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Under-five mortality rate — all countries

Under-five mortality rate — North America

Under-five mortality rate in North America in 2024 — 6.4 per 1,000. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 41.8%.

2024 6.4 per 1,000 +0% vs 2023
World rank —
Period maximum 11 per 1,0001990
Period minimum 6.4 per 1,0002018

Trend over time

1990–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Under-five mortality rate — North America, 1990–202468101219901994199820022006201020142018202220241990: 11 per 1,0001991: 10.6 per 1,0001992: 10.2 per 1,0001993: 9.9 per 1,0001994: 9.5 per 1,0001995: 9.2 per 1,0001996: 9 per 1,0001997: 8.7 per 1,0001998: 8.6 per 1,0001999: 8.4 per 1,0002000: 8.3 per 1,0002001: 8.2 per 1,0002002: 8.1 per 1,0002003: 8 per 1,0002004: 7.9 per 1,0002005: 7.8 per 1,0002006: 7.7 per 1,0002007: 7.6 per 1,0002008: 7.5 per 1,0002009: 7.3 per 1,0002010: 7.2 per 1,0002011: 7 per 1,0002012: 6.9 per 1,0002013: 6.8 per 1,0002014: 6.7 per 1,0002015: 6.6 per 1,0002016: 6.6 per 1,0002017: 6.5 per 1,0002018: 6.4 per 1,0002019: 6.4 per 1,0002020: 6.4 per 1,0002021: 6.4 per 1,0002022: 6.4 per 1,0002023: 6.4 per 1,0002024: 6.4 per 1,000
Change over the period: −4.6 (−41.82%) Average annual rate: -1.58 %

Comparison, 2024

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

North America 6.4 per 1,000
World 37.4 per 1,000
Under-five mortality rate — North America, by year North America All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 6.4 +0 +0%
2023 6.4 +0 +0%
2022 6.4 +0 +0%
2021 6.4 +0 +0%
2020 6.4 +0 +0%
2019 6.4 +0 +0%
2018 6.4 −0.1 −1.54%
2017 6.5 −0.1 −1.52%
2016 6.6 +0 +0%
2015 6.6 −0.1 −1.49%
2014 6.7 −0.1 −1.47%
2013 6.8 −0.1 −1.45%
2012 6.9 −0.1 −1.43%
2011 7 −0.2 −2.78%
2010 7.2 −0.1 −1.37%
2009 7.3 −0.2 −2.67%
2008 7.5 −0.1 −1.32%
2007 7.6 −0.1 −1.3%
2006 7.7 −0.1 −1.28%
2005 7.8 −0.1 −1.27%
2004 7.9 −0.1 −1.25%
2003 8 −0.1 −1.23%
2002 8.1 −0.1 −1.22%
2001 8.2 −0.1 −1.2%
2000 8.3 −0.1 −1.19%
1999 8.4 −0.2 −2.33%
1998 8.6 −0.1 −1.15%
1997 8.7 −0.3 −3.33%
1996 9 −0.2 −2.17%
1995 9.2 −0.3 −3.16%
1994 9.5 −0.4 −4.04%
1993 9.9 −0.3 −2.94%
1992 10.2 −0.4 −3.77%
1991 10.6 −0.4 −3.64%
1990 11 — —

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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