553 to 1.12 |
| Honduras | 66 | 1956: 23.9097 to 23.58 |
| Hungary | 54 | 1949: 13.1502 to 11.09 |
| Iceland | 49 | 1949: 3.094 to 3.22 |
| India | 66 | 1953: 27.1168 to 26.82 |
| Indonesia | 73 | 2021: 2.21734 to 1.99 |
| Iran | 46 | 1982: 9.25113 to 9.38 |
| Iraq | 82 | 1989: 5.48864 to 8.29 |
| Ireland | 23 | 2022: 0.312528 to 0.37 |
| Israel | 43 | 1952: 5.40779 to 6.65 |
| Italy | 23 | 2021: 0.261415 to 0.29 |
| Jamaica | 72 | 1952: 11.9097 to 12.56 |
| Japan | 27 | 1949: 10.0771 to 10.14 |
| Jordan | 79 | 1945: 36.1864 to 35.83 |
| Kazakhstan | 42 | 1988: 5.40626 to 5.32 |
| Kenya | 72 | 2006: 7.16359 to 6.68 |
| Kiribati | 78 | 2021: 4.82291 to 5.72 |
| Kosovo | 32 | 1985: 14.5966 to 14.79 |
| Kuwait | 50 | 1990: 1.9856 to 1.72 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 46 | 1998: 5.44851 to 5.64 |
| Laos | 46 | 2011: 6.50465 to 5.51 |
| Latvia | 53 | 1959: 4.522 to 3.53 |
| Lebanon | 68 | 1976: 5.63194 to 20.91 |
| Lesotho | 72 | 2020: 7.66028 to 6.63 |
| Liberia | 70 | 2022: 7.32022 to 8.78 |
| Libya | 55 | 1956: 36.1345 to 35.87 |
| Lithuania | 53 | 1959: 6.683 to 5.55 |
| Low-income countries | 44 | 2022: 6.45212 to 7.5 |
| Lower-middle-income countries | 44 | 1990: 11.994 to 13.27 |
| Luxembourg | 54 | 1949: 6.50435 to 5.78 |
| Madagascar | 56 | 1982: 17.5997 to 30.48 |
| Malawi | 63 | 2001: 15.9918 to 23.9 |
| Malaysia | 65 | 1950: 16.7847 to 17.14 |
| Maldives | 57 | 1985: 11.3429 to 11.49 |
| Mali | 61 | 2023: 9.13015 to 7.62 |
| Malta | 35 | 1953: 8.93276 to 7.32 |
| Marshall Islands | 65 | 1997: 4.12417 to 4.2 |
| Mauritania | 84 | 1968: 19.9101 to 24.25 |
| Mauritius | 70 | 1956: 11.0847 to 14.43 |
| Mexico | 72 | 1951: 23.7252 to 24.32 |
| Micronesia (country) | 65 | 1961: 12.0956 to 12 |
| Moldova | 52 | 2022: 1.41573 to 1.6 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1990: 0.774941 to 0.78 |
| Mongolia | 40 | 1978: 17.5697 to 17.26 |
| Montenegro | 24 | 2021: 0.226294 to 0.28 |
| Montserrat | 66 | 1958: 13.5138 to 14.92 |
| Morocco | 68 | 1956: 26.2042 to 26.6 |
| Mozambique | 60 | 1981: 25.5648 to 30.94 |
| Myanmar | 56 | 2008: 9.86832 to 10.17 |
| Namibia | 57 | 2016: 4.52723 to 5.14 |
| Nauru | 39 | 2020: 2.8578 to 1.09 |
| Nepal | 74 | 1950: 33.6808 to 34.34 |
| Netherlands | 11 | 2022: 0.391234 to 0.4 |
| New Zealand | 20 | 2022: 0.462739 to 0.5 |
| Nicaragua | 69 | 1955: 20.8908 to 19.91 |
| Niger | 57 | 2015: 12.0164 to 12.54 |
| Nigeria | 60 | 1968: 29.7965 to 40.68 |
| Niue | 80 | 2014: 2.99911 to 3.25 |
| North America | 66 | 1990: 1.09485 to 3.18 |
| North Korea | 73 | 2002: 4.47 to 9.78 |
| North Macedonia | 42 | 1981: 5.79859 to 5.68 |
| Norway | 14 | 2022: 0.216749 to 0.24 |
| Oceania | 69 | 1955: 5.95534 to 7.97 |
| Oman | 57 | 1960: 37.5156 to 37.08 |
| Pakistan | 74 | 1950: 37.218 to 38.14 |
| Palau | 59 | 2021: 1.62452 to 2.27 |
| Palestine | 46 | 2023: 2.62808 to 4.19 |
| Panama | 73 | 1967: 7.39239 to 7.7 |
| Papua New Guinea | 76 | 1951: 25.79 to 28.42 |
