Under-five mortality rate (per 1,000 live births)

Under-five mortality rate (per 1,000 live births)

Probability of dying between birth and exactly age 5, expressed per 1,000 live births.

Source: Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2013). Accessed September, 2013.

Data in the tables are those available to the Human Development Report Office as of 15 November, 2013, unless otherwise specified.

HDI Rank	Country	1980	1985	1990	2000	2005	2010	2011	2012	2013
..	Very high human development	19	15	13	8	7	6	6	6	6
..	High human development	69	56	51	33	23	16	15	15	15
..	Medium human development	148	127	109	78	64	51	49	46	47
..	Low human development	195	180	169	144	122	102	98	94	94
1	Norway	10	10	9	5	4	3	3	3	3
2	Australia	13	11	9	6	6	5	5	5	5
3	Switzerland	10	9	8	6	5	5	4	4	4
4	Netherlands	11	10	8	6	5	4	4	4	4
5	United States	15	13	11	8	8	7	7	7	7
6	Germany	15	11	9	5	5	4	4	4	4
7	New Zealand	16	14	11	7	7	6	6	6	6
8	Canada	13	10	8	6	6	6	5	5	5
9	Singapore	15	11	8	4	3	3	3	3	3
10	Denmark	10	10	9	6	5	4	4	4	4
11	Ireland	14	11	9	7	5	4	4	4	4
12	Sweden	8	8	7	4	4	3	3	3	3
13	Iceland	10	8	6	4	3	3	2	2	2
14	United Kingdom	14	11	9	7	6	5	5	5	5
15	Korea (Republic of)	14	10	7	6	6	4	4	4	4
15	Hong Kong, China (SAR)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
17	Japan	10	8	6	5	4	3	3	3	3
18	Liechtenstein	..	..	..	..	..	..	—	..	..
19	Israel	18	14	12	7	6	5	4	4	4
20	France	12	10	9	5	5	4	4	4	4
21	Luxembourg	13	11	9	5	4	3	2	2	2
21	Belgium	15	12	10	6	5	4	4	4	4
21	Austria	16	13	10	6	5	4	4	4	4
24	Finland	9	7	7	4	4	3	3	3	3
25	Slovenia	..	14	10	6	4	3	3	3	3
26	Italy	16	12	10	6	4	4	4	4	4
27	Spain	18	13	11	7	6	5	5	5	5
28	Czech Republic	..	17	15	7	5	4	4	4	4
29	Greece	24	18	13	8	6	5	5	5	5
30	Brunei Darussalam	..	15	12	10	9	8	8	8	8
31	Qatar	36	28	21	12	10	8	8	7	7
32	Cyprus	21	13	11	7	5	4	3	3	3
33	Estonia	27	23	20	11	7	4	4	4	4
34	Saudi Arabia	98	70	47	22	15	10	9	9	9
35	Poland	24	20	17	9	8	6	5	5	5
35	Lithuania	23	19	17	12	10	7	6	5	5
37	Slovakia	..	22	18	12	10	8	8	8	8
37	Andorra	..	..	8	5	4	4	3	3	3
39	Malta	17	14	11	8	7	7	7	7	7
40	United Arab Emirates	36	23	17	11	10	9	9	8	8
41	Portugal	28	20	15	7	5	4	4	4	4
41	Chile	33	22	19	11	9	9	9	9	9
43	Hungary	26	24	19	11	8	7	6	6	6
44	Cuba	20	18	13	8	7	6	6	6	6
44	Bahrain	32	25	23	13	11	10	10	10	10
46	Kuwait	36	23	16	13	12	11	11	11	11
47	Croatia	..	18	13	8	7	5	5	5	5
48	Latvia	25	21	20	17	13	9	9	9	9
49	Argentina	43	33	28	20	17	15	15	14	14
50	Uruguay	41	31	23	16	16	9	8	7	7
51	Montenegro	..	24	17	14	11	7	6	6	6
51	Bahamas	30	28	23	17	18	18	17	17	17
53	Belarus	23	19	17	14	9	6	6	5	5
54	Romania	43	38	38	27	21	14	13	12	12
55	Libya	74	56	43	28	23	17	16	15	15
56	Oman	110	66	39	17	13	12	12	12	12
57	Russian Federation	33	30	26	23	17	12	11	10	10
58	Bulgaria	29	24	22	21	16	13	13	12	12
59	Barbados	27	22	18	18	20	19	19	18	18
60	Palau	..	37	34	28	25	22	21	21	21
61	Antigua and Barbuda	..	..	24	16	13	11	10	10	10
62	Malaysia	31	22	17	10	8	8	9	9	9
63	Mauritius	40	28	23	19	16	15	15	15	15
64	Trinidad and Tobago	41	37	33	28	25	22	21	21	21
65	Panama	45	37	32	26	23	20	19	19	19
65	Lebanon	49	41	33	20	14	10	10	9	9
