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Under-five mortality rate — Fiji

Under-five mortality rate in Fiji in 2024 — 29.1 per 1,000. Ranked 137 in the world out of 196. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 63.3%.

2024 29.1 per 1,000 −0.34% vs 2023
World rank 137of 196
Period maximum 79.2 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 20.6 per 1,0002014

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Under-five mortality rate — Fiji, 1960–202402040608019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 79.2 per 1,0001962: 72.1 per 1,0001964: 66 per 1,0001966: 61.2 per 1,0001968: 58.1 per 1,0001970: 56.6 per 1,0001972: 56 per 1,0001974: 54.9 per 1,0001976: 52.5 per 1,0001978: 48.8 per 1,0001980: 44.5 per 1,0001982: 40.3 per 1,0001984: 36.7 per 1,0001986: 33.7 per 1,0001988: 31.2 per 1,0001990: 28.8 per 1,0001992: 26.7 per 1,0001994: 25.1 per 1,0001996: 23.8 per 1,0001998: 23 per 1,0002000: 22.6 per 1,0002002: 22.7 per 1,0002004: 23.1 per 1,0002006: 23.5 per 1,0002008: 23.2 per 1,0002010: 22.2 per 1,0002012: 21 per 1,0002014: 20.6 per 1,0002016: 21.6 per 1,0002018: 24.2 per 1,0002020: 27.2 per 1,0002022: 28.9 per 1,0002024: 29.1 per 1,000
Change over the period: −50.1 (−63.26%) Average annual rate: -1.55 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Fiji 29.1 per 1,000
World 37.4 per 1,000
East Asia & Pacific 13.2 per 1,000
Melanesia computed 36.8 per 1,000
Upper-middle-income countries computed 10.4 per 1,000
Under-five mortality rate — Fiji, by year Fiji All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 29.1 −0.1 −0.34%
2023 29.2 +0.3 +1.04%
2022 28.9 +0.6 +2.12%
2021 28.3 +1.1 +4.04%
2020 27.2 +1.5 +5.84%
2019 25.7 +1.5 +6.2%
2018 24.2 +1.5 +6.61%
2017 22.7 +1.1 +5.09%
2016 21.6 +0.7 +3.35%
2015 20.9 +0.3 +1.46%
2014 20.6 −0.1 −0.48%
2013 20.7 −0.3 −1.43%
2012 21 −0.6 −2.78%
2011 21.6 −0.6 −2.7%
2010 22.2 −0.6 −2.63%
2009 22.8 −0.4 −1.72%
2008 23.2 −0.3 −1.28%
2007 23.5 +0 +0%
2006 23.5 +0.2 +0.86%
2005 23.3 +0.2 +0.87%
2004 23.1 +0.3 +1.32%
2003 22.8 +0.1 +0.44%
2002 22.7 +0.1 +0.44%
2001 22.6 +0 +0%
2000 22.6 −0.2 −0.88%
1999 22.8 −0.2 −0.87%
1998 23 −0.4 −1.71%
1997 23.4 −0.4 −1.68%
1996 23.8 −0.6 −2.46%
1995 24.4 −0.7 −2.79%
1994 25.1 −0.8 −3.09%
1993 25.9 −0.8 −3%
1992 26.7 −1.1 −3.96%
1991 27.8 −1 −3.47%
1990 28.8 −1.2 −4%
1989 30 −1.2 −3.85%
1988 31.2 −1.2 −3.7%
1987 32.4 −1.3 −3.86%
1986 33.7 −1.4 −3.99%
1985 35.1 −1.6 −4.36%
1984 36.7 −1.7 −4.43%
1983 38.4 −1.9 −4.71%
1982 40.3 −2 −4.73%
1981 42.3 −2.2 −4.94%
1980 44.5 −2.2 −4.71%
1979 46.7 −2.1 −4.3%
1978 48.8 −2 −3.94%
1977 50.8 −1.7 −3.24%
1976 52.5 −1.4 −2.6%
1975 53.9 −1 −1.82%
1974 54.9 −0.7 −1.26%
1973 55.6 −0.4 −0.71%
1972 56 −0.3 −0.53%
1971 56.3 −0.3 −0.53%
1970 56.6 −0.6 −1.05%
1969 57.2 −0.9 −1.55%
1968 58.1 −1.3 −2.19%
1967 59.4 −1.8 −2.94%
1966 61.2 −2.2 −3.47%
1965 63.4 −2.6 −3.94%
1964 66 −2.9 −4.21%
1963 68.9 −3.2 −4.44%
1962 72.1 −3.4 −4.5%
1961 75.5 −3.7 −4.67%
1960 79.2 — —

Melanesia, 2024

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

VU Vanuatu 17.1 SB Solomon Islands 20 FJ Fiji 29.1 PG Papua New Guinea 39.4
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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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