Under-five mortality rate — all countries

Under-five mortality rate — Low-income countries

Under-five mortality rate in low-income countries in 2024 — 61.3 per 1,000. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 76.3%.

2024 61.3 per 1,000 −4.02% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 263.5 per 1,0001963
Period minimum 61.3 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1961–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Under-five mortality rate — Low-income countries, 1961–2024010020030019611968197519821989199620032010201720241961: 258.2 per 1,0001963: 263.5 per 1,0001965: 253.2 per 1,0001967: 250.3 per 1,0001969: 240.8 per 1,0001971: 236.5 per 1,0001973: 233.9 per 1,0001975: 228.2 per 1,0001977: 216.1 per 1,0001979: 209.1 per 1,0001981: 206.7 per 1,0001983: 215.8 per 1,0001985: 207.1 per 1,0001987: 185.2 per 1,0001989: 176.6 per 1,0001991: 174.7 per 1,0001993: 169.5 per 1,0001995: 161.4 per 1,0001997: 159 per 1,0001999: 147.9 per 1,0002001: 139.3 per 1,0002003: 122.4 per 1,0002005: 109.1 per 1,0002007: 98.6 per 1,0002009: 93.5 per 1,0002011: 88.3 per 1,0002013: 78.8 per 1,0002015: 77.2 per 1,0002017: 75 per 1,0002019: 68.7 per 1,0002021: 69 per 1,0002023: 63.9 per 1,0002024: 61.3 per 1,000
Change over the period: −196.9 (−76.25%) Average annual rate: -2.26 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Low-income countries

Low-income countries 61.3 per 1,000
World 37.4 per 1,000
Under-five mortality rate — Low-income countries, by year Low-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 61.3 −2.6 −4.02%
2023 63.9 −6.3 −8.99%
2022 70.2 +1.2 +1.72%
2021 69 +2.7 +4.07%
2020 66.3 −2.4 −3.47%
2019 68.7 −1.5 −2.17%
2018 70.2 −4.8 −6.34%
2017 75 −0.6 −0.84%
2016 75.6 −1.6 −2.08%
2015 77.2 −1.4 −1.8%
2014 78.6 −0.1 −0.15%
2013 78.8 −3.2 −3.88%
2012 81.9 −6.4 −7.25%
2011 88.3 −0.4 −0.5%
2010 88.8 −4.7 −5.03%
2009 93.5 −0.8 −0.83%
2008 94.3 −4.3 −4.39%
2007 98.6 −4.7 −4.56%
2006 103.3 −5.8 −5.28%
2005 109.1 −8.8 −7.44%
2004 117.8 −4.5 −3.7%
2003 122.4 −9 −6.86%
2002 131.4 −7.9 −5.67%
2001 139.3 −3.2 −2.23%
2000 142.5 −5.4 −3.66%
1999 147.9 −11.2 −7.02%
1998 159 +0.1 +0.06%
1997 159 −4.6 −2.8%
1996 163.5 +2.1 +1.3%
1995 161.4 −2.4 −1.45%
1994 163.8 −5.7 −3.34%
1993 169.5 −2.9 −1.68%
1992 172.4 −2.3 −1.33%
1991 174.7 +1.1 +0.66%
1990 173.5 −3.1 −1.74%
1989 176.6 −23.1 −11.56%
1988 199.7 +14.5 +7.82%
1987 185.2 −13.4 −6.76%
1986 198.6 −8.5 −4.11%
1985 207.1 −4.2 −1.99%
1984 211.3 −4.5 −2.09%
1983 215.8 +10.6 +5.14%
1982 205.3 −1.5 −0.7%
1981 206.7 −1.4 −0.68%
1980 208.1 −0.9 −0.44%
1979 209.1 −3.6 −1.72%
1978 212.7 −3.3 −1.55%
1977 216.1 −3 −1.38%
1976 219.1 −9.1 −3.99%
1975 228.2 −2.6 −1.15%
1974 230.8 −3 −1.3%
1973 233.9 −7.4 −3.06%
1972 241.3 +4.8 +2.02%
1971 236.5 −1.3 −0.55%
1970 237.8 −3 −1.24%
1969 240.8 −1.8 −0.76%
1968 242.6 −7.7 −3.07%
1967 250.3 −1.2 −0.48%
1966 251.5 −1.7 −0.69%
1965 253.2 −4 −1.56%
1964 257.3 −6.2 −2.35%
1963 263.5 +9.7 +3.81%
1962 253.8 −4.4 −1.71%
1961 258.2

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.