Under-five mortality rate — all countries

Under-five mortality rate — Upper-middle-income countries

Under-five mortality rate in upper-middle-income countries in 2024 — 10.4 per 1,000. Since 1965, the indicator has fallen by 93.6%.

2024 10.4 per 1,000 −4.86% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 163.8 per 1,0001965
Period minimum 10.4 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1965–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Under-five mortality rate — Upper-middle-income countries, 1965–2024050100150200196519711977198319891995200120072013201920241965: 163.8 per 1,0001966: 150.6 per 1,0001967: 146.2 per 1,0001968: 142.1 per 1,0001969: 124.2 per 1,0001970: 119.4 per 1,0001971: 113.5 per 1,0001972: 108.7 per 1,0001973: 103.7 per 1,0001974: 99.4 per 1,0001975: 94.5 per 1,0001976: 89.9 per 1,0001977: 85.4 per 1,0001978: 81.3 per 1,0001979: 77.5 per 1,0001980: 74 per 1,0001981: 70.9 per 1,0001982: 68.3 per 1,0001983: 65.7 per 1,0001984: 63.4 per 1,0001985: 61.8 per 1,0001986: 60.3 per 1,0001987: 59 per 1,0001988: 58.1 per 1,0001989: 56.9 per 1,0001990: 55.8 per 1,0001991: 54.3 per 1,0001992: 52.8 per 1,0001993: 51 per 1,0001994: 49.1 per 1,0001995: 47.2 per 1,0001996: 45.2 per 1,0001997: 43.2 per 1,0001998: 41.2 per 1,0001999: 39.2 per 1,0002000: 37 per 1,0002001: 34.9 per 1,0002002: 32.8 per 1,0002003: 30.7 per 1,0002004: 29.3 per 1,0002005: 26.8 per 1,0002006: 25.1 per 1,0002007: 23.5 per 1,0002008: 22 per 1,0002009: 20.6 per 1,0002010: 19.3 per 1,0002011: 18.3 per 1,0002012: 17.3 per 1,0002013: 16.4 per 1,0002014: 15.6 per 1,0002015: 14.8 per 1,0002016: 14.3 per 1,0002017: 13.6 per 1,0002018: 13 per 1,0002019: 12.4 per 1,0002020: 12 per 1,0002021: 11.5 per 1,0002022: 11.2 per 1,0002023: 10.9 per 1,0002024: 10.4 per 1,000
Change over the period: −153.4 (−93.64%) Average annual rate: -4.56 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Upper-middle-income countries

Upper-middle-income countries 10.4 per 1,000
World 37.4 per 1,000
Under-five mortality rate — Upper-middle-income countries, by year Upper-middle-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 10.4 −0.5 −4.86%
2023 10.9 −0.2 −1.97%
2022 11.2 −0.4 −3.16%
2021 11.5 −0.4 −3.69%
2020 12 −0.5 −3.7%
2019 12.4 −0.5 −4.09%
2018 13 −0.6 −4.38%
2017 13.6 −0.7 −5.14%
2016 14.3 −0.6 −3.76%
2015 14.8 −0.8 −4.94%
2014 15.6 −0.8 −4.9%
2013 16.4 −0.9 −5.12%
2012 17.3 −1 −5.43%
2011 18.3 −1 −5.37%
2010 19.3 −1.3 −6.33%
2009 20.6 −1.3 −6.02%
2008 22 −1.5 −6.38%
2007 23.5 −1.6 −6.41%
2006 25.1 −1.8 −6.57%
2005 26.8 −2.5 −8.42%
2004 29.3 −1.4 −4.54%
2003 30.7 −2.1 −6.28%
2002 32.8 −2.2 −6.21%
2001 34.9 −2.1 −5.63%
2000 37 −2.1 −5.49%
1999 39.2 −2.1 −5.02%
1998 41.2 −2 −4.61%
1997 43.2 −2 −4.4%
1996 45.2 −2 −4.2%
1995 47.2 −1.9 −3.93%
1994 49.1 −1.9 −3.77%
1993 51 −1.7 −3.25%
1992 52.8 −1.5 −2.78%
1991 54.3 −1.5 −2.69%
1990 55.8 −1.2 −2.06%
1989 56.9 −1.1 −1.94%
1988 58.1 −0.9 −1.54%
1987 59 −1.3 −2.13%
1986 60.3 −1.6 −2.52%
1985 61.8 −1.6 −2.52%
1984 63.4 −2.3 −3.55%
1983 65.7 −2.6 −3.74%
1982 68.3 −2.6 −3.62%
1981 70.9 −3.1 −4.25%
1980 74 −3.5 −4.48%
1979 77.5 −3.8 −4.73%
1978 81.3 −4.1 −4.82%
1977 85.4 −4.5 −4.99%
1976 89.9 −4.6 −4.83%
1975 94.5 −4.9 −4.93%
1974 99.4 −4.3 −4.16%
1973 103.7 −5 −4.56%
1972 108.7 −4.9 −4.3%
1971 113.5 −5.8 −4.87%
1970 119.4 −4.8 −3.89%
1969 124.2 −17.9 −12.6%
1968 142.1 −4.1 −2.82%
1967 146.2 −4.4 −2.89%
1966 150.6 −13.3 −8.1%
1965 163.8

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.