Under-five mortality rate 2026

The under-five mortality rate measures the number of deaths per 1,000 live births for children under five. This critical statistic highlights child health and development, reflecting a country's healthcare quality and socioeconomic conditions. Understanding these rates is vital for improving global health initiatives.

236 data points•Updated 11/12/2025•World•United Nations Population Division•

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Complete Data Rankings

Rank
1	Niger	109.844 per live births
2	Nigeria	98.684 per live births
3	South Sudan	97.111 per live births
4	Somalia	94.245 per live births
5	Chad	93.836 per live births
6	Sierra Leone	90.738 per live births
7	Guinea	88.715 per live births
8	Mali	88.705 per live births
9	Burkina Faso	79.722 per live births
10	Benin	74.267 per live births
11	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	69.202 per live births
12	Liberia	67.311 per live births
13	Lesotho	65.764 per live births
14	Equatorial Guinea	65.381 per live births
15	Guinea-Bissau	64.816 per live births
16	Côte d'Ivoire	63.44 per live births
17	Madagascar	62.908 per live births
18	Cameroon	61.674 per live births
19	Mozambique	59.919 per live births
20	Angola	59.64 per live births
21	Pakistan	55.059 per live births
22	Togo	54.494 per live births
23	Haiti	54.269 per live births
24	Kiribati	51.973 per live births
25	Sudan	51.633 per live births
26	Afghanistan	50.417 per live births
27	Zambia	47.183 per live births
28	Eswatini	46.48 per live births
29	Djibouti	46.456 per live births
30	Burundi	45.502 per live births
31	Timor-Leste	41.733 per live births
32	Zimbabwe	41.725 per live births
33	Comoros	41.587 per live births
34	Gambia	40.683 per live births
35	Ethiopia	39.98 per live births
36	Myanmar	39.879 per live births
37	Bolivia	38.222 per live births
38	Ghana	37.978 per live births
39	Papua New Guinea	37.275 per live births
40	Congo	36.617 per live births
41	Kenya	36.486 per live births
42	Yemen	36.467 per live births
43	Malawi	36.162 per live births
44	Tanzania	35.577 per live births
45	Botswana	34.88 per live births
46	Uganda	34.847 per live births
47	Namibia	34.521 per live births
48	Laos	34.16 per live births
49	Gabon	34.129 per live births
50	Mauritania	34.031 per live births
51	Turkmenistan	33.189 per live births
52	Rwanda	32.924 per live births
53	Central African Republic	32.161 per live births
54	Senegal	31.359 per live births
55	Eritrea	31.297 per live births
56	Dominica	31.201 per live births
57	Dominican Republic	30.361 per live births
58	South Africa	28.895 per live births
59	State of Palestine	27.473 per live births
60	India	26.007 per live births
61	Marshall Islands	25.875 per live births
62	Philippines	25.578 per live births
63	Western Sahara	25.049 per live births
64	Nauru	24.144 per live births
65	Tajikistan	23.281 per live births
66	Niue	22.179 per live births
67	Nepal	22.159 per live births
68	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	21.298 per live births
69	Iraq	21.214 per live births
70	Cambodia	20.795 per live births
71	Palau	20.68 per live births
72	Syrian Arab Republic	20.617 per live births
73	Guyana	20.11 per live births
74	Guatemala	20.078 per live births
75	Bhutan	19.548 per live births
76	Algeria	19.158 per live births
77	Paraguay	19.125 per live births
78	Vietnam	19.002 per live births
79	Indonesia	18.598 per live births
80	Jamaica	18.375 per live births
81	Lebanon	18.244 per live births
82	Libya	18.227 per live births
83	Tuvalu	18.22 per live births
84	Fiji	18.197 per live births
85	Venezuela	17.214 per live births
86	Bangladesh	17.104 per live births
87	North Korea	16.299 per live births
88	Solomon Islands	16.057 per live births
89	Vanuatu	15.867 per live births
90	Saint Lucia	15.866 per live births
91	Azerbaijan	15.595 per live births
92	Morocco	15.29 per live births
93	Trinidad and Tobago	15.263 per live births
94	Egypt	14.709 per live births
95	Uzbekistan	14.523 per live births
96	Samoa	14.421 per live births
97	Honduras	14.026 per live births
98	Grenada	13.703 per live births
99	Saint Kitts and Nevis	13.597 per live births
100	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	13.576 per live births
101	Saint Helena	13.293 per live births
102	Isle of Man	13.15 per live births
103	Brazil	13.144 per live births
104	Kyrgyzstan	13.122 per live births
105	Panama	12.916 per live births
106	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	12.776 per live births
107	Jordan	12.54 per live births
108	Mauritius	12.517 per live births
109	Wallis and Futuna Islands	12.453 per live births
110	Aruba	12.306 per live births
111	Barbados	12.243 per live births
112	Bahamas	12.08 per live births
113	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	11.991 per live births
114	Nicaragua	11.959 per live births
115	Mexico	11.695 per live births
116	Sao Tome and Principe	11.621 per live births
117	Turkey	11.616 per live births
118	Peru	11.591 per live births
119	Ecuador	11.565 per live births
120	British Virgin Islands	11.391 per live births
121	Greenland	11.169 per live births
122	Guam	11.04 per live births
123	Seychelles	10.976 per live births
124	Colombia	10.939 per live births
