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Under-five mortality rate — Central Asia

Under-five mortality rate in Central Asia in 2024 — 16.9 per 1,000. Since 1975, the indicator has fallen by 82%.

2024 16.9 per 1,000 −2.26% vs 2023
World rank —
Period maximum 103.8 per 1,0001979
Period minimum 16.9 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1975–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Under-five mortality rate — Central Asia, 1975–2024050100150197519801985199019952000200520102015202020241975: 94 per 1,0001976: 91.9 per 1,0001977: 94.5 per 1,0001978: 92.4 per 1,0001979: 103.8 per 1,0001980: 99.2 per 1,0001981: 94.9 per 1,0001982: 90.5 per 1,0001983: 86.3 per 1,0001984: 82.3 per 1,0001985: 78.5 per 1,0001986: 75 per 1,0001987: 71.8 per 1,0001988: 69.3 per 1,0001989: 67.6 per 1,0001990: 66.8 per 1,0001991: 66.8 per 1,0001992: 67.4 per 1,0001993: 68.1 per 1,0001994: 68.4 per 1,0001995: 68 per 1,0001996: 66.9 per 1,0001997: 65.2 per 1,0001998: 62.9 per 1,0001999: 60.3 per 1,0002000: 57.3 per 1,0002001: 54.3 per 1,0002002: 51.1 per 1,0002003: 48 per 1,0002004: 45 per 1,0002005: 42.1 per 1,0002006: 39.3 per 1,0002007: 36.6 per 1,0002008: 34.1 per 1,0002009: 31.7 per 1,0002010: 29.5 per 1,0002011: 27.4 per 1,0002012: 25.6 per 1,0002013: 24 per 1,0002014: 22.7 per 1,0002015: 21.5 per 1,0002016: 20.6 per 1,0002017: 19.9 per 1,0002018: 19.3 per 1,0002019: 18.9 per 1,0002020: 18.5 per 1,0002021: 18.1 per 1,0002022: 17.7 per 1,0002023: 17.3 per 1,0002024: 16.9 per 1,000
Change over the period: −77 (−81.99%) Average annual rate: -3.44 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Central Asia 16.9 per 1,000
World 37.4 per 1,000
Under-five mortality rate — Central Asia, by year Central Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 16.9 −0.4 −2.26%
2023 17.3 −0.4 −2.29%
2022 17.7 −0.4 −2.31%
2021 18.1 −0.4 −1.97%
2020 18.5 −0.4 −2.14%
2019 18.9 −0.4 −2.25%
2018 19.3 −0.5 −2.74%
2017 19.9 −0.7 −3.49%
2016 20.6 −0.9 −4.38%
2015 21.5 −1.1 −5.03%
2014 22.7 −1.3 −5.55%
2013 24 −1.6 −6.15%
2012 25.6 −1.8 −6.74%
2011 27.4 −2 −6.88%
2010 29.5 −2.2 −7.09%
2009 31.7 −2.4 −7%
2008 34.1 −2.5 −6.89%
2007 36.6 −2.7 −6.8%
2006 39.3 −2.8 −6.62%
2005 42.1 −2.9 −6.45%
2004 45 −3 −6.34%
2003 48 −3.1 −5.99%
2002 51.1 −3.2 −5.82%
2001 54.3 −3.1 −5.37%
2000 57.3 −2.9 −4.87%
1999 60.3 −2.7 −4.23%
1998 62.9 −2.3 −3.48%
1997 65.2 −1.7 −2.52%
1996 66.9 −1.1 −1.67%
1995 68 −0.4 −0.6%
1994 68.4 +0.3 +0.45%
1993 68.1 +0.7 +1.02%
1992 67.4 +0.7 +0.99%
1991 66.8 +0 +0.01%
1990 66.8 −0.8 −1.17%
1989 67.6 −1.7 −2.48%
1988 69.3 −2.6 −3.57%
1987 71.8 −3.2 −4.2%
1986 75 −3.6 −4.53%
1985 78.5 −3.8 −4.59%
1984 82.3 −4 −4.65%
1983 86.3 −4.2 −4.61%
1982 90.5 −4.3 −4.57%
1981 94.9 −4.4 −4.41%
1980 99.2 −4.5 −4.37%
1979 103.8 +11.4 +12.33%
1978 92.4 −2.1 −2.23%
1977 94.5 +2.6 +2.81%
1976 91.9 −2.1 −2.2%
1975 94 — —

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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