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Under-five mortality rate — all countries

Under-five mortality rate — Mercosur

Under-five mortality rate in Mercosur in 2024 — 13.5 per 1,000. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 92.1%.

2024 13.5 per 1,000 −1.66% vs 2023
World rank —
Period maximum 169.7 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 13.5 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Under-five mortality rate — Mercosur, 1960–202405010015020019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 169.7 per 1,0001962: 160.7 per 1,0001964: 152.7 per 1,0001966: 145.6 per 1,0001968: 139.1 per 1,0001970: 121.6 per 1,0001972: 116.1 per 1,0001974: 110.1 per 1,0001976: 103.3 per 1,0001978: 95.6 per 1,0001980: 87.5 per 1,0001982: 79.6 per 1,0001984: 72.8 per 1,0001986: 67.3 per 1,0001988: 62.6 per 1,0001990: 58.1 per 1,0001992: 53.2 per 1,0001994: 47.7 per 1,0001996: 42.3 per 1,0001998: 37.4 per 1,0002000: 33.1 per 1,0002002: 29.2 per 1,0002004: 25.9 per 1,0002006: 22.9 per 1,0002008: 20.6 per 1,0002010: 18.7 per 1,0002012: 17.2 per 1,0002014: 16.2 per 1,0002016: 16.3 per 1,0002018: 14.8 per 1,0002020: 14.3 per 1,0002022: 13.9 per 1,0002024: 13.5 per 1,000
Change over the period: −156.3 (−92.06%) Average annual rate: -3.88 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Mercosur 13.5 per 1,000
World 37.4 per 1,000
Under-five mortality rate — Mercosur, by year Mercosur All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 13.5 −0.2 −1.66%
2023 13.7 −0.2 −1.68%
2022 13.9 −0.2 −1.11%
2021 14.1 −0.2 −1.69%
2020 14.3 −0.2 −1.22%
2019 14.5 −0.3 −1.76%
2018 14.8 −0.3 −1.83%
2017 15 −1.2 −7.46%
2016 16.3 +0.5 +2.96%
2015 15.8 −0.4 −2.47%
2014 16.2 −0.5 −2.89%
2013 16.7 −0.6 −3.35%
2012 17.2 −0.7 −4.07%
2011 18 −0.7 −3.88%
2010 18.7 −0.9 −4.58%
2009 19.6 −1 −4.64%
2008 20.6 −1.1 −5.16%
2007 21.7 −1.3 −5.54%
2006 22.9 −1.4 −5.65%
2005 24.3 −1.5 −5.99%
2004 25.9 −1.7 −6.13%
2003 27.6 −1.7 −5.78%
2002 29.2 −1.9 −5.96%
2001 31.1 −2 −5.91%
2000 33.1 −2.1 −6.02%
1999 35.2 −2.2 −5.99%
1998 37.4 −2.3 −5.89%
1997 39.8 −2.5 −5.94%
1996 42.3 −2.7 −5.96%
1995 44.9 −2.8 −5.77%
1994 47.7 −2.7 −5.45%
1993 50.4 −2.8 −5.24%
1992 53.2 −2.6 −4.63%
1991 55.8 −2.3 −4%
1990 58.1 −2.3 −3.78%
1989 60.4 −2.2 −3.48%
1988 62.6 −2.4 −3.62%
1987 65 −2.3 −3.46%
1986 67.3 −2.6 −3.66%
1985 69.8 −2.9 −4.04%
1984 72.8 −3.2 −4.17%
1983 76 −3.6 −4.54%
1982 79.6 −3.9 −4.63%
1981 83.4 −4 −4.61%
1980 87.5 −4.1 −4.46%
1979 91.5 −4.1 −4.27%
1978 95.6 −3.9 −3.96%
1977 99.6 −3.8 −3.66%
1976 103.3 −3.5 −3.28%
1975 106.8 −3.3 −2.98%
1974 110.1 −3.1 −2.7%
1973 113.2 −2.9 −2.48%
1972 116.1 −2.8 −2.36%
1971 118.9 −2.7 −2.22%
1970 121.6 −2.7 −2.14%
1969 124.2 −14.9 −10.72%
1968 139.1 −3.2 −2.22%
1967 142.3 −3.3 −2.29%
1966 145.6 −3.4 −2.3%
1965 149.1 −3.6 −2.37%
1964 152.7 −3.8 −2.43%
1963 156.5 −4.2 −2.59%
1962 160.7 −4.5 −2.7%
1961 165.1 −4.6 −2.73%
1960 169.7 — —

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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