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Under-five mortality rate — OECD

Under-five mortality rate in the OECD in 2024 — 6.7 per 1,000. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 88.4%.

2024 6.7 per 1,000 −5.67% vs 2023
World rank —
Period maximum 57.7 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 6.7 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Under-five mortality rate — OECD, 1960–2024020406019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 57.7 per 1,0001962: 53.5 per 1,0001964: 49.6 per 1,0001966: 46 per 1,0001968: 41.6 per 1,0001970: 39 per 1,0001972: 36.3 per 1,0001974: 33.6 per 1,0001976: 30.7 per 1,0001978: 28 per 1,0001980: 25.6 per 1,0001982: 23.4 per 1,0001984: 21.5 per 1,0001986: 19.8 per 1,0001988: 18.3 per 1,0001990: 21.9 per 1,0001992: 20 per 1,0001994: 18.4 per 1,0001996: 16.6 per 1,0001998: 15 per 1,0002000: 13.5 per 1,0002002: 12.3 per 1,0002004: 11.3 per 1,0002006: 10.4 per 1,0002008: 9.6 per 1,0002010: 8.9 per 1,0002012: 8.4 per 1,0002014: 8 per 1,0002016: 7.6 per 1,0002018: 7.3 per 1,0002020: 7.1 per 1,0002022: 6.9 per 1,0002024: 6.7 per 1,000
Change over the period: −51 (−88.37%) Average annual rate: -3.31 %

Comparison, 2024

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

OECD 6.7 per 1,000
World 37.4 per 1,000
Under-five mortality rate — OECD, by year OECD All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 6.7 −0.4 −5.67%
2023 7.1 +0.2 +3.39%
2022 6.9 −0.1 −1.2%
2021 7 −0.1 −1.83%
2020 7.1 −0.1 −1.59%
2019 7.2 −0.1 −1.44%
2018 7.3 −0.1 −1.8%
2017 7.5 −0.2 −2.08%
2016 7.6 −0.2 −2.68%
2015 7.8 −0.2 −2.49%
2014 8 −0.2 −2.71%
2013 8.2 −0.2 −2.22%
2012 8.4 −0.3 −3.03%
2011 8.7 −0.2 −2.57%
2010 8.9 −0.4 −3.9%
2009 9.3 −0.3 −2.91%
2008 9.6 −0.4 −3.85%
2007 9.9 −0.4 −4.03%
2006 10.4 −0.5 −4.43%
2005 10.8 −0.5 −4%
2004 11.3 −0.5 −3.89%
2003 11.8 −0.6 −4.71%
2002 12.3 −0.6 −4.5%
2001 12.9 −0.6 −4.28%
2000 13.5 −0.8 −5.78%
1999 14.3 −0.7 −4.7%
1998 15 −0.8 −4.88%
1997 15.8 −0.8 −4.89%
1996 16.6 −0.9 −5.22%
1995 17.5 −0.8 −4.52%
1994 18.4 −0.9 −4.43%
1993 19.2 −0.8 −3.95%
1992 20 −0.9 −4.37%
1991 20.9 −1 −4.42%
1990 21.9 +4.3 +24.21%
1989 17.6 −0.7 −3.97%
1988 18.3 −0.7 −3.78%
1987 19.1 −0.8 −3.9%
1986 19.8 −0.9 −4.56%
1985 20.8 −0.7 −3.28%
1984 21.5 −0.9 −4.1%
1983 22.4 −1 −4.24%
1982 23.4 −1.1 −4.33%
1981 24.5 −1.2 −4.52%
1980 25.6 −1.2 −4.37%
1979 26.8 −1.3 −4.46%
1978 28 −1.3 −4.51%
1977 29.4 −1.4 −4.47%
1976 30.7 −1.4 −4.44%
1975 32.2 −1.4 −4.2%
1974 33.6 −1.4 −3.94%
1973 34.9 −1.4 −3.72%
1972 36.3 −1.4 −3.63%
1971 37.7 −1.4 −3.53%
1970 39 −1.3 −3.21%
1969 40.3 −1.3 −3.12%
1968 41.6 −2.8 −6.35%
1967 44.5 −1.6 −3.4%
1966 46 −1.7 −3.61%
1965 47.7 −1.8 −3.71%
1964 49.6 −1.9 −3.75%
1963 51.5 −2 −3.8%
1962 53.5 −2.1 −3.7%
1961 55.6 −2.1 −3.69%
1960 57.7 — —

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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