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Under-five mortality rate — Eastern Asia

Under-five mortality rate in Eastern Asia in 2024 — 5.6 per 1,000. Since 1978, the indicator has fallen by 91.1%.

2024 5.6 per 1,000 −6.28% vs 2023
World rank —
Period maximum 62.6 per 1,0001978
Period minimum 5.6 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1978–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Under-five mortality rate — Eastern Asia, 1978–202402040608019781983198819931998200320082013201820231978: 62.6 per 1,0001979: 59.2 per 1,0001980: 56.2 per 1,0001981: 53.8 per 1,0001982: 51.8 per 1,0001983: 50.3 per 1,0001984: 49.2 per 1,0001985: 48.5 per 1,0001986: 48.2 per 1,0001987: 48 per 1,0001988: 48.1 per 1,0001989: 48 per 1,0001990: 47.8 per 1,0001991: 47.3 per 1,0001992: 46.6 per 1,0001993: 45.4 per 1,0001994: 44 per 1,0001995: 43.5 per 1,0001996: 41.8 per 1,0001997: 40.1 per 1,0001998: 38.2 per 1,0001999: 36.2 per 1,0002000: 34 per 1,0002001: 31.7 per 1,0002002: 29.4 per 1,0002003: 26.1 per 1,0002004: 23.9 per 1,0002005: 21.9 per 1,0002006: 20 per 1,0002007: 18.4 per 1,0002008: 17 per 1,0002009: 15.8 per 1,0002010: 14.5 per 1,0002011: 13.5 per 1,0002012: 12.6 per 1,0002013: 11.6 per 1,0002014: 10.8 per 1,0002015: 10 per 1,0002016: 9.4 per 1,0002017: 8.8 per 1,0002018: 8.1 per 1,0002019: 7.6 per 1,0002020: 7.1 per 1,0002021: 6.7 per 1,0002022: 6.4 per 1,0002023: 5.9 per 1,0002024: 5.6 per 1,000
Change over the period: −57.1 (−91.14%) Average annual rate: -5.13 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Eastern Asia 5.6 per 1,000
World 37.4 per 1,000
Under-five mortality rate — Eastern Asia, by year Eastern Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 5.6 −0.4 −6.28%
2023 5.9 −0.4 −6.77%
2022 6.4 −0.3 −5.16%
2021 6.7 −0.4 −6.13%
2020 7.1 −0.4 −5.9%
2019 7.6 −0.5 −6.61%
2018 8.1 −0.6 −7.21%
2017 8.8 −0.6 −6.84%
2016 9.4 −0.6 −6.3%
2015 10 −0.8 −7.48%
2014 10.8 −0.8 −6.99%
2013 11.6 −0.9 −7.18%
2012 12.6 −1 −7.36%
2011 13.5 −1 −6.74%
2010 14.5 −1.2 −7.91%
2009 15.8 −1.2 −7.26%
2008 17 −1.4 −7.74%
2007 18.4 −1.6 −7.92%
2006 20 −1.8 −8.44%
2005 21.9 −2 −8.47%
2004 23.9 −2.2 −8.4%
2003 26.1 −3.3 −11.2%
2002 29.4 −2.4 −7.5%
2001 31.7 −2.2 −6.49%
2000 34 −2.2 −6.1%
1999 36.2 −2 −5.34%
1998 38.2 −1.9 −4.63%
1997 40.1 −1.8 −4.25%
1996 41.8 −1.7 −3.86%
1995 43.5 −0.5 −1.17%
1994 44 −1.4 −3.06%
1993 45.4 −1.1 −2.43%
1992 46.6 −0.8 −1.65%
1991 47.3 −0.5 −1.06%
1990 47.8 −0.2 −0.35%
1989 48 −0.1 −0.2%
1988 48.1 +0.1 +0.13%
1987 48 −0.1 −0.25%
1986 48.2 −0.3 −0.69%
1985 48.5 −0.7 −1.4%
1984 49.2 −1.1 −2.25%
1983 50.3 −1.5 −2.85%
1982 51.8 −2 −3.71%
1981 53.8 −2.4 −4.34%
1980 56.2 −2.9 −4.98%
1979 59.2 −3.4 −5.5%
1978 62.6 — —

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.

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