67	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	44	36	30	21	18	16	16	15	15
68	Costa Rica	24	22	17	13	10	10	10	10	10
69	Turkey	127	98	74	37	24	16	15	14	14
70	Kazakhstan	70	60	54	44	33	22	20	19	19
71	Seychelles	31	21	17	14	14	14	13	13	13
71	Mexico	74	59	46	25	20	17	17	16	16
73	Sri Lanka	50	30	21	17	13	10	10	10	10
73	Saint Kitts and Nevis	52	38	29	18	13	10	10	9	9
75	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	106	75	56	35	26	19	18	18	18
76	Azerbaijan	..	99	93	72	51	39	37	35	35
77	Serbia	..	39	28	13	9	8	7	7	7
77	Jordan	55	44	37	28	24	20	20	19	19
79	Grenada	..	26	22	16	15	14	14	14	14
79	Georgia	..	..	35	34	26	22	21	20	20
79	Brazil	94	75	62	33	23	16	15	14	14
82	Peru	123	103	79	40	28	20	19	18	18
83	Ukraine	27	23	20	19	15	12	11	11	11
84	The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia	..	49	37	16	14	10	9	7	7
84	Belize	77	59	43	25	21	19	19	18	18
86	Bosnia and Herzegovina	..	27	18	10	9	8	7	7	7
87	Armenia	74	61	49	30	23	18	17	16	16
88	Fiji	44	36	31	24	22	23	23	22	22
89	Thailand	62	49	38	23	18	14	14	13	13
90	Tunisia	93	68	51	30	23	18	17	16	16
91	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	57	35	25	22	23	24	24	23	23
91	China	61	53	54	37	24	16	15	14	14
93	Dominica	20	17	17	16	14	13	13	13	13
93	Algeria	155	75	50	35	26	22	21	20	20
95	Albania	..	50	43	29	22	18	17	17	17
96	Jamaica	40	34	30	23	21	18	17	17	17
97	Saint Lucia	33	27	22	18	18	18	18	18	18
98	Ecuador	93	72	56	34	29	25	24	23	23
98	Colombia	57	42	35	25	22	19	18	18	18
100	Tonga	30	26	23	18	16	14	13	13	13
100	Suriname	..	63	51	33	26	22	21	21	21
102	Dominican Republic	88	73	60	40	34	29	28	27	27
103	Turkmenistan	123	103	90	79	67	56	55	53	53
103	Mongolia	150	129	107	63	43	30	29	28	28
103	Maldives	155	120	94	45	24	13	12	11	11
106	Samoa	..	37	30	22	19	18	18	18	18
107	Palestine, State of	78	57	43	30	27	24	23	23	23
108	Indonesia	120	102	84	52	42	34	32	31	31
109	Botswana	72	56	48	85	67	58	56	53	53
110	Egypt	165	117	86	45	31	23	22	21	21
111	Paraguay	63	54	46	33	28	24	23	22	22
112	Gabon	116	100	92	86	79	67	65	62	62
113	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	169	147	123	78	58	45	43	41	41
114	Moldova (Republic of)	48	39	32	30	23	19	18	18	18
115	El Salvador	110	80	59	32	23	17	17	16	16
116	Uzbekistan	111	85	74	61	51	43	41	40	40
117	Philippines	81	75	59	40	36	32	31	30	30
118	Syrian Arab Republic	63	48	38	24	19	15	15	15	15
118	South Africa	91	73	61	74	79	53	47	45	45
120	Iraq	72	60	53	45	41	36	35	34	34
121	Viet Nam	67	60	51	32	26	23	23	23	23
121	Guyana	71	67	60	46	42	37	36	35	35
123	Cape Verde	94	74	62	38	29	24	23	22	22
124	Micronesia (Federated States of)	..	58	55	54	48	41	40	39	39
125	Kyrgyzstan	103	84	71	50	40	31	28	27	27
125	Guatemala	124	101	80	51	41	34	33	32	32
127	Namibia	96	86	73	73	67	45	41	39	39
128	Timor-Leste	..	212	171	106	80	62	59	57	57
129	Morocco	133	103	80	50	41	34	32	31	31
129	Honduras	95	75	59	38	31	25	24	23	23
131	Vanuatu	67	47	35	24	22	19	19	18	18
132	Nicaragua	107	81	66	40	32	26	25	24	24
133	Tajikistan	129	119	105	91	74	63	60	58	58
133	Kiribati	119	112	94	71	66	63	61	60	60
135	India	166	145	126	92	75	61	59	56	56
