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Under-five mortality rate — Cabo Verde

Under-five mortality rate in Cabo Verde in 2024 — 11.1 per 1,000. Ranked 80 in the world out of 196. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 93.5%.

2024 11.1 per 1,000 −4.31% vs 2023
World rank 80of 196
Period maximum 171.4 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 11.1 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Under-five mortality rate — Cabo Verde, 1960–202405010015020019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 171.4 per 1,0001962: 164.8 per 1,0001964: 157.9 per 1,0001966: 149.1 per 1,0001968: 138.8 per 1,0001970: 126.7 per 1,0001972: 114.1 per 1,0001974: 101.7 per 1,0001976: 90.8 per 1,0001978: 82.7 per 1,0001980: 78.1 per 1,0001982: 76.5 per 1,0001984: 74.6 per 1,0001986: 69.6 per 1,0001988: 62.1 per 1,0001990: 56.4 per 1,0001992: 54.6 per 1,0001994: 54.5 per 1,0001996: 51.7 per 1,0001998: 44.3 per 1,0002000: 36 per 1,0002002: 30.5 per 1,0002004: 28.2 per 1,0002006: 28 per 1,0002008: 27.9 per 1,0002010: 26.7 per 1,0002012: 24.2 per 1,0002014: 20.9 per 1,0002016: 17.6 per 1,0002018: 15.1 per 1,0002020: 13.3 per 1,0002022: 12.1 per 1,0002024: 11.1 per 1,000
Change over the period: −160.3 (−93.52%) Average annual rate: -4.19 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Cabo Verde 11.1 per 1,000
World 37.4 per 1,000
Sub-Saharan Africa 71.2 per 1,000
Western Africa computed 92.4 per 1,000
Lower-middle-income countries computed 36.3 per 1,000
Under-five mortality rate — Cabo Verde, by year Cabo Verde All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 11.1 −0.5 −4.31%
2023 11.6 −0.5 −4.13%
2022 12.1 −0.6 −4.72%
2021 12.7 −0.6 −4.51%
2020 13.3 −0.8 −5.67%
2019 14.1 −1 −6.62%
2018 15.1 −1.1 −6.79%
2017 16.2 −1.4 −7.95%
2016 17.6 −1.6 −8.33%
2015 19.2 −1.7 −8.13%
2014 20.9 −1.7 −7.52%
2013 22.6 −1.6 −6.61%
2012 24.2 −1.4 −5.47%
2011 25.6 −1.1 −4.12%
2010 26.7 −0.8 −2.91%
2009 27.5 −0.4 −1.43%
2008 27.9 −0.2 −0.71%
2007 28.1 +0.1 +0.36%
2006 28 +0 +0%
2005 28 −0.2 −0.71%
2004 28.2 −0.8 −2.76%
2003 29 −1.5 −4.92%
2002 30.5 −2.3 −7.01%
2001 32.8 −3.2 −8.89%
2000 36 −4 −10%
1999 40 −4.3 −9.71%
1998 44.3 −4.1 −8.47%
1997 48.4 −3.3 −6.38%
1996 51.7 −2 −3.72%
1995 53.7 −0.8 −1.47%
1994 54.5 −0.1 −0.18%
1993 54.6 +0 +0%
1992 54.6 −0.4 −0.73%
1991 55 −1.4 −2.48%
1990 56.4 −2.4 −4.08%
1989 58.8 −3.3 −5.31%
1988 62.1 −3.8 −5.77%
1987 65.9 −3.7 −5.32%
1986 69.6 −2.9 −4%
1985 72.5 −2.1 −2.82%
1984 74.6 −1.2 −1.58%
1983 75.8 −0.7 −0.92%
1982 76.5 −0.6 −0.78%
1981 77.1 −1 −1.28%
1980 78.1 −1.9 −2.38%
1979 80 −2.7 −3.26%
1978 82.7 −3.5 −4.06%
1977 86.2 −4.6 −5.07%
1976 90.8 −5.1 −5.32%
1975 95.9 −5.8 −5.7%
1974 101.7 −6.1 −5.66%
1973 107.8 −6.3 −5.52%
1972 114.1 −6.4 −5.31%
1971 120.5 −6.2 −4.89%
1970 126.7 −6.2 −4.67%
1969 132.9 −5.9 −4.25%
1968 138.8 −5.4 −3.74%
1967 144.2 −4.9 −3.29%
1966 149.1 −4.5 −2.93%
1965 153.6 −4.3 −2.72%
1964 157.9 −3.7 −2.29%
1963 161.6 −3.2 −1.94%
1962 164.8 −3.3 −1.96%
1961 168.1 −3.3 −1.93%
1960 171.4 — —

Western Africa, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

CV Cabo Verde 11.1 GH Ghana 35.9 SN Senegal 36.5 MR Mauritania 36.9 GM Gambia 42.4 TG Togo 56.1 CI Côte d'Ivoire 64.5 GW Guinea-Bissau 67.3 ML Mali 73 BJ Benin 74.7 BF Burkina Faso 74.9 LR Liberia 86.4 SL Sierra Leone 90.5 GN Guinea 92.1 NE Niger 110.7 NG Nigeria 115.6
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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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