Under-five mortality rate — all countries

Under-five mortality rate — Lebanon

Under-five mortality rate in Lebanon in 2024 — 17.6 per 1,000. Ranked 114 in the world out of 196. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 76.4%.

2024 17.6 per 1,000 +3.53% vs 2023
World rank 114of 196
Period maximum 209.1 per 1,0001976
Period minimum 12.7 per 1,0002012

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Under-five mortality rate — Lebanon, 1960–2024010020030019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 74.5 per 1,0001962: 69.8 per 1,0001964: 66 per 1,0001966: 63.2 per 1,0001968: 61.4 per 1,0001970: 60.1 per 1,0001972: 59.1 per 1,0001974: 58 per 1,0001976: 209.1 per 1,0001978: 79.5 per 1,0001980: 75.2 per 1,0001982: 125.7 per 1,0001984: 52.3 per 1,0001986: 47.9 per 1,0001988: 56.4 per 1,0001990: 31.9 per 1,0001992: 28.9 per 1,0001994: 26.4 per 1,0001996: 24.1 per 1,0001998: 22 per 1,0002000: 20 per 1,0002002: 18 per 1,0002004: 16.1 per 1,0002006: 14.6 per 1,0002008: 13.6 per 1,0002010: 13 per 1,0002012: 12.7 per 1,0002014: 12.8 per 1,0002016: 13.2 per 1,0002018: 14 per 1,0002020: 15.1 per 1,0002022: 16.3 per 1,0002024: 17.6 per 1,000
Change over the period: −56.9 (−76.38%) Average annual rate: -2.23 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Lebanon 17.6 per 1,000
World 37.4 per 1,000
Western Asia computed 16 per 1,000
Lower-middle-income countries computed 36.3 per 1,000
Under-five mortality rate — Lebanon, by year Lebanon All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 17.6 +0.6 +3.53%
2023 17 +0.7 +4.29%
2022 16.3 +0.6 +3.82%
2021 15.7 +0.6 +3.97%
2020 15.1 +0.6 +4.14%
2019 14.5 +0.5 +3.57%
2018 14 +0.5 +3.7%
2017 13.5 +0.3 +2.27%
2016 13.2 +0.3 +2.33%
2015 12.9 +0.1 +0.78%
2014 12.8 +0.1 +0.79%
2013 12.7 +0 +0%
2012 12.7 −0.1 −0.78%
2011 12.8 −0.2 −1.54%
2010 13 −0.2 −1.52%
2009 13.2 −0.4 −2.94%
2008 13.6 −0.5 −3.55%
2007 14.1 −0.5 −3.42%
2006 14.6 −0.7 −4.58%
2005 15.3 −0.8 −4.97%
2004 16.1 −0.9 −5.29%
2003 17 −1 −5.56%
2002 18 −0.9 −4.76%
2001 18.9 −1.1 −5.5%
2000 20 −1 −4.76%
1999 21 −1 −4.55%
1998 22 −1.1 −4.76%
1997 23.1 −1 −4.15%
1996 24.1 −1.1 −4.37%
1995 25.2 −1.2 −4.55%
1994 26.4 −1.2 −4.35%
1993 27.6 −1.3 −4.5%
1992 28.9 −1.4 −4.62%
1991 30.3 −1.6 −5.02%
1990 31.9 −1.6 −4.78%
1989 33.5 −22.9 −40.6%
1988 56.4 −2.2 −3.75%
1987 58.6 +10.7 +22.34%
1986 47.9 −2.2 −4.39%
1985 50.1 −2.2 −4.21%
1984 52.3 −2.2 −4.04%
1983 54.5 −71.2 −56.64%
1982 125.7 +52.8 +72.43%
1981 72.9 −2.3 −3.06%
1980 75.2 −2.2 −2.84%
1979 77.4 −2.1 −2.64%
1978 79.5 −2 −2.45%
1977 81.5 −127.6 −61.02%
1976 209.1 +152 +266.2%
1975 57.1 −0.9 −1.55%
1974 58 −0.6 −1.02%
1973 58.6 −0.5 −0.85%
1972 59.1 −0.5 −0.84%
1971 59.6 −0.5 −0.83%
1970 60.1 −0.6 −0.99%
1969 60.7 −0.7 −1.14%
1968 61.4 −0.8 −1.29%
1967 62.2 −1 −1.58%
1966 63.2 −1.2 −1.86%
1965 64.4 −1.6 −2.42%
1964 66 −1.7 −2.51%
1963 67.7 −2.1 −3.01%
1962 69.8 −2.2 −3.06%
1961 72 −2.5 −3.36%
1960 74.5

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.