136	Cambodia	185	120	116	111	63	44	42	40	40
136	Bhutan	195	161	131	80	61	48	46	45	45
138	Ghana	168	155	128	103	88	76	74	72	72
139	Lao People's Democratic Republic	199	182	163	120	98	78	75	72	72
140	Congo	122	104	100	118	113	102	99	96	96
141	Zambia	158	174	192	169	127	100	95	89	89
142	Sao Tome and Principe	91	98	104	87	70	57	55	53	53
142	Bangladesh	198	173	144	88	68	47	44	41	41
144	Equatorial Guinea	..	203	182	143	125	107	104	100	100
145	Nepal	209	177	142	82	61	46	44	42	42
146	Pakistan	160	150	138	112	101	90	88	86	86
147	Kenya	107	96	98	110	97	79	76	73	73
148	Swaziland	113	86	71	121	127	92	85	80	80
149	Angola	226	218	213	203	194	173	169	164	164
150	Myanmar	134	120	106	79	67	56	54	52	52
151	Rwanda	211	158	151	182	107	64	59	55	55
152	Nigeria	215	210	213	188	158	132	128	124	124
152	Cameroon	180	148	135	150	124	103	99	95	95
154	Yemen	206	153	125	97	78	64	62	60	60
155	Madagascar	171	179	159	109	81	63	61	58	58
156	Zimbabwe	102	79	74	102	97	97	95	90	90
157	Solomon Islands	52	43	39	35	36	33	32	31	31
157	Papua New Guinea	108	97	89	79	75	67	65	63	63
159	Tanzania (United Republic of)	176	176	166	132	90	62	57	54	54
159	Comoros	173	146	124	99	94	83	80	78	78
161	Mauritania	160	142	128	111	102	89	87	84	84
162	Lesotho	120	95	85	114	123	108	102	100	100
163	Senegal	205	175	142	139	99	67	63	60	60
164	Uganda	212	187	178	147	109	78	74	69	69
165	Benin	214	200	181	147	120	96	93	90	90
166	Togo	174	157	143	122	112	101	98	96	96
166	Sudan	141	135	128	106	91	78	76	73	73
168	Haiti	190	166	144	105	91	175	78	76	76
169	Afghanistan	250	215	176	134	118	104	101	99	99
170	Djibouti	151	133	119	108	99	86	83	81	81
171	Côte d'Ivoire	166	153	152	145	131	114	111	108	108
172	Gambia	237	203	170	116	95	78	76	73	73
173	Ethiopia	240	221	204	146	110	76	72	68	68
174	Malawi	256	250	244	174	120	83	77	71	71
175	Liberia	239	235	248	176	119	83	78	75	75
176	Mali	321	283	253	220	173	138	133	128	128
177	Guinea-Bissau	224	215	206	174	156	137	133	129	129
178	Mozambique	254	247	233	166	132	101	96	90	90
179	Guinea	286	264	241	171	135	110	105	101	101
180	Burundi	221	177	164	150	134	112	108	104	104
181	Burkina Faso	240	218	202	186	160	115	108	102	102
182	Eritrea	189	174	150	89	70	56	54	52	52
183	Sierra Leone	285	269	257	234	216	193	187	182	182
184	Chad	234	222	209	189	176	159	154	150	150
185	Central African Republic	182	175	171	164	157	138	133	129	129
186	Congo (Democratic Republic of the)	204	179	171	171	171	155	150	146	146
187	Niger	315	330	326	227	174	127	120	114	114
..	South Sudan	294	276	251	181	140	112	108	104	104
..	Tuvalu	70	62	58	42	37	32	31	30	30
..	Somalia	..	188	177	171	171	156	152	147	147
..	San Marino	..	..	11	6	4	4	3	3	3
..	Nauru	..	..	58	42	39	39	38	37	37
..	Monaco	..	..	8	5	5	4	4	4	4
..	Marshall Islands	67	58	49	41	40	39	39	38	38
..	Korea (Democratic People's Rep. of)	..	35	44	60	33	31	30	29	29

Footnotes

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<	Less than
-	Not applicable
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Under-five mortality rate (per 1,000 live births)

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