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Child Mortality by Region
Deaths before age five per 1,000 live births, World Bank regions, yearly
0 of 6 series are above their level a year earlier·5 of 6 are at a five-year low
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UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, via the World Bank. Modelled estimates, revised as new surveys arrive. World Bank regions; each aggregate is computed by the World Bank. Since 2024 Afghanistan and Pakistan sit in the Middle East and North Africa region, not South Asia.
How many children die before their fifth birthday in each part of the world. The rate has fallen everywhere since 1990, but a child born in Sub-Saharan Africa still faces the highest risk of any region.
What this chart reads·6 series
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- Under-Five Mortality: Sub-Saharan Africaas “Sub-Saharan Africa”latest 2024-12-31
- Under-Five Mortality: South Asiaas “South Asia”latest 2024-12-31
- Under-Five Mortality: Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistanas “Middle East, N. Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan”latest 2024-12-31
- Under-Five Mortality: Latin America & Caribbeanas “Latin America & Caribbean”latest 2024-12-31
- Under-Five Mortality: Worldas “World”latest 2024-12-31
- Under-Five Mortality: North Americaas “North America”latest 2024-12-31
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Under-Five Mortality: Sub-Saharan Africa. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (SH.DYN.MORT), estimates by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division), via api.worldbank.org. CC BY 4.0.
Under-Five Mortality: South Asia. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (SH.DYN.MORT), estimates by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division), via api.worldbank.org. CC BY 4.0.
Under-Five Mortality: Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (SH.DYN.MORT), estimates by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division), via api.worldbank.org. CC BY 4.0.
Under-Five Mortality: Latin America & Caribbean. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (SH.DYN.MORT), estimates by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division), via api.worldbank.org. CC BY 4.0.
Under-Five Mortality: World. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (SH.DYN.MORT), estimates by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division), via api.worldbank.org. CC BY 4.0.
Under-Five Mortality: North America. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (SH.DYN.MORT), estimates by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division), via api.worldbank.org. CC BY 4.0.
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