Under-five mortality rate — all countries

Under-five mortality rate — Mozambique

Under-five mortality rate in Mozambique in 2024 — 59.4 per 1,000. Ranked 175 in the world out of 196. Since 1963, the indicator has fallen by 78%.

2024 59.4 per 1,000 −3.73% vs 2023
World rank 175of 196
Period maximum 309.4 per 1,0001981
Period minimum 59.4 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1963–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Under-five mortality rate — Mozambique, 1963–2024010020030040019631970197719841991199820052012201920241963: 269.6 per 1,0001965: 272.1 per 1,0001967: 274.1 per 1,0001969: 273.6 per 1,0001971: 272.7 per 1,0001973: 270.1 per 1,0001975: 267 per 1,0001977: 264.5 per 1,0001979: 262.7 per 1,0001981: 309.4 per 1,0001983: 257.9 per 1,0001985: 251.4 per 1,0001987: 244.4 per 1,0001989: 238.1 per 1,0001991: 231.8 per 1,0001993: 223.1 per 1,0001995: 210.6 per 1,0001997: 193.6 per 1,0001999: 174.1 per 1,0002001: 155.7 per 1,0002003: 139.8 per 1,0002005: 125.7 per 1,0002007: 110.7 per 1,0002009: 98.3 per 1,0002011: 91.1 per 1,0002013: 82.9 per 1,0002015: 75.8 per 1,0002017: 72 per 1,0002019: 68.6 per 1,0002021: 65.5 per 1,0002023: 61.7 per 1,0002024: 59.4 per 1,000
Change over the period: −210.2 (−77.97%) Average annual rate: -2.45 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Mozambique 59.4 per 1,000
World 37.4 per 1,000
Sub-Saharan Africa 71.2 per 1,000
Eastern Africa computed 49.6 per 1,000
Low-income countries computed 61.3 per 1,000
Under-five mortality rate — Mozambique, by year Mozambique All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 59.4 −2.3 −3.73%
2023 61.7 −2.2 −3.44%
2022 63.9 −1.6 −2.44%
2021 65.5 −2.1 −3.11%
2020 67.6 −1 −1.46%
2019 68.6 −1.6 −2.28%
2018 70.2 −1.8 −2.5%
2017 72 −1.3 −1.77%
2016 73.3 −2.5 −3.3%
2015 75.8 −3.9 −4.89%
2014 79.7 −3.2 −3.86%
2013 82.9 −3.6 −4.16%
2012 86.5 −4.6 −5.05%
2011 91.1 −4.5 −4.71%
2010 95.6 −2.7 −2.75%
2009 98.3 −6.1 −5.84%
2008 104.4 −6.3 −5.69%
2007 110.7 −8.1 −6.82%
2006 118.8 −6.9 −5.49%
2005 125.7 −6.8 −5.13%
2004 132.5 −7.3 −5.22%
2003 139.8 −7.7 −5.22%
2002 147.5 −8.2 −5.27%
2001 155.7 −8.9 −5.41%
2000 164.6 −9.5 −5.46%
1999 174.1 −9.8 −5.33%
1998 183.9 −9.7 −5.01%
1997 193.6 −8.9 −4.4%
1996 202.5 −8.1 −3.85%
1995 210.6 −6.5 −2.99%
1994 217.1 −6 −2.69%
1993 223.1 −4.8 −2.11%
1992 227.9 −3.9 −1.68%
1991 231.8 −3.3 −1.4%
1990 235.1 −3 −1.26%
1989 238.1 −3.2 −1.33%
1988 241.3 −3.1 −1.27%
1987 244.4 −3.4 −1.37%
1986 247.8 −3.6 −1.43%
1985 251.4 −3.3 −1.3%
1984 254.7 −3.2 −1.24%
1983 257.9 −2.3 −0.88%
1982 260.2 −49.2 −15.9%
1981 309.4 +47.2 +18%
1980 262.2 −0.5 −0.19%
1979 262.7 −0.9 −0.34%
1978 263.6 −0.9 −0.34%
1977 264.5 −1.2 −0.45%
1976 265.7 −1.3 −0.49%
1975 267 −1.6 −0.6%
1974 268.6 −1.5 −0.56%
1973 270.1 −1.4 −0.52%
1972 271.5 −1.2 −0.44%
1971 272.7 −0.6 −0.22%
1970 273.3 −0.3 −0.11%
1969 273.6 −0.5 −0.18%
1968 274.1 +0 +0%
1967 274.1 +0.8 +0.29%
1966 273.3 +1.2 +0.44%
1965 272.1 +1.1 +0.41%
1964 271 +1.4 +0.52%
1963 269.6

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.