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Under-five mortality rate — Syria

Under-five mortality rate in Syria in 2024 — 18.4 per 1,000. Ranked 119 in the world out of 196. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 89.4%.

2024 18.4 per 1,000 −8.46% vs 2023
World rank 119of 196
Period maximum 172.8 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 18.4 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Under-five mortality rate — Syria, 1960–202405010015020019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 172.8 per 1,0001962: 155.9 per 1,0001964: 142.1 per 1,0001966: 129.5 per 1,0001968: 116.9 per 1,0001970: 104.8 per 1,0001972: 93.9 per 1,0001974: 84.3 per 1,0001976: 75.7 per 1,0001978: 67.5 per 1,0001980: 60.1 per 1,0001982: 71 per 1,0001984: 48.4 per 1,0001986: 43.9 per 1,0001988: 40.2 per 1,0001990: 36.9 per 1,0001992: 33.8 per 1,0001994: 30.7 per 1,0001996: 27.8 per 1,0001998: 25.2 per 1,0002000: 23.1 per 1,0002002: 21.4 per 1,0002004: 20.2 per 1,0002006: 19.4 per 1,0002008: 18.9 per 1,0002010: 18.8 per 1,0002012: 34.2 per 1,0002014: 35.5 per 1,0002016: 32.2 per 1,0002018: 32.5 per 1,0002020: 21.9 per 1,0002022: 20.7 per 1,0002024: 18.4 per 1,000
Change over the period: −154.4 (−89.35%) Average annual rate: -3.44 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Syria 18.4 per 1,000
World 37.4 per 1,000
Middle East & North Africa 36.4 per 1,000
Western Asia computed 16 per 1,000
Low-income countries computed 61.3 per 1,000
Under-five mortality rate — Syria, by year Syria All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 18.4 −1.7 −8.46%
2023 20.1 −0.6 −2.9%
2022 20.7 +0.2 +0.98%
2021 20.5 −1.4 −6.39%
2020 21.9 −2.7 −10.98%
2019 24.6 −7.9 −24.31%
2018 32.5 −0.4 −1.22%
2017 32.9 +0.7 +2.17%
2016 32.2 −4.9 −13.21%
2015 37.1 +1.6 +4.51%
2014 35.5 −1.4 −3.79%
2013 36.9 +2.7 +7.89%
2012 34.2 +12.6 +58.33%
2011 21.6 +2.8 +14.89%
2010 18.8 +0 +0%
2009 18.8 −0.1 −0.53%
2008 18.9 −0.2 −1.05%
2007 19.1 −0.3 −1.55%
2006 19.4 −0.4 −2.02%
2005 19.8 −0.4 −1.98%
2004 20.2 −0.6 −2.88%
2003 20.8 −0.6 −2.8%
2002 21.4 −0.8 −3.6%
2001 22.2 −0.9 −3.9%
2000 23.1 −1 −4.15%
1999 24.1 −1.1 −4.37%
1998 25.2 −1.3 −4.91%
1997 26.5 −1.3 −4.68%
1996 27.8 −1.4 −4.79%
1995 29.2 −1.5 −4.89%
1994 30.7 −1.5 −4.66%
1993 32.2 −1.6 −4.73%
1992 33.8 −1.5 −4.25%
1991 35.3 −1.6 −4.34%
1990 36.9 −1.6 −4.16%
1989 38.5 −1.7 −4.23%
1988 40.2 −1.7 −4.06%
1987 41.9 −2 −4.56%
1986 43.9 −2.1 −4.57%
1985 46 −2.4 −4.96%
1984 48.4 −2.5 −4.91%
1983 50.9 −20.1 −28.31%
1982 71 +7.6 +11.99%
1981 63.4 +3.3 +5.49%
1980 60.1 −3.6 −5.65%
1979 63.7 −3.8 −5.63%
1978 67.5 −4 −5.59%
1977 71.5 −4.2 −5.55%
1976 75.7 −4.2 −5.26%
1975 79.9 −4.4 −5.22%
1974 84.3 −4.6 −5.17%
1973 88.9 −5 −5.32%
1972 93.9 −5.2 −5.25%
1971 99.1 −5.7 −5.44%
1970 104.8 −6 −5.42%
1969 110.8 −6.1 −5.22%
1968 116.9 −6.3 −5.11%
1967 123.2 −6.3 −4.86%
1966 129.5 −6.2 −4.57%
1965 135.7 −6.4 −4.5%
1964 142.1 −6.7 −4.5%
1963 148.8 −7.1 −4.55%
1962 155.9 −8 −4.88%
1961 163.9 −8.9 −5.15%
1960 172.8 — —

Western Asia, 2024

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

IL Israel 3.3 AE United Arab Emirates 4.8 CY Cyprus 5 QA Qatar 5.9 SA Saudi Arabia 6 KW Kuwait 8.1 GE Georgia 8.6 BH Bahrain 8.8 AM Armenia 9.6 TR Türkiye 9.6 OM Oman 10.3 JO Jordan 12.9 LB Lebanon 17.6 AZ Azerbaijan 17.9 SY Syria 18.4 IQ Iraq 21.8 PS Palestine 37.9 YE Yemen 38.1
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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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