Under-five mortality rate — all countries

Under-five mortality rate — Melanesia

Under-five mortality rate in Melanesia in 2024 — 36.8 per 1,000. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 79.2%.

2024 36.8 per 1,000 −2.8% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 177.1 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 36.8 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Under-five mortality rate — Melanesia, 1960–202405010015020019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 177.1 per 1,0001962: 165.7 per 1,0001964: 154.7 per 1,0001966: 144.3 per 1,0001968: 134.7 per 1,0001970: 125.9 per 1,0001972: 118 per 1,0001974: 110.7 per 1,0001976: 103.9 per 1,0001978: 97.6 per 1,0001980: 91.9 per 1,0001982: 86.7 per 1,0001984: 82.2 per 1,0001986: 78.3 per 1,0001988: 75 per 1,0001990: 72.1 per 1,0001992: 69.5 per 1,0001994: 67.4 per 1,0001996: 65.5 per 1,0001998: 63.8 per 1,0002000: 62.3 per 1,0002002: 60.6 per 1,0002004: 58.9 per 1,0002006: 57.1 per 1,0002008: 54.9 per 1,0002010: 52.5 per 1,0002012: 50.2 per 1,0002014: 47.9 per 1,0002016: 45.6 per 1,0002018: 43.4 per 1,0002020: 41.3 per 1,0002022: 39 per 1,0002024: 36.8 per 1,000
Change over the period: −140.3 (−79.21%) Average annual rate: -2.42 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Melanesia 36.8 per 1,000
World 37.4 per 1,000
Under-five mortality rate — Melanesia, by year Melanesia All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 36.8 −1.1 −2.8%
2023 37.9 −1.1 −2.86%
2022 39 −1.1 −2.69%
2021 40.1 −1.2 −2.9%
2020 41.3 −1.1 −2.51%
2019 42.3 −1 −2.41%
2018 43.4 −1 −2.35%
2017 44.4 −1.2 −2.53%
2016 45.6 −5.6 −11.01%
2015 51.2 +3.4 +7.01%
2014 47.9 −1.1 −2.34%
2013 49 −1.2 −2.31%
2012 50.2 −1.2 −2.31%
2011 51.3 −1.2 −2.25%
2010 52.5 −1.2 −2.16%
2009 53.7 −1.2 −2.19%
2008 54.9 −1.1 −1.97%
2007 56 −1.1 −1.86%
2006 57.1 −0.9 −1.62%
2005 58 −0.9 −1.57%
2004 58.9 −0.8 −1.38%
2003 59.7 −0.8 −1.37%
2002 60.6 −0.8 −1.36%
2001 61.4 −0.8 −1.34%
2000 62.3 −0.8 −1.25%
1999 63 −0.8 −1.23%
1998 63.8 −8.6 −11.91%
1997 72.5 +6.9 +10.58%
1996 65.5 −0.9 −1.33%
1995 66.4 −1 −1.44%
1994 67.4 −1.1 −1.55%
1993 68.4 −1.1 −1.54%
1992 69.5 −1.3 −1.81%
1991 70.8 −1.3 −1.82%
1990 72.1 −1.4 −1.91%
1989 73.5 −1.5 −2.04%
1988 75 −1.6 −2.04%
1987 76.6 −1.7 −2.17%
1986 78.3 −1.9 −2.31%
1985 80.2 −2 −2.43%
1984 82.2 −2.2 −2.59%
1983 84.3 −2.3 −2.68%
1982 86.7 −2.5 −2.81%
1981 89.2 −2.7 −2.94%
1980 91.9 −2.7 −2.88%
1979 94.6 −3 −3.11%
1978 97.6 −3.1 −3.07%
1977 100.7 −3.2 −3.09%
1976 103.9 −3.8 −3.51%
1975 107.7 −3 −2.73%
1974 110.7 −3.6 −3.12%
1973 114.3 −3.7 −3.13%
1972 118 −3.8 −3.15%
1971 121.8 −4.1 −3.26%
1970 125.9 −4.2 −3.26%
1969 130.2 −4.6 −3.39%
1968 134.7 −4.7 −3.34%
1967 139.4 −4.9 −3.4%
1966 144.3 −5 −3.37%
1965 149.4 −5.4 −3.46%
1964 154.7 −5.4 −3.38%
1963 160.1 −5.5 −3.34%
1962 165.7 −5.7 −3.33%
1961 171.4 −5.7 −3.22%
1960 177.1

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.