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Under-five mortality rate — BRICS

Under-five mortality rate in BRICS in 2024 — 16 per 1,000. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 92%.

2024 16 per 1,000 −4.39% vs 2023
World rank —
Period maximum 199.3 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 16 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Under-five mortality rate — BRICS, 1960–202405010015020019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 199.3 per 1,0001962: 192.6 per 1,0001964: 186.9 per 1,0001966: 181.7 per 1,0001968: 176.9 per 1,0001970: 143.3 per 1,0001972: 135.6 per 1,0001974: 127 per 1,0001976: 118.1 per 1,0001978: 109.5 per 1,0001980: 101.8 per 1,0001982: 95.3 per 1,0001984: 90.3 per 1,0001986: 86.3 per 1,0001988: 82.7 per 1,0001990: 79.1 per 1,0001992: 75.4 per 1,0001994: 71.2 per 1,0001996: 66.7 per 1,0001998: 61.9 per 1,0002000: 56.8 per 1,0002002: 51.7 per 1,0002004: 47.1 per 1,0002006: 41.9 per 1,0002008: 37.5 per 1,0002010: 33.5 per 1,0002012: 30 per 1,0002014: 26.8 per 1,0002016: 24 per 1,0002018: 21.5 per 1,0002020: 19.4 per 1,0002022: 17.6 per 1,0002024: 16 per 1,000
Change over the period: −183.2 (−91.96%) Average annual rate: -3.86 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: BRICS

BRICS 16 per 1,000
World 37.4 per 1,000
Under-five mortality rate — BRICS, by year BRICS All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 16 −0.7 −4.39%
2023 16.8 −0.8 −4.6%
2022 17.6 −0.9 −4.66%
2021 18.4 −1 −4.92%
2020 19.4 −1 −4.92%
2019 20.4 −1.1 −5.1%
2018 21.5 −1.2 −5.21%
2017 22.7 −1.4 −5.64%
2016 24 −1.3 −5%
2015 25.3 −1.5 −5.69%
2014 26.8 −1.5 −5.41%
2013 28.3 −1.6 −5.47%
2012 30 −1.7 −5.46%
2011 31.7 −1.8 −5.34%
2010 33.5 −2 −5.5%
2009 35.4 −2 −5.46%
2008 37.5 −2.2 −5.46%
2007 39.7 −2.2 −5.25%
2006 41.9 −2.3 −5.28%
2005 44.2 −2.9 −6.1%
2004 47.1 −2 −4.17%
2003 49.1 −2.6 −4.94%
2002 51.7 −2.6 −4.79%
2001 54.3 −2.6 −4.55%
2000 56.8 −2.6 −4.31%
1999 59.4 −2.5 −4.06%
1998 61.9 −2.4 −3.73%
1997 64.3 −2.3 −3.52%
1996 66.7 −2.3 −3.35%
1995 69 −2.2 −3.15%
1994 71.2 −2.1 −2.91%
1993 73.4 −2 −2.69%
1992 75.4 −1.9 −2.47%
1991 77.3 −1.8 −2.32%
1990 79.1 −1.8 −2.21%
1989 80.9 −1.8 −2.15%
1988 82.7 −1.7 −2.07%
1987 84.4 −1.8 −2.12%
1986 86.3 −1.9 −2.15%
1985 88.2 −2.1 −2.36%
1984 90.3 −2.3 −2.53%
1983 92.6 −2.7 −2.83%
1982 95.3 −3.1 −3.11%
1981 98.4 −3.4 −3.32%
1980 101.8 −3.7 −3.5%
1979 105.5 −4 −3.67%
1978 109.5 −4.2 −3.71%
1977 113.7 −4.4 −3.7%
1976 118.1 −4.4 −3.61%
1975 122.5 −4.5 −3.51%
1974 127 −4.3 −3.26%
1973 131.2 −4.4 −3.23%
1972 135.6 −4.2 −3.02%
1971 139.8 −3.4 −2.39%
1970 143.3 −4.2 −2.85%
1969 147.5 −29.5 −16.65%
1968 176.9 −2.4 −1.32%
1967 179.3 −2.4 −1.33%
1966 181.7 −6.9 −3.67%
1965 188.6 +1.7 +0.91%
1964 186.9 −2.8 −1.45%
1963 189.7 −3 −1.54%
1962 192.6 −3.2 −1.65%
1961 195.9 −3.4 −1.7%
1960 199.3 — —

About the indicator

The probability of dying before the age of five, expressed as the number of deaths per 1,000 live births. The main target indicator of UN Sustainable Development Goal 3.2 — to bring it down to 25 per 1,000 by 2030. The gap between countries remains more than twentyfold, while over the past thirty years the world value has more than halved.

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.

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