125	Republic of Moldova	10.74 per live births
126	French Guiana	10.688 per live births
127	Cabo Verde	10.682 per live births
128	Suriname	10.645 per live births
129	Tunisia	10.628 per live births
130	El Salvador	10.528 per live births
131	Thailand	10.254 per live births
132	Gibraltar	10.208 per live births
133	American Samoa	10.069 per live births
134	Mayotte	10.021 per live births
135	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	10.008 per live births
136	Armenia	9.815 per live births
137	New Caledonia	9.799 per live births
138	Iran	9.777 per live births
139	Argentina	9.744 per live births
140	Tonga	9.704 per live births
141	Mongolia	9.69 per live births
142	Jersey	9.681 per live births
143	Belize	9.671 per live births
144	Oman	9.64 per live births
145	Kosovo	9.526 per live births
146	Curaçao	9.383 per live births
147	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	9.054 per live births
148	Saint Martin (French part)	8.964 per live births
149	Brunei Darussalam	8.952 per live births
150	Antigua and Barbuda	8.799 per live births
151	China	7.945 per live births
152	Albania	7.749 per live births
153	Guadeloupe	7.559 per live births
154	North Macedonia	7.467 per live births
155	Saudi Arabia	7.265 per live births
156	Costa Rica	7.181 per live births
157	Kazakhstan	7.105 per live births
158	Martinique	7.08 per live births
159	Kuwait	7.072 per live births
160	Qatar	6.983 per live births
161	Georgia	6.845 per live births
162	Uruguay	6.738 per live births
163	Faroe Islands	6.49 per live births
164	Chile	6.391 per live births
165	Puerto Rico	6.365 per live births
166	Liechtenstein	6.27 per live births
167	Guernsey	6.167 per live births
168	Cook Islands	6.001 per live births
169	Malta	5.945 per live births
170	Romania	5.911 per live births
171	United Arab Emirates	5.883 per live births
172	Bahrain	5.844 per live births
173	Saint Barthélemy	5.809 per live births
174	Sri Lanka	5.802 per live births
175	Montserrat	5.776 per live births
176	Andorra	5.764 per live births
177	French Polynesia	5.682 per live births
178	Northern Mariana Islands	5.586 per live births
179	Bosnia and Herzegovina	5.56 per live births
180	Malaysia	5.526 per live births
181	United States	5.516 per live births
182	Ukraine	5.49 per live births
183	Turks and Caicos Islands	5.348 per live births
184	Bulgaria	5.319 per live births
185	United States Virgin Islands	5.16 per live births
186	Anguilla	5.127 per live births
187	Maldives	4.916 per live births
188	Tokelau	4.899 per live births
189	Russia	4.795 per live births
190	Réunion	4.521 per live births
191	Canada	4.427 per live births
192	Monaco	4.386 per live births
193	Slovakia	4.351 per live births
194	Serbia	4.331 per live births
195	Cuba	4.291 per live births
196	New Zealand	4.261 per live births
197	Taiwan	4.235 per live births
198	United Kingdom	4.028 per live births
199	Israel	3.796 per live births
200	Lithuania	3.598 per live births
201	Croatia	3.567 per live births
202	Switzerland	3.497 per live births
203	France	3.488 per live births
204	Netherlands	3.405 per live births
205	Poland	3.396 per live births
206	Luxembourg	3.379 per live births
207	China, Macao SAR	3.374 per live births
208	Hungary	3.341 per live births
209	Austria	3.318 per live births
210	Latvia	3.237 per live births
211	Belgium	3.228 per live births
212	Germany	3.213 per live births
213	Denmark	3.131 per live births
214	Montenegro	3.112 per live births
215	Belarus	3.038 per live births
216	Ireland	3.027 per live births
217	Portugal	2.884 per live births
218	Greece	2.875 per live births
219	Australia	2.813 per live births
220	Cyprus	2.597 per live births
221	Spain	2.589 per live births
222	Czech Republic	2.5 per live births
223	Italy	2.434 per live births
224	Sweden	2.383 per live births
225	South Korea	2.377 per live births
226	Japan	2.278 per live births
227	Finland	2.2 per live births
228	Singapore	2.123 per live births
229	Bermuda	2.063 per live births
230	Norway	2.047 per live births
231	Estonia	1.889 per live births
232	China, Hong Kong SAR	1.856 per live births
233	Slovenia	1.5 per live births
234	Cayman Islands	1.364 per live births
235	San Marino	1.295 per live births
236	Iceland	0.477 per live births

↑Top 10 Countries

Analysis: These countries represent the highest values in this dataset, showcasing significant scale and impact on global statistics.

↓Bottom 10 Countries

Context: These countries or territories have the lowest values, often due to geographic size, administrative status, or specific characteristics.

Data Source

United Nations Population Division

The Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs conducts demographic research, supports intergovernmental processes at the United Nations in the area of population and development, and assists countries in developing their capacity to produce and analyse population data and information. The Division brings population issues to the attention of the international community by highlighting the central role of demographic trends in all aspects of sustainable development. The Division publishes datasets on the world’s population and analyzes global demographic trends.

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