| Paraguay | 68 | 1956: 8.48013 to 8.65 |
| Peru | 72 | 1970: 19.4545 to 20.01 |
| Philippines | 71 | 1953: 13.2164 to 13.61 |
| Poland | 41 | 1949: 12.1854 to 16.22 |
| Portugal | 47 | 1949: 13.4807 to 15.56 |
| Qatar | 36 | 1969: 7.12831 to 7.03 |
| Romania | 62 | 1955: 11.3051 to 10.14 |
| Russia | 40 | 1959: 6.352 to 4.89 |
| Rwanda | 68 | 1994: 34.0633 to 38.9 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 52 | 1971: 7.15255 to 6.73 |
| Saint Lucia | 74 | 1957: 18.0781 to 14.87 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 50 | 1969: 7.74257 to 6.03 |
| Samoa | 84 | 2019: 1.75262 to 2 |
| San Marino | 39 | 1985: 2.25316 to 2.02 |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 59 | 1986: 11.3779 to 11.48 |
| Saudi Arabia | 49 | 1974: 13.9788 to 13.92 |
| Senegal | 80 | 1944: 37.6529 to 37.06 |
| Serbia | 30 | 1991: 2.5506 to 2.6 |
| Seychelles | 66 | 2021: 1.39128 to 1.47 |
| Sierra Leone | 68 | 2018: 11.6788 to 11.24 |
| Singapore | 50 | 1949: 15.5505 to 10.02 |
| Slovakia | 62 | 1951: 14.564 to 10.36 |
| Slovenia | 11 | 2020: 0.223523 to 0.24 |
| Solomon Islands | 77 | 1955: 21.4945 to 19.99 |
| Somalia | 42 | 2011: 15.1223 to 36.31 |
| South Africa | 50 | 2008: 6.82656 to 6.37 |
| South America | 64 | 1970: 11.9074 to 12.81 |
| South Korea | 50 | 1950: 36.0093 to 36.94 |
| South Sudan | 70 | 1988: 26.034 to 78.09 |
| Spain | 18 | 1949: 11.6813 to 11.66 |
| Sri Lanka | 61 | 1951: 12.9402 to 13.2 |
| Sudan | 71 | 1988: 13.5919 to 29.7 |
| Suriname | 41 | 1983: 5.71797 to 5.66 |
| Sweden | 17 | 2023: 0.247465 to 0.24 |
| Switzerland | 12 | 2021: 0.383055 to 0.4 |
| Syria | 71 | 2014: 4.72636 to 3.55 |
| Taiwan | 0 | |
| Tajikistan | 52 | 1984: 12.3711 to 11.79 |
| Tanzania | 73 | 2021: 4.71164 to 4.17 |
| Thailand | 74 | 1949: 21.1746 to 21.46 |
| Togo | 80 | 1944: 29.2616 to 29.06 |
| Tonga | 56 | 2020: 1.15338 to 1.06 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 71 | 2022: 1.54358 to 1.99 |
| Tunisia | 61 | 2020: 1.33048 to 1.6 |
| Turkey | 71 | 1953: 30.0725 to 29.03 |
| Turkmenistan | 47 | 1977: 13.3132 to 13.03 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 65 | 1980: 2.74734 to 3.7 |
| Tuvalu | 70 | 1962: 15.4876 to 16.23 |
| Uganda | 71 | 2023: 3.88077 to 4.94 |
| Ukraine | 38 | 1971: 3.20012 to 3.28 |
| United Arab Emirates | 58 | 1966: 13.8895 to 13.72 |
| United Kingdom | 10 | 2022: 0.409424 to 0.45 |
| United States | 13 | 2021: 0.624298 to 0.65 |
| Upper-middle-income countries | 44 | 1990: 5.21677 to 5.59 |
| Uruguay | 56 | 1949: 7.02144 to 6.37 |
| Uzbekistan | 45 | 2006: 3.93665 to 4.19 |
| Vanuatu | 72 | 2013: 2.82956 to 1.92 |
| Venezuela | 59 | 1951: 11.6874 to 11.88 |
| Vietnam | 58 | 1972: 8.09937 to 12.24 |
| World | 42 | 2022: 3.71183 to 4 |
| Yemen | 67 | 2021: 6.19089 to 4.26 |
| Zambia | 72 | 2018: 6.42227 to 5.47 |
| Zimbabwe | 70 | 2023: 4.4212 to 6.42 |
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