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Under-five mortality rate — Kiribati

Under-five mortality rate in Kiribati in 2024 — 53.1 per 1,000. Ranked 172 in the world out of 196. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 73.3%.

2024 53.1 per 1,000 −2.57% vs 2023
World rank 172of 196
Period maximum 199 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 53.1 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Under-five mortality rate — Kiribati, 1960–202405010015020019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 199 per 1,0001962: 188.7 per 1,0001964: 176.5 per 1,0001966: 163.6 per 1,0001968: 151.4 per 1,0001970: 140.8 per 1,0001972: 132.3 per 1,0001974: 126.9 per 1,0001976: 123.7 per 1,0001978: 121.4 per 1,0001980: 118.7 per 1,0001982: 115.2 per 1,0001984: 110.9 per 1,0001986: 105.5 per 1,0001988: 98.7 per 1,0001990: 91.2 per 1,0001992: 84.2 per 1,0001994: 78.5 per 1,0001996: 73.9 per 1,0001998: 69.8 per 1,0002000: 65.8 per 1,0002002: 62.5 per 1,0002004: 60.7 per 1,0002006: 59.7 per 1,0002008: 58.7 per 1,0002010: 57.7 per 1,0002012: 57.4 per 1,0002014: 58 per 1,0002016: 59.1 per 1,0002018: 59.6 per 1,0002020: 58.3 per 1,0002022: 55.9 per 1,0002024: 53.1 per 1,000
Change over the period: −145.9 (−73.32%) Average annual rate: -2.04 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Kiribati 53.1 per 1,000
World 37.4 per 1,000
East Asia & Pacific 13.2 per 1,000
Micronesia (subregion) computed 35.4 per 1,000
Lower-middle-income countries computed 36.3 per 1,000
Under-five mortality rate — Kiribati, by year Kiribati All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 53.1 −1.4 −2.57%
2023 54.5 −1.4 −2.5%
2022 55.9 −1.3 −2.27%
2021 57.2 −1.1 −1.89%
2020 58.3 −0.8 −1.35%
2019 59.1 −0.5 −0.84%
2018 59.6 +0 +0%
2017 59.6 +0.5 +0.85%
2016 59.1 +0.5 +0.85%
2015 58.6 +0.6 +1.03%
2014 58 +0.3 +0.52%
2013 57.7 +0.3 +0.52%
2012 57.4 −0.1 −0.17%
2011 57.5 −0.2 −0.35%
2010 57.7 −0.5 −0.86%
2009 58.2 −0.5 −0.85%
2008 58.7 −0.5 −0.84%
2007 59.2 −0.5 −0.84%
2006 59.7 −0.4 −0.67%
2005 60.1 −0.6 −0.99%
2004 60.7 −0.7 −1.14%
2003 61.4 −1.1 −1.76%
2002 62.5 −1.6 −2.5%
2001 64.1 −1.7 −2.58%
2000 65.8 −2 −2.95%
1999 67.8 −2 −2.87%
1998 69.8 −2.1 −2.92%
1997 71.9 −2 −2.71%
1996 73.9 −2.2 −2.89%
1995 76.1 −2.4 −3.06%
1994 78.5 −2.7 −3.33%
1993 81.2 −3 −3.56%
1992 84.2 −3.3 −3.77%
1991 87.5 −3.7 −4.06%
1990 91.2 −3.6 −3.8%
1989 94.8 −3.9 −3.95%
1988 98.7 −3.5 −3.42%
1987 102.2 −3.3 −3.13%
1986 105.5 −2.8 −2.59%
1985 108.3 −2.6 −2.34%
1984 110.9 −2.2 −1.95%
1983 113.1 −2.1 −1.82%
1982 115.2 −2 −1.71%
1981 117.2 −1.5 −1.26%
1980 118.7 −1.5 −1.25%
1979 120.2 −1.2 −0.99%
1978 121.4 −1.1 −0.9%
1977 122.5 −1.2 −0.97%
1976 123.7 −1.3 −1.04%
1975 125 −1.9 −1.5%
1974 126.9 −2.2 −1.7%
1973 129.1 −3.2 −2.42%
1972 132.3 −4 −2.93%
1971 136.3 −4.5 −3.2%
1970 140.8 −5 −3.43%
1969 145.8 −5.6 −3.7%
1968 151.4 −6 −3.81%
1967 157.4 −6.2 −3.79%
1966 163.6 −6.4 −3.76%
1965 170 −6.5 −3.68%
1964 176.5 −6.2 −3.39%
1963 182.7 −6 −3.18%
1962 188.7 −5.5 −2.83%
1961 194.2 −4.8 −2.41%
1960 199 — —

Micronesia, 2024

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

NR Nauru 8.3 PW Palau 21.4 FM Micronesia 22.4 MH Marshall Islands 26.7 KI Kiribati 53.1
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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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