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Under-five mortality rate — Mauritania

Under-five mortality rate in Mauritania in 2024 — 36.9 per 1,000. Ranked 148 in the world out of 196. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 85.7%.

2024 36.9 per 1,000 −3.15% vs 2023
World rank 148of 196
Period maximum 257.8 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 36.9 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Under-five mortality rate — Mauritania, 1960–2024010020030019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 257.8 per 1,0001962: 244.6 per 1,0001964: 230.9 per 1,0001966: 216.8 per 1,0001968: 242.5 per 1,0001970: 231.1 per 1,0001972: 226.4 per 1,0001974: 224.1 per 1,0001976: 186.1 per 1,0001978: 176.9 per 1,0001980: 166.4 per 1,0001982: 156.1 per 1,0001984: 145 per 1,0001986: 132.3 per 1,0001988: 122.2 per 1,0001990: 116.5 per 1,0001992: 113.6 per 1,0001994: 111.7 per 1,0001996: 109.4 per 1,0001998: 105.2 per 1,0002000: 98 per 1,0002002: 88.2 per 1,0002004: 77.5 per 1,0002006: 68.1 per 1,0002008: 61.3 per 1,0002010: 56.8 per 1,0002012: 53.5 per 1,0002014: 50.6 per 1,0002016: 47.7 per 1,0002018: 44.7 per 1,0002020: 42 per 1,0002022: 39.4 per 1,0002024: 36.9 per 1,000
Change over the period: −220.9 (−85.69%) Average annual rate: -2.99 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Mauritania 36.9 per 1,000
World 37.4 per 1,000
Sub-Saharan Africa 71.2 per 1,000
Western Africa computed 92.4 per 1,000
Lower-middle-income countries computed 36.3 per 1,000
Under-five mortality rate — Mauritania, by year Mauritania All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 36.9 −1.2 −3.15%
2023 38.1 −1.3 −3.3%
2022 39.4 −1.3 −3.19%
2021 40.7 −1.3 −3.1%
2020 42 −1.4 −3.23%
2019 43.4 −1.3 −2.91%
2018 44.7 −1.5 −3.25%
2017 46.2 −1.5 −3.14%
2016 47.7 −1.4 −2.85%
2015 49.1 −1.5 −2.96%
2014 50.6 −1.5 −2.88%
2013 52.1 −1.4 −2.62%
2012 53.5 −1.6 −2.9%
2011 55.1 −1.7 −2.99%
2010 56.8 −2 −3.4%
2009 58.8 −2.5 −4.08%
2008 61.3 −3 −4.67%
2007 64.3 −3.8 −5.58%
2006 68.1 −4.4 −6.07%
2005 72.5 −5 −6.45%
2004 77.5 −5.3 −6.4%
2003 82.8 −5.4 −6.12%
2002 88.2 −5.2 −5.57%
2001 93.4 −4.6 −4.69%
2000 98 −4 −3.92%
1999 102 −3.2 −3.04%
1998 105.2 −2.4 −2.23%
1997 107.6 −1.8 −1.65%
1996 109.4 −1.3 −1.17%
1995 110.7 −1 −0.9%
1994 111.7 −0.9 −0.8%
1993 112.6 −1 −0.88%
1992 113.6 −1.2 −1.05%
1991 114.8 −1.7 −1.46%
1990 116.5 −2.2 −1.85%
1989 118.7 −3.5 −2.86%
1988 122.2 −4.7 −3.7%
1987 126.9 −5.4 −4.08%
1986 132.3 −6.3 −4.55%
1985 138.6 −6.4 −4.41%
1984 145 −5.8 −3.85%
1983 150.8 −5.3 −3.4%
1982 156.1 −5.2 −3.22%
1981 161.3 −5.1 −3.06%
1980 166.4 −5.2 −3.03%
1979 171.6 −5.3 −3%
1978 176.9 −5 −2.75%
1977 181.9 −4.2 −2.26%
1976 186.1 −3 −1.59%
1975 189.1 −35 −15.62%
1974 224.1 −1.3 −0.58%
1973 225.4 −1 −0.44%
1972 226.4 −1.5 −0.66%
1971 227.9 −3.2 −1.38%
1970 231.1 −4.7 −1.99%
1969 235.8 −6.7 −2.76%
1968 242.5 +32.8 +15.64%
1967 209.7 −7.1 −3.27%
1966 216.8 −7.2 −3.21%
1965 224 −6.9 −2.99%
1964 230.9 −6.7 −2.82%
1963 237.6 −7 −2.86%
1962 244.6 −6.7 −2.67%
1961 251.3 −6.5 −2.52%
1960 257.8 — —

Western Africa, 2024

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

CV Cabo Verde 11.1 GH Ghana 35.9 SN Senegal 36.5 MR Mauritania 36.9 GM Gambia 42.4 TG Togo 56.1 CI Côte d'Ivoire 64.5 GW Guinea-Bissau 67.3 ML Mali 73 BJ Benin 74.7 BF Burkina Faso 74.9 LR Liberia 86.4 SL Sierra Leone 90.5 GN Guinea 92.1 NE Niger 110.7 NG Nigeria 115.6
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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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