Under-five mortality rate — all countries

Under-five mortality rate — Middle East & North Africa

Under-five mortality rate in Middle East & North Africa in 2024 — 36.4 per 1,000. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 86.4%.

2024 36.4 per 1,000 −3.7% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 267.3 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 36.4 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Under-five mortality rate — Middle East & North Africa, 1960–2024010020030019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 267.3 per 1,0001962: 253.2 per 1,0001964: 238.5 per 1,0001966: 225.3 per 1,0001968: 213.5 per 1,0001970: 202.4 per 1,0001972: 188 per 1,0001974: 173.8 per 1,0001976: 160.6 per 1,0001978: 141.8 per 1,0001980: 125.2 per 1,0001982: 110.4 per 1,0001984: 93.4 per 1,0001986: 81 per 1,0001988: 72.9 per 1,0001990: 98.9 per 1,0001992: 93 per 1,0001994: 89.4 per 1,0001996: 85.2 per 1,0001998: 80.1 per 1,0002000: 75 per 1,0002002: 69.9 per 1,0002004: 65.4 per 1,0002006: 61.3 per 1,0002008: 57.6 per 1,0002010: 54.2 per 1,0002012: 51.1 per 1,0002014: 47.6 per 1,0002016: 44.6 per 1,0002018: 42.7 per 1,0002020: 40.8 per 1,0002022: 38.7 per 1,0002024: 36.4 per 1,000
Change over the period: −230.9 (−86.38%) Average annual rate: -3.07 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Middle East & North Africa

Middle East & North Africa 36.4 per 1,000
World 37.4 per 1,000
Under-five mortality rate — Middle East & North Africa, by year Middle East & North Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 36.4 −1.4 −3.7%
2023 37.8 −0.9 −2.33%
2022 38.7 −1.1 −2.76%
2021 39.8 −1 −2.45%
2020 40.8 −1.1 −2.63%
2019 41.9 −0.8 −1.87%
2018 42.7 −0.8 −1.84%
2017 43.5 −1.1 −2.47%
2016 44.6 −1.6 −3.46%
2015 46.2 −1.4 −2.94%
2014 47.6 −1.8 −3.64%
2013 49.4 −1.7 −3.33%
2012 51.1 −1.4 −2.67%
2011 52.5 −1.7 −3.14%
2010 54.2 −1.7 −3.04%
2009 55.9 −1.7 −2.95%
2008 57.6 −1.8 −3.03%
2007 59.4 −1.9 −3.1%
2006 61.3 −1.9 −3.01%
2005 63.2 −2.2 −3.36%
2004 65.4 −2.3 −3.4%
2003 67.7 −2.2 −3.15%
2002 69.9 −2.5 −3.45%
2001 72.4 −2.6 −3.47%
2000 75 −2.5 −3.23%
1999 77.5 −2.6 −3.25%
1998 80.1 −2.6 −3.14%
1997 82.7 −2.5 −2.93%
1996 85.2 −2.2 −2.52%
1995 87.4 −2 −2.24%
1994 89.4 −1.7 −1.87%
1993 91.1 −1.9 −2.04%
1992 93 −2.8 −2.92%
1991 95.8 −3.1 −3.13%
1990 98.9 +28.9 +41.3%
1989 70 −2.9 −4.02%
1988 72.9 −3.2 −4.25%
1987 76.2 −4.8 −5.94%
1986 81 −5.8 −6.67%
1985 86.8 −6.6 −7.09%
1984 93.4 −7.3 −7.26%
1983 100.7 −9.7 −8.83%
1982 110.4 −6.8 −5.78%
1981 117.2 −8 −6.38%
1980 125.2 −8.3 −6.22%
1979 133.5 −8.3 −5.87%
1978 141.8 −8.4 −5.6%
1977 150.3 −10.4 −6.47%
1976 160.6 −5.4 −3.27%
1975 166.1 −7.7 −4.43%
1974 173.8 −7.4 −4.06%
1973 181.1 −6.8 −3.64%
1972 188 −7.2 −3.71%
1971 195.2 −7.2 −3.56%
1970 202.4 −5.5 −2.64%
1969 207.9 −5.6 −2.62%
1968 213.5 −5.7 −2.59%
1967 219.2 −6.1 −2.72%
1966 225.3 −6.4 −2.76%
1965 231.7 −6.8 −2.84%
1964 238.5 −7.2 −2.93%
1963 245.7 −7.5 −2.97%
1962 253.2 −6.5 −2.52%
1961 259.7 −7.6 −2.83%
1960 267.3

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.