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Under-five mortality rate — Lower-middle-income countries

Under-five mortality rate in lower-middle-income countries in 2024 — 36.3 per 1,000. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 84.9%.

2024 36.3 per 1,000 −2.83% vs 2023
World rank —
Period maximum 240 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 36.3 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Under-five mortality rate — Lower-middle-income countries, 1960–2024010020030019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 240 per 1,0001962: 231.6 per 1,0001964: 224.5 per 1,0001966: 217.7 per 1,0001968: 217.6 per 1,0001970: 214 per 1,0001972: 191.9 per 1,0001974: 187.4 per 1,0001976: 176.8 per 1,0001978: 166.9 per 1,0001980: 156.4 per 1,0001982: 147.7 per 1,0001984: 139.7 per 1,0001986: 132.5 per 1,0001988: 125.6 per 1,0001990: 119 per 1,0001992: 113.2 per 1,0001994: 107.7 per 1,0001996: 101.8 per 1,0001998: 95.5 per 1,0002000: 88.6 per 1,0002002: 81.7 per 1,0002004: 75.4 per 1,0002006: 69.3 per 1,0002008: 64.4 per 1,0002010: 58.7 per 1,0002012: 54.1 per 1,0002014: 49.9 per 1,0002016: 46.3 per 1,0002018: 43.3 per 1,0002020: 40.7 per 1,0002022: 38.4 per 1,0002024: 36.3 per 1,000
Change over the period: −203.6 (−84.86%) Average annual rate: -2.91 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Lower-middle-income countries 36.3 per 1,000
World 37.4 per 1,000
Under-five mortality rate — Lower-middle-income countries, by year Lower-middle-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 36.3 −1.1 −2.83%
2023 37.4 −1 −2.64%
2022 38.4 −1.1 −2.77%
2021 39.5 −1.2 −2.9%
2020 40.7 −1.3 −3%
2019 41.9 −1.3 −3.03%
2018 43.3 −1.4 −3.21%
2017 44.7 −1.6 −3.43%
2016 46.3 −1.7 −3.61%
2015 48 −1.9 −3.83%
2014 49.9 −2 −3.84%
2013 51.9 −2.2 −3.99%
2012 54.1 −2.3 −4.06%
2011 56.4 −2.4 −4.06%
2010 58.7 −2.5 −4.12%
2009 61.3 −3.2 −4.93%
2008 64.4 −2.1 −3.14%
2007 66.5 −2.7 −3.97%
2006 69.3 −2.9 −4.04%
2005 72.2 −3.2 −4.23%
2004 75.4 −3 −3.86%
2003 78.4 −3.3 −4.04%
2002 81.7 −3.4 −3.95%
2001 85.1 −3.5 −3.95%
2000 88.6 −3.5 −3.75%
1999 92 −3.5 −3.63%
1998 95.5 −3.2 −3.26%
1997 98.7 −3.1 −3.06%
1996 101.8 −3 −2.86%
1995 104.8 −2.8 −2.64%
1994 107.7 −2.8 −2.49%
1993 110.4 −2.8 −2.44%
1992 113.2 −2.9 −2.47%
1991 116 −3 −2.48%
1990 119 −3.3 −2.68%
1989 122.3 −3.3 −2.62%
1988 125.6 −3.4 −2.66%
1987 129 −3.5 −2.64%
1986 132.5 −3.6 −2.62%
1985 136.1 −3.7 −2.63%
1984 139.7 −3.8 −2.63%
1983 143.5 −4.2 −2.82%
1982 147.7 −4.1 −2.71%
1981 151.8 −4.6 −2.94%
1980 156.4 −4.2 −2.62%
1979 160.6 −6.3 −3.79%
1978 166.9 −4.8 −2.81%
1977 171.8 −5 −2.85%
1976 176.8 −6.9 −3.78%
1975 183.7 −3.7 −1.97%
1974 187.4 −0.4 −0.22%
1973 187.8 −4.1 −2.12%
1972 191.9 −11.4 −5.62%
1971 203.3 −10.7 −4.99%
1970 214 −0.1 −0.04%
1969 214.1 −3.5 −1.59%
1968 217.6 +2.9 +1.36%
1967 214.7 −3.1 −1.42%
1966 217.7 −3.3 −1.51%
1965 221.1 −3.4 −1.53%
1964 224.5 −3.1 −1.37%
1963 227.6 −4 −1.71%
1962 231.6 −4 −1.68%
1961 235.6 −4.4 −1.83%
1960 240 — —

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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