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Under-five mortality rate — Southern Africa

Under-five mortality rate in Southern Africa in 2024 — 36.2 per 1,000. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 80.4%.

2024 36.2 per 1,000 +0.25% vs 2023
World rank —
Period maximum 184.7 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 35.7 per 1,0002021

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Under-five mortality rate — Southern Africa, 1960–202405010015020019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 184.7 per 1,0001962: 179.8 per 1,0001964: 176.2 per 1,0001966: 172.4 per 1,0001968: 148.1 per 1,0001970: 142.9 per 1,0001972: 136.8 per 1,0001974: 132 per 1,0001976: 118.3 per 1,0001978: 105.7 per 1,0001980: 94.8 per 1,0001982: 85.1 per 1,0001984: 77.2 per 1,0001986: 70.1 per 1,0001988: 64 per 1,0001990: 59.6 per 1,0001992: 58 per 1,0001994: 60.1 per 1,0001996: 63.6 per 1,0001998: 68.6 per 1,0002000: 74.1 per 1,0002002: 79.1 per 1,0002004: 82.2 per 1,0002006: 78 per 1,0002008: 65.7 per 1,0002010: 52.5 per 1,0002012: 45.4 per 1,0002014: 42 per 1,0002016: 39.1 per 1,0002018: 37 per 1,0002020: 35.8 per 1,0002022: 35.8 per 1,0002024: 36.2 per 1,000
Change over the period: −148.6 (−80.41%) Average annual rate: -2.52 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Southern Africa 36.2 per 1,000
World 37.4 per 1,000
Under-five mortality rate — Southern Africa, by year Southern Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 36.2 +0.1 +0.25%
2023 36.1 +0.3 +0.95%
2022 35.8 +0.1 +0.21%
2021 35.7 −0.2 −0.44%
2020 35.8 −0.5 −1.47%
2019 36.4 −0.6 −1.75%
2018 37 −0.9 −2.33%
2017 37.9 −1.2 −2.99%
2016 39.1 −1.5 −3.61%
2015 40.5 −1.5 −3.5%
2014 42 −1.6 −3.72%
2013 43.6 −1.8 −3.99%
2012 45.4 −2.5 −5.2%
2011 47.9 −4.6 −8.74%
2010 52.5 −6.5 −10.94%
2009 59 −6.8 −10.29%
2008 65.7 −6.8 −9.42%
2007 72.6 −5.4 −6.96%
2006 78 −3.1 −3.83%
2005 81.1 −1.1 −1.33%
2004 82.2 +1.2 +1.54%
2003 81 +1.9 +2.4%
2002 79.1 +2.2 +2.85%
2001 76.9 +2.8 +3.8%
2000 74.1 +2.6 +3.61%
1999 71.5 +2.9 +4.18%
1998 68.6 +2.9 +4.35%
1997 65.8 +2.2 +3.4%
1996 63.6 +2 +3.16%
1995 61.6 +1.5 +2.57%
1994 60.1 +1.4 +2.47%
1993 58.7 +0.6 +1.07%
1992 58 −0.4 −0.66%
1991 58.4 −1.1 −1.92%
1990 59.6 −1.9 −3.05%
1989 61.4 −2.5 −3.93%
1988 64 −3 −4.42%
1987 66.9 −3.2 −4.57%
1986 70.1 −3.4 −4.66%
1985 73.5 −3.6 −4.72%
1984 77.2 −3.9 −4.86%
1983 81.1 −4 −4.73%
1982 85.1 −4.7 −5.21%
1981 89.8 −4.9 −5.22%
1980 94.8 −5.2 −5.19%
1979 100 −5.7 −5.42%
1978 105.7 −6.2 −5.51%
1977 111.8 −6.4 −5.43%
1976 118.3 −6.8 −5.4%
1975 125 −7 −5.3%
1974 132 −1.4 −1.05%
1973 133.4 −3.3 −2.45%
1972 136.8 −3.2 −2.26%
1971 139.9 −3 −2.07%
1970 142.9 −2.8 −1.89%
1969 145.6 −2.4 −1.65%
1968 148.1 −2.2 −1.46%
1967 150.3 −22.1 −12.82%
1966 172.4 −1.9 −1.12%
1965 174.3 −1.9 −1.06%
1964 176.2 −1.8 −1.01%
1963 178 −1.8 −1.02%
1962 179.8 −2.1 −1.18%
1961 182 −2.8 −1.5%
1960 184.7 — —

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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