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Under-five mortality rate — Suriname

Under-five mortality rate in Suriname in 2024 — 15.8 per 1,000. Ranked 104 in the world out of 196. Since 1983, the indicator has fallen by 72.1%.

2024 15.8 per 1,000 −3.07% vs 2023
World rank 104of 196
Period maximum 56.6 per 1,0001983
Period minimum 15.8 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1983–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Under-five mortality rate — Suriname, 1983–202402040601983198819931998200320082013201820231983: 56.6 per 1,0001984: 54.8 per 1,0001985: 53 per 1,0001986: 51.3 per 1,0001987: 49.6 per 1,0001988: 48 per 1,0001989: 46.4 per 1,0001990: 44.8 per 1,0001991: 43.3 per 1,0001992: 41.8 per 1,0001993: 40.3 per 1,0001994: 38.8 per 1,0001995: 37.4 per 1,0001996: 36 per 1,0001997: 34.6 per 1,0001998: 33.4 per 1,0001999: 32.2 per 1,0002000: 31 per 1,0002001: 30 per 1,0002002: 29 per 1,0002003: 28.1 per 1,0002004: 27.2 per 1,0002005: 26.5 per 1,0002006: 25.7 per 1,0002007: 25.1 per 1,0002008: 24.4 per 1,0002009: 23.8 per 1,0002010: 23.2 per 1,0002011: 22.7 per 1,0002012: 22.2 per 1,0002013: 21.6 per 1,0002014: 21.1 per 1,0002015: 20.6 per 1,0002016: 20.1 per 1,0002017: 19.5 per 1,0002018: 18.9 per 1,0002019: 18.4 per 1,0002020: 17.9 per 1,0002021: 17.4 per 1,0002022: 16.8 per 1,0002023: 16.3 per 1,0002024: 15.8 per 1,000
Change over the period: −40.8 (−72.08%) Average annual rate: -3.06 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Suriname 15.8 per 1,000
World 37.4 per 1,000
Latin America & Caribbean 15.4 per 1,000
South America computed 13.6 per 1,000
Upper-middle-income countries computed 10.4 per 1,000
Under-five mortality rate — Suriname, by year Suriname All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 15.8 −0.5 −3.07%
2023 16.3 −0.5 −2.98%
2022 16.8 −0.6 −3.45%
2021 17.4 −0.5 −2.79%
2020 17.9 −0.5 −2.72%
2019 18.4 −0.5 −2.65%
2018 18.9 −0.6 −3.08%
2017 19.5 −0.6 −2.99%
2016 20.1 −0.5 −2.43%
2015 20.6 −0.5 −2.37%
2014 21.1 −0.5 −2.31%
2013 21.6 −0.6 −2.7%
2012 22.2 −0.5 −2.2%
2011 22.7 −0.5 −2.16%
2010 23.2 −0.6 −2.52%
2009 23.8 −0.6 −2.46%
2008 24.4 −0.7 −2.79%
2007 25.1 −0.6 −2.33%
2006 25.7 −0.8 −3.02%
2005 26.5 −0.7 −2.57%
2004 27.2 −0.9 −3.2%
2003 28.1 −0.9 −3.1%
2002 29 −1 −3.33%
2001 30 −1 −3.23%
2000 31 −1.2 −3.73%
1999 32.2 −1.2 −3.59%
1998 33.4 −1.2 −3.47%
1997 34.6 −1.4 −3.89%
1996 36 −1.4 −3.74%
1995 37.4 −1.4 −3.61%
1994 38.8 −1.5 −3.72%
1993 40.3 −1.5 −3.59%
1992 41.8 −1.5 −3.46%
1991 43.3 −1.5 −3.35%
1990 44.8 −1.6 −3.45%
1989 46.4 −1.6 −3.33%
1988 48 −1.6 −3.23%
1987 49.6 −1.7 −3.31%
1986 51.3 −1.7 −3.21%
1985 53 −1.8 −3.28%
1984 54.8 −1.8 −3.18%
1983 56.6 — —

South America, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

CL Chile 6.8 UY Uruguay 7.4 AR Argentina 9.5 CO Colombia 11.5 EC Ecuador 12.9 PE Peru 12.9 BR Brazil 14.2 BO Bolivia 15.7 SR Suriname 15.8 PY Paraguay 16.3 VE Venezuela 24.2 GY Guyana 25.2